Andre Schmid (academic)

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Andre H. Schmid is a Canadian academic, author and former Director of the Centre for the Study of Korea at the University of Toronto.^[1]

Early life[]

Schmid was awarded his Ph.D. at Columbia University in New York.^[2]

Career[]

Schmid is Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto.^[1] His research interests include the cultural history of the Cold War and the historiographical literature on 19th century peasant movements.^[3] He is best known for his award-winning 2002 book, Korea Between Empires, 1895-1919 (Columbia University Press).

Selected works[]

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Roman Ghirshman, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 10+ works in 20+ publications in 5 languages and 1,000+ library holdings.^[4]

• Constructing Independence: Nation and Identity in Korea, 1895-1910 (1996)
• Nation Work: Asian Elites and National Identities (2000)
• Korea between Empires, 1895-1919 (2002)

Articles

• "Rediscovering Manchuria: Sin Ch'aeho and the Politics of Territorial History in Korea," The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 56, No. 1 (February 1997).
• "Colonialism and the 'Korea Problem' in the Historiography of Japan: A Review Article," The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 59, No. 4 (November 2000), pp 951–976.
• "Looking North toward Manchuria," The South Atlantic Quarterly, Vol. 99, No. 1, Winter 2000, pp. 219–240.
• Review of "Marginality and Subversion in Korea: the Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion of 1812," Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies, Vol. 70, No. 1, June 2010, pp. 257–264.

Honors[]

• Association for Asian Studies, John Whitney Hall Book Prize, 2004.^[5]

Notes[]

References[]

• Cupe 3902 (Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 390). "University of Toronto community opposes campus closure during the G20," EduFactory Web Journal, 29 May 2010.
• Myers, Ramon H., Mark R. Peattie and Andre Schmid. Communications to the Editor: "Mark Peattie and Ramon Myers respond to Andre Schmid's "Colonialism and the Korea Problem' in the Historiography of Modern Japan," The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 60, No. 3 (Aug., 2001), pp. 813–816.