Publications

2023


“Diversity and Innovation in the Genealogical Records of Chosŏn Korea.” Historische Anthropologie 31.1: 34–61. https://doi.org/10.7788/hian.2023.31.1.34

Gender Shift in Korean Genealogy.” In Eric Hounshell, Ruth Amstutz, eds., Shadow of the Tree, II: 9–17. Zurich: intercom Verlag (Cache 3).

Sipse po esŏ palgyŏnhan sŏnjo wa pŏmae” 『十世譜』에서 발견한 先祖와 汎愛 [Discovery of Ancestors and Universal Love through the Ten Generations Genealogy (Sipse po)]. Chosŏn sidae sahakpo 106: 365–406 (in Korean).

Slavery in Chosŏn Korea.” In Damian Pargas and Juliane Schiel, eds., The Palgrave Handbook of Global Slavery throughout History, 319–338. Palgrave MacMillan. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13260-5_18

2021


Yu Tae-ch’ing Family Documents (Yu Tae-ch’ing ka komunsŏ). Seoul: Minsokwon. In Korean and English.

Resilience of Korean Slavery: Tyrannical Owners, Resourceful Slaves, and the Equivocal State.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 81.1 (June-December 2021): 133–155.

2020


Chosŏn ŭi pyŏnbang kwa pallan, 1812 nyŏn Hong Kyŏngnae nan 조선의 변방과 반란, 1812년 홍경래 난. Translated by Kim Pŏm 김범. Seoul: P’ŭrŭn yŏksa 푸른역사, 2020. Korean translation of Marginality and Subversion in Korea: The Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion of 1812. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2007.

Yu Taech’ing Family Documents and the Kigye Yu of Puyŏ.” Acta Koreana 23.1: 65–96.

Inheritance Document and Mutual Agreement on the Division of Property (hwahoe sŏngmun 和會成文).” Acta Koreana 23.1: 97–114.

Adoption in Chosŏn Korea and in the Yu Taech’ing Family.” Acta Koreana 23.1: 115–34.

The Certified Copy of the Household Register (Chun hogu 準戶口) of the Yu Taech’ing Family and Household Slaves (solnobi 率奴婢).” Acta Koreana 23.1: 135–168.

2019


My Own Flesh and Blood: Stratified Parental Compassion and Law in Korean Slavery.” Social History 44.1: 1–25.

The State of the Field in Premodern Korean Studies in North America.”

The Wagner-Song Munkwa Project and Its Legacy in the Research of Korean History.”

2016


Chejudo yŏhaeng ilchi 濟州嶋旅行日誌 Travelogue from Cheju Island. Edited by Sun Joo Kim. Seoul: Minsokwon. In Korean, Japanese, and English.

“Travelogue from Cheju Island: Transcription and Annotated Translations.” Co-authored with Kuniko Yamada McVey. In Sun Joo Kim ed., Chejudo yŏhaeng ilchi 濟州嶋旅行日誌 Travelogue from Cheju Island, 13–211. Seoul: Minsokwon.

A Mushroom Talk: From Natural Delicacy to Colonial Object.” In Sun Joo Kim ed., Chejudo yŏhaeng ilchi 濟州嶋旅行日誌 Travelogue from Cheju Island, 234–257. Seoul: Minsokwon.

“Yi Se-jik (Yi Il-jik) ŭi hwaltong ŭl t’onghae pon Taehan chegukki chŏngch’i wa oegyo” 이세직(이일직)의 활동을 통해 본 대한제국기 정치와 외교 [A Study of Politics and Diplomacy during the Great Han Empire Seen Through Activities of Yi Se-jik]. Yŏksa wa hyŏnsil 역사와 현실99: 191–230 (in Korean).

2015


“Chosŏn hugi P’yŏngyang ŭi sajok” 조선후기 평양의 사족 [Sajok Elites of P’yŏngyang in Late Chosŏn]. Kukhak yŏn’gu 국학연구27: 81–148 (in Korean).

2014


Wrongful Deaths: Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth-Century Korea. Compiled and translated by Sun Joo Kim and Jungwon Kim. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

2013


Voice from the North: Resurrecting Regional Identity through the Life and Work of Yi Sihang (1672–1736). Stanford: Stanford University Press.

2012


Sukch’ŏn chea to 宿踐諸衙圖 Illustration of My Places of Work. Edited by Sun Joo Kim. Seoul: Minsokwon. In Korean and English.

Illustration of My Places of Work (Sukch’ŏn chea to 宿踐諸衙圖): A Visual Journey of One Man’s Career.” Co-authored with Kyongjin Hur. In Sun Joo Kim ed., Sukch’ŏn chea to 宿踐諸衙圖 Illustration of My Places of Work, 64–77. Seoul: Minsokwon, 2012.

Illustration of My Places of Work (Sukch’ŏn chea to 宿踐諸衙圖)in Korean and English.” Co-authored with Kyongjin Hur. In Sun Joo Kim ed.,  Sukch’ŏn chea to 宿踐諸衙圖 Illustration of My Places of Work, 9–61. Seoul: Minsokwon.

2010


The Northern Region of Korea: History, Identity, and Culture. Edited by Sun Joo Kim. Seattle: University of Washington Center for Korea Studies.

“Introduction: Thinking through Region.” In Sun Joo Kim ed., The Northern Region of Korea: History, Identity, and Culture, 3–17. Seattle: University of Washington Center for Korean Studies.

Culture of Remembrance in Late Chosŏn Korea: Bringing an Unknown War Hero Back into History.” Journal of Social History 44, no. 2: 563–585.

2009


“Letters of Appeal.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush ed., Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosŏn (1392–1910), 83–99. New York: Columbia University Press.

“Manifesto during the Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion of 1812.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush ed., Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosŏn (1392–1910), 141–151. New York: Columbia University Press.

“Letters on Everyday Life.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush ed., Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosŏn (1392–1910), 226–234. New York: Columbia University Press.

“Fathers’ Letters Concerning Their Children’s Education.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush ed., Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosŏn (1392–1910), 277–286. New York: Columbia University Press.

“A Wife’s Letter to Her Deceased Husband.” In JaHyun Kim Haboush ed., Epistolary Korea: Letters in the Communicative Space of the Chosŏn (1392–1910), 393–397. New York: Columbia University Press.

Sun Joo Kim and Kwon Oh-Young editors. Miam ilgi: Select Translations with Introduction. Translated by the participants of the First International Summer Hanmun Workshop, sponsored by the Academy of Korean Studies and Harvard’s Korea Institute (June 29 to July 24, 2009).

2008


Fragmented: The T’ongch’ŏng Movements by Marginalized Status Groups in Late Chosŏn Korea.” Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies 68.1: 135–168.

Edward W. Wagner and His Legacy: Toward New Horizons in the Research of Korean History,” The Wagner Fiftieth Anniversary Special Lecture, Korea Institute, Harvard University (September 29, 2008).

2007


“Taxes, the Local Elite, and the Rural Populace in the Chinju Uprising of 1862.” Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 64, No. 4: 993–1027. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021911807001271

Marginality and Subversion in Korea: The Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion of 1812. Seattle: University of Washington Press.

2005


“Negotiating Cultural Identities in Conflict, A Reading of the Writings of Paek Kyŏnghae (1765–1842).” Journal of Korean Studies 10, no.1: 85–120. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jks.2005.0007

“Chosŏn hugi P’yŏngan-do Chŏngju ŭi hyangan unyŏng kwa yangban munhwa” 조선후기 평안도 정주의 향안 운영과 양반 문화 [The Management of the Local Yangban Roster and Elite Culture in Chŏngju, P’yŏngan Province, in the Late Chosŏn Period]. Yŏksa hakpo 역사학보 [Journal of History] 185: 65–105 (in Korean).

2004


“A Glance at the Chosŏn chiri soji (Concise Geographical Survey of Chosŏn).” In Choong Nam Yoon ed., Studies on the Korean Materials in the Harvard-Yenching Library, 173–185. Seoul: Kyŏngin munhwasa.

2000


“Manifesto for the Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion” (An introduction and translation of the manifesto for the Hong Kyŏngnae Rebellion). In Sources of Korean Tradition, Volume II: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries, 177–180. New York: Columbia University Press. Originally in Peter H. Lee ed., Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. II, 218–220. New York: Columbia University Press, 1996.