Andre Schmid (academic)

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

1. University of Toronto, Munk School of Global Affairs, Andre Schmid bio note
2. Asia Pacific Reader, Schmid bio note Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. University of Toronto, Department of East Asian Studies, faculty bio note Archived August 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. WorldCat Identities Archived 2010-12-30 at the Wayback Machine: Schmid, Andre
5. John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list

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.