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Kang, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history at UMSL. His teaching
and research focus on European history, specializing in the cultural
and intellectual history of France, England and Germany in the 18th
and 19th centuries. Kang earned a doctoral degree in 2004 from the
University of California, Los Angeles. He wrote his dissertation
on the automaton as a cultural and intellectual symbol in the European
imagination. Kang's other areas of interest include the: history
of science and technology; literary history -- especially the use
of science fiction for the study of history; global history -- especially
East Asian and European contact in the early modern period; and
Korean history. Kang's essays and reviews have been published in
the American Historical Review, Rethinking History, Times Literary
Supplement, Comitatus, Manoa and two anthologies. In September,
UMSL Chancellor Thomas George presented Kang with the Gerald and
Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award. The annual campuswide
award recognizes and honors faculty who are in the early stages
of their career for outstanding and innovative teaching. |
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