History
Danny Kim
Associate Professor
Office: Social Sciences 119
Email: danielkim@csufresno.edu
Office Phone: 559-278-5418
Education:
Ph.D. - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2017)
M.A. - University of Wisconsin-Madison (2012)
B.A. - Oregon State University (2009)
Biography:
Dr. Kim is a historian of Korea under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). He earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2017, specializing in modern Korea and Japan. His research and teaching have received support from the Fulbright Program, the Japan Foundation, the Pony Chung Foundation, and the Korea Foundation, among others. These awards supported research and teaching at Seoul National University, Waseda University, Korea University, and Portland State University.
From 2017 to 2020, Dr. Kim taught at Portland State University in a position supported by a Korea Foundation grant. He subsequently spent a year as a Pony Chung Research Professor at Korea University’s Research Institute of Korean Studies before joining the faculty at Fresno State in 2021. His current project examines the Rose of Sharon Alliance (Kŭnuhoe; 근우회; 槿友會), a revolutionary feminist organization active throughout colonial Korea.
Dr. Kim also has a longstanding interest in languages and linguistics. He studied Korean at Yonsei University in Seoul, Japanese at Stanford University’s Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Yokohama, and Chinese at Yunnan University in Kunming.
Outside the classroom, Dr. Kim enjoys playing guitar, drums, and piano; photography; experimenting with new recipes; gardening; watching Los Angeles Dodgers games; and competing in local powerlifting meets.
Fall 2026
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 21 - World History II | T/Th 9:30am - 10:45am |
| HIST 185 - Modern Japan through Literature, Film, and Music | M/W/F 9:00am - 9:50am |
| HIST 195 - Modern Asia through Diaspora | M/W/F 10:00am - 10:50am |
| HIST 198 - Crafting History | M/W/F 1:00pm - 1:50pm |
Spring 2027
| Course | Days/Times |
|---|---|
| HIST 21 - World History II | M/W/F 9:00am - 9:50am |
| HIST 189 - Modern Korea through Literature, Film, and Music | T/Th 9:30am - 10:45am |
| HIST 191 - Material History of Premodern Asia | T/Th 12:30p - 1:45 pm |
| HIST 230T - Imperialism and Asia | Th 6:00 - 8:50 pm |
- Modern Korea
- Modern Japan
- East Asia
- Gender and Feminism
- Korean and Japanese Socialism
- Korean Literature
- Environmental History
Articles and Book Chapters:
Danny Kim, “Refashioning Femininity in Colonial Korea: Kang Hyang-nan, Short Hair, and the Women’s Tonsorial Rebellion of 1920s Korea,” in Pacific Historical Review vol. 91 no. 2 (November 2022).
- Winner of the Robert W. Cherny Award for outstanding article
- Winner of the Louis Knott Koontz Memorial Award for Pacific Historical Review
Translation, Dae-hoe Ahn, “In Praise of Diamond Mountains: Literary Journeys” (금강산과 한국문학)” in Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art and Yale University Press, 2018).
Translation, Chizuko Takao, “World War I, the Siberian Intervention, and Anti-Semitism: The Reception of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion in Japan” (第一次世界大戦、シベリア出兵反ユダヤ主義——日本における『シオン議定書』の受容) in Russia’s Great War & Revolution, 1914-1922 vol. 4 (Bloomington: Slavica Publishers, 2018).
Undergraduate:
- World History II
- Modern Asia through Diaspora
- Modern Korea through Literature, Film, and Music
- Modern Japan through Literature, Film, and Music
- Modern China through Literature, Film, and Music
- Economic History of Modern East Asia
- Material History of Premodern East Asia
- Crafting History
- Anime and K-Pop Diplomacy (Study Abroad)
Graduate:
- Gender and Feminism in East Asia
- State and Society in North Korea
- Asia and Imperialism