Korean Studies in Transition: Focusing on the Missionary Children at the University of California, Berkeley

Lee,, Y. (2024). Korean Studies in Transition: Focusing on the Missionary Children at the University of California, Berkeley. The Review of Korean Studies, 27(2), 143-165, https://doi.org/10.25024/review.2024.27.2.006

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Abstract

This paper examines the lives and works of three early Koreanologists, Harold J. Noble (1903–1953), George M. McCune (1908–1948), and his wife, Evelyn B. McCune (née Becker) (1907–2012), to explore the characteristics and significances of Korean studies in the United States before formalization or during the transitional period. They were all missionary children born and raised in Korea. They began studying Korean history based on their strong affection for Korea, and all received their final degrees in Korean history from the Department of History at the University of California, Berkeley. While working as Koreanologists at different times from the early 1930s to the early 1960s, they inherited the Korean studies that Americans had done in Korea, studied Korean history from a different perspective from that of ordinary Westerners, and laid the foundation for Korean studies in the United States before it was formalized.

keywords: Korean studies in the United States, Harold J. Noble, George M. McCune, Evelyn B. McCune, University of California

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Vol.27 No.2

Korean Studies in Transition: Focusing on the Missionary Children at the University of California, Berkeley

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The Review of Korean Studies