Hongkyung Kim

Professor | Director of the Center for Korean Studies

HUMANITIES 1124

hongkyung.kim@stonybrook.edu

Biography

Professor, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies
Director, Korean Humanism Project
Director, Center for Korean Studies

Ph.D. Sungkyunkwan University (Seoul, Korea), 1993

Geographical Areas: Korea, East Asia

Topic Areas: Korean Philosophy, Confucianism and Daoism, Intellectual History of East Asia

Dr. Hongkyung Kim is a scholar of East Asian and Korean intellectual and religious history, with a particular focus on Confucianism and Daoism. He received his Ph.D. from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea, where he completed a dissertation entitled The School of the Official Academy during the Early Joseon. In addition to numerous journal articles and book chapters, Dr. Kim has authored ten books. These include The Analects of Dasan: A Korean Syncretic Reading, Volumes 1–6 (Oxford University Press, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2023, and 2026); The Old Master: A Syncretic Reading of the Laozi from the Mawangdui Text A Onward (SUNY Press, 2013); Dasan Noneo (Geul Hangari, 2024); Noja (Deulnyeok, 2003); and Confucian Thought of the School of the Official Academy during the Early Joseon (Hangil-sa, 1996). Dr. Kim has also participated in collaborative research on ancient archaeological texts excavated in China and served as managing editor of the Wonhyo Translation Project. He served as Director of the Center for Korean Studies at Stony Brook University from 2012 to 2025.