German Kim


German Nikolaevich Kim is Director of the Institute for Asian Studies at Al-Farabi University, Kazakhstan and one of the leading internationally recognized scholar of the Koryo-saram.

Biography

Early life

Kim was born 16 July 1953 in Ushtobe, Taldy-Kurgan Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, one of three sons of Nikolai Kim, a safety engineer and premises manager at the Korean Theatre of Kazakhstan. He jokingly refers to his hometown as the "Korean capital" of the former Soviet Union. He entered Kazakh National University in 1971 as a student of world history and German language; after his graduation in 1977, he found work as a teacher of German, which he continued until the mid-eighties.

Decision to study Koryo-saram history

In 1985, with the onset of perestroika and glasnost, it became permitted for the first time to speak openly of the deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union and other tragedies which had afflicted the Koryo-saram. This piqued Kim's interest in the history of his ancestors, and in 1987, he returned to Kazakh National University as a doctoral candidate, writing his thesis on the topic of "Socio-Cultural Development of Koreans in Kazakhstan in 1946-1966"; after graduation up until today, he has continued his work in the field of Koryo-saram and Korean diasporas studies.

Other activities

German Kim has written and edited a large number of books and papers published internationally.  Of those three volumes of the History of Korean Immigration are particularly noteworthy on the history of the Korean Diaspora. Over 70 of his books and papers are available for downloading in academia.edu. Two of his boos published in Korean were awarded my the commissions of the Ministry of Culture Republic of Korea for the best book in 2006 and 2014.
He presented papers in over 150 international conferences, seminars and workshops in Asia, North and South America, and Europe. He is a member of the International Commission on Sources of the History of Korea; Korean Studies Associations in Europe, Asia and USA. He gave over 50 public lectures in the top universities internationally. Since 1996 he is the Chief-editor of the journal Newsletter of Korean Studies in Central Asia and is a member of the editorial board of the journals Acta Koreana, Korea Forum, International Area Review ;  “Studies of the culture of Koreans abroad” ; Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies ; 
Editorial Board of the Journal “Studies of Koreans Abroad” of the Association for the Studies of Koreans Abroad.   
Kim received research and field work grants from the Korea Research Foundation, Korea Foundation, British Academy, Soros Foundation, Japan Museum of Anthropology in Osaka, IREX, Academy of Korean Studies, A. Mellon Global Foundation, POSCO, IDE JETRO and Center for Slavic Studies Hokkaido University. He taught special courses as a visiting professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, the Institute of Humanities at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; Slavic Research Center of the University of Hokkaido ; Visiting Professor of the Department of Political Science & Foreign Affairs, Sungshin University, Seoul ;   Professor of the Department for History, Konguk University ; Visiting Professor of CSES Kyoto University, Japan
Aside from teaching and research, Kim also holds the position of Vice-Chairman of the Association of Koreans in Kazakhstan, from 2000 he is a member of the NUAK ; of Scientific Expert Council of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan; of the National Council for Sciences under the President of Kazakhstan; of the Expert Council for Overseas Korean Policy by the Prime-minister of the ROK. He additionally was a historical consultant for the documentary film '.
For academic, educational and social efforts he was awarded the highest title of the “Honored worker of the Republic Kazakhstan” ;   Medal “Merit for the outstanding contribution in the Development of sciences in the Republic of Kazakhstan” ;  Golden Medal “Birlik” for the outstanding contribution in the Friendship of the peoples of Kazakhstan ;   제18회 KBS 해외동포상,  Korean Compatriots award of KBS for 2014 in the field of Humanities and Social sciences;  Medal “ 20 Anniversary of Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan”, 2015; Order of Republic of Korea “Civil Merit”,  2015 ; Medal of the outstanding Professor of the Kazakh National al-Farabi University. 2016;

Publications

  1. Ким Г.Н.   Корея и корейцы. . Алма-Ата,  ЦК ЛКСМ, 1988,  74 с. Ким Г.Н. Социально-культурное развитие корейцев Казахстана.. Алма-Ата: Наука, 1989,  60 с.   Ким Г.Н. Корейцы Казахстана и Средней Азии в зарубежных исследованиях. Алма–Ата: Наука, 1990,  53 с. Ким Г.Н. История, культура и язык коре сарам в советской литературе . // Perspeсtive,  1992, № 12, с. 63-72.. Ким Г.Н.  History, Culture and Language of Koryo Saram. // №,  Seoul Journal of Korean Studies,  1993, рр. 125-153. Ким Г.Н.  и Росс Кинг.  История, культура и язык коре сарам.. . Aлматы,  1993, 182 p. Ким Г.Н.  Корейцы за рубежом:  прошлое, настоящее и будущее. Алматы: Гылым, 1995, 202 с. Ким Г.Н. и Мен Д.В.  История и культура корейцев Казахстана.  . Алматы: Гылым, 1995,  346 с. Ким Г.Н.,  Кан Г.В.,  Мен Д.В., Ан В. И.  Корейцы Казахстана: иллюстрированная история. . Сеул.  STC..  1997. Kim German. Binationale Ehen der koreanischen Bevoelkerung in der Stadt Almaty, Kasachstan. - Korea Forum. No.1, 1999, S. 39-41. Ким Г.Н. История иммиграции корейцев. Книга первая. Вторая половина XIX в. –1945. Алматы: Дайк-пресс, 1999,  424 с. Ким Г.Н., Сим Енг Соб.   История корейцев Казахстана. Сборник архивных материалов. Т.2.,.   Алматы-Сеул, 1999, 334 с. Kim German.  On   Inter-Ethnic Marriages among the Korean Population in the City of Almaty. - International Journal of Central Asian Studies. Institute of Asian Culture and Development,  Seoul, No.5,  2000,  pp. 14-27 Ким Г.Н.  Коре сарам: историография и библиография. Алматы:Казак университетi, 2000, 324 с. Ким Г.Н., Сим Енг Соб.   История корейцев Казахстана. Сборник архивных материалов. Т.3.,.   Алматы-Сеул, 2000, 280 с. Ким Г.Н., Сим Енг Соб.  История просвещения корейцев  России и Казахстана. Вторая половина XIX в. – 2000. .  Алматы: Казак университетi, 2000,  368 с. Ким Г.Н., Хан В.С.  Десять лет спустя. , Almaty: Daik-Press, 2010.-  584 p. 김 게르만. 한인이민 역사., .  서울: 한국학술정보, 2010. - 604 P. Этничность, самосознание и религиозность  корейцев Центральной Азии.- Analytic, 2010, № 5, c.29-35. Южнокорейская модель политической модернизации. - Analytic, 2011, № 2, с. 121-133. Стратегическое партнерство в современных международных отношениях. - Analytic, 2011, № 4, с.40-53 Korean Books in Kazakhstan. – Иминчхоги кёюгви пальчжачхви.  ] Analysis of Diplomatic Relations between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Kazakhstan and its Prospect. В соавторстве с Cho Eun-Jeong. - Асta Russiana, 2012, № 4, с. 97-123. 민족, 종족, 디아스포라의 자아의식.. Journal of Siberian Studies. Pai Chai University,  Korea,  2012, Vol. XVI -1, pp. 81-105     '' Корейские военнопленные в ГУЛАГе: правда  или вымысел? - Analytic, 2012, N.4, pp. 94–108 Казахстан — Южная Корея: по пути стратегического партнерства: монография. — В двух книгах. Книга 1. Этапы партнерства и сотрудничества. — Алматы: Казахстанский институт стратегических исследований при Президенте РК, 2012. — 392 c. Казахстан — Южная Корея: по пути стратегического партнерства: монография. — В двух книгах. Книга 2. Сборник документов.   — Алматы: Казахстанский институт стратегических исследований при Президенте РК, 2012. — 432 c. The contribution of ethnic Koreans to the promotion of the bilateral cultural relations between Kazakhstan and Korea.-  Central Asia’s Affairs. 2012, № 3, p. 41-46. Сотрудничество Казахстана и Южной Кореи в сфере культуры, образования и науки.- Известия корееведения в Центральной Азии.  Алматы, 2012, No. 19,  с. 150-211.     Диаспоральное самосознание и диаспорный язык . – Известия КазГУМО и МЯ им. Абылай хана. Серия «Востоко-ведение» , 2013, № 1-2, с. 92-103 Связанные одной судьбой. К 90-летию газеты «Коре ильбо», Алматы 200 с . Избранные труды по корееведению. Al-maty: Kazak University, 2013, 755 c.  «Нанын коресарамида.»  Сеул, издательство Кукхаквон , 2013, - 422 c. The contribution of ethnic Koreans in promoting bilateral cultural relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. – Central Asia’s Affairs, 3/ 2012, pp. 16–30 Православие и корейцы. Автор-составитель. Москва: Издательская группа ООК, 2014, 496 с. Коре сарам. К 150-летию переселения корейцев в Россию. М.: Мedia Land, 2014.-  539 с. Объединение Кореи неизбежно. Сеул: «웃고 문화사», 2014 - 212 с. Корейский театр в Казахстане: зарождение, развитие и перспективы.- Национальные театры Казахстана. Монография Института литературы и искусства. МО, 2014, c. Die Koreaner vom Russischen Reich bis zum Zentral Asien.- журнал POGROM,  2014, Развал СССР и дивергентные процессы среди корейцев  СНГ. - Журнал «Известия корееведения в Центральной Азии,  № 21, 2014,  с. 11-32. Irredentism in disputed territories and its influence in the border con-flicts and wars. – JTMS. The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies. Vol. 3, Number 1, Winter/Spring 2016.- pp. 87-103. Введение в диаспорологию. Учебное пособие. Издательство “Kazak универсетi”, 2016.- 231 с. Correlations of Ethnicity, Identity and Religiosity of the young Gen-eration of Korean Diaspora.  - International Journal of Global Diaspora Studies CIS 고려인 문학사와 론 CIS 고려인 문화의 어제와 오늘. 정덕준, 김영미, 김정훈, 이상갑, 최인나, 김남석, 김게르만 지음 | 한국문화사.| 2016. 417 pages. . Сеул: Хангук мунхваса. 417 стр. Ким Г.Н. и Чен В.С.   Авторы-составители. Православие и корейцы. Численная и территориальная мобильность корейской диаспоры Казах-стана. - Известия корееведения  Центральной Азии. .”-  Newsletters of Korean Studies in Central Asia.  2016, № 23-24, p. 55-79 Ким Г.Н. Корейская секция писателей Казахстана.- Известия корееведения Цен-тральной Азии. .”- Newsletters of Korean Studies in Central Asia.  2016, № 23-24, p.  278-297 German N. KIM and Young Jin KIM.  Gobonji as a Phenomenon of Ethnic Entrepre-neurship among the Koryo-saram in the Soviet Second Economy.  Korea Journal, vol. 56, no. 4 : 92-119.2017 Migration vs. Repatriation to South Korea in the Past and Present. - Journal of Contem-porary Korean Studies Vol. 4, No. 1 : 35-62 Объединение Кореи неизбежно. Книга 2. Cеул: Издательство UKGO, 2017. 212 с. Автор составитель совместно с В. Пак и В. Чен. Корейцы и православие. Сбор-ник статей. Владивосток: Издательство Валентин, 2017. 512 с. Корейцы независимого Казахстана. in Russian and Kazakh. Астана, Академия гос. управления РК, Astana, Academy of state administration under the President of Kazakhstan. 2016, 210 pages Синханчхон – прототип «кориатауна» в России. Sinhanchon as prototype of Koria town. 슬라브연구 33권4호, 2017년 12월, 페이지: 65-102 Энциклопедия корейцев Казахстана.   Алматы:Kahak, 2017, 767 с. The perishing language of Diaspora: the case of Koryo mar in Kazakhstan. –The Ko-rean Language spread in Diaspora – Focusing on the Language Education. Edited by Claire You and Jangwon Ha. Monograph of the Center for Korean Diaspora. USLA Berkeley. 2018, pp. 122–232.     Ким Г.Н..  Диаспоры Казахстана: единство в многообразии. Алматы: Казак университетi, 2018..   Diaspora in Kazakhstan: Un-um in pluribus.  Almaty, 2018  아리랑:  카자흐스탄 고려인 디아스포라의 민족 정체성적 상징.  -   가요 속 통일인문학. 건국대학교 통일인문학연구단.| 2018, 177-195 German N. Kim,  Hwang Youngsarm.  Korean Theater in Kazakhstan as a Cultural Hub of Diaspora. Submitted to Korea Journal   Международный опыт диаспор Казахстана   Алматы: Kazakh Universiteti 2019, 280 c.