Vipan Chandra
Professor of History
Office: Knapton 328
Phone: 286-3660
Email: Vipan_Chandra@wheatoncollege.edu
Degrees
Ph.D., Harvard University
A.M., Harvard University
A.M., Agra University (India)
A.B., Agra University
Main Interests
Wheaton College
Professor, Department of History, 1990-.
Associate Professor of History, 1984-90.
Assistant Professor of Asian History, 1977-84.
Chairman, Department of History, 1988-91; 1999-2000 Acting Chairman,
1996-1997;2006-2007
Coordinator, Asian Studies Program, Spring 1996; 1992-1995; 1978-1985
Harvard University
Teaching Fellow in Korean Language, 1970-71.
Teaching Fellow in Social Sciences 11 (East Asian Civilization) 1972,
1976.
Head Teaching Fellow in Social Sciences 11, 1976-77.
Teaching Assistant, Government 118 (Government and Politics of Japan),
1972, 1973, 1974.
Tutor in Modern Japanese History, Committee on the A.B. Degree in East
Asian Studies, 1976-77.
Hanguk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul
Lecturer in Hindi, 1966-68.
Meerut College, Meerut (India)
Lecturer in political science, 1961-65.
Languages: Hindi, Chinese (classical), Japanese, Korean, Urdu, Punjabi, and English
Research Interests
Research interests comprise the modern history of Korea and Korean-Japanese relations.
Fellowships and Grants:
Republic of Korea language fellowship (sponsored by the Indian School of
International Studies, New Delhi, India), 1966-68.
Harvard-Yenching Institute travel grant for research and travel in Japan,
Korea, and India, summer 1973.
Harvard-Yenching Institute fellowship, 1969-76.
Wheaton College travel grants for India, Japan and Korea, summer and winter
1979-80; Japan, 1990
Wheaton College grant for research in New York City, Washington, D.C.,
and Philadelphia, Summer 1980.
Social Science Research Council -- American Council of Learned Societies
research grant for revision of Ph.D. dissertation, summer 1982.
International Cultural Society of Korea (Travel and Research Award, 1990)
The Academy of Korean Studies Travel and Research Award, The Committee
on Korean Studies (of the AAS) Award, Summer1990, for research in
Japan.
(AKS award declined)
National Endowment for the Humanities Independent Study Award, Summer
1992
Fulbright Senior Scholar for Korea, 1993-94
PUBLICATIONS:
Research Monograph
Imperialism, Resistance and Reform in Late Nineteenth Century Korea:
Enlightenment and the Independence Club (1896-98). 240 pages
(Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University of
California,1988).
Scholarly Articles
"An Outline Study of the Ilchin-hoe (Advancement Society) of Korea," in
Occasional Papers on Korea, No. 2, March 1974, (C) Joint
Committee on Korean Studies of the Social Science Research
Council and the American Council of Learned Societies, New York.
(Published by The University of Washington, Seattle)
"The Independence Club and Korea's First Proposal for a National
Legislative Assembly," in Occasional Papers on Korea, No. 4,
September 1975 (C)JCKS of SSRC-ACLS, New York
"The Concept of Popular Sovereignty: The Case of So Chae-p'il and Yun
Ch'i-ho, in Korea Journal (Korean National Commission for UNESCO,
Seoul), Vol. 21, No. 4, April 1981.
"The Korean Enlightenment: A Re-examination," in Korea Journal, Vol.
22,No. 5, May 1982. Also published in Korean Culture (Korean
Cultural Service, Los Angeles), Vol. 3, No. 2, June 1982.
"Korean Human Rights Consciousness in an Era of Transition: A Survey
of Late 19th-Century Developments" in William Shaw, ed., Human
Rightsin Korea, Harvard University, Council on East Asian
Studies, 1991
"Sentiment and Ideology in the Nationalism of the Independence Club
(1896-98)," in Korean Studies, Vol. 10 (1986) pp. 13-34.
"Review article on Kim Key-Hiuk, The Last Phase of the East Asian World
Order: Korea, Japan and the Chinese Empire (Berkeley and Los
Angeles: University of California Press, 1980); and Martina
Deuchler, Confucian Gentlemen and Barbarian Envoys (Seattle and
London:University of Washington Press, 1977), in Journal of
Korean Studies, Vol. 6 (1985-87).
Articles on the Independence Party, So Chae-p'il, Pak Yong-hyo, and Yu Kil-chun in the Encyclopedia of Asian History, (New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1987).
"Pioneer Thinkers in Yi Korea's Quest for Modernization" in Korean
Culture(Los Angeles: March 1987).
"Characteristics of the Pro-British Indian Intellectuals During theColonial Period," in Studies on the Pro-Japanese Korean Faction
(Seoul: Karam Kihoek summer '94 and summer '95). These
articles and journal are in the Korean language.
"The Development of Nationalism and Democracy in Late 19th-Century
Korea," in A Fresh Elucidation of Modern Korean Communications
(Seoul: Minumsa, 1996). The article and the book are in the
Korean language.
"Comparative Intellectual and Activist Responses to the West: China, Korea,and Japan," in So Chaepil and His Times, Seoul, 2003
"Annoted Bibliography on the Korean War," Korea Society, New York (2001).
Book Reviews - Long (3-10 pages)
Review of Sandra Mattielli, ed., Virtues in Conflict: Tradition and
the Korean Woman (Seoul: Royal Asiatic Society, 1977), in Journal of
Korean Studies, Vol. 2, 1980.
Review of Lee Kwang-nin, Han'guk kaehwa sasang yon'gu (Seoul:
Ilchogak, 1979), in Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 3, 1981.
Review of Robert R. Swartout, Jr., Mandarins, Gunboats and Power
Politics(Honolulu: The University Press of Hawaii, 1980), in Korean
Studies (Center for Korean Studies, University of Hawaii) Vol. 5, 1982.
"The Virtue-Law Dichotomy in Yi Korea," a review of William Shaw, Legal
Norms in a Confucian State (Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies,
University of California, 1981), in Journal of Korean Studies, Vol 5, 1984.
Review of Quee-Young Kim, The Fall of Syngman Rhee (Berkeley:
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, 1983), in
Journal ofKorean Studies, Vol 5, 1984.
Review of Daesook Suh and Young-Nok Koo, eds., Korea and the United
States: A Century of Cooperation (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1985), in Korean Studies, Vol. 9, 1985.
Feature review of Kozo Yamamura, ed., The Cambridge History of Japan,
Vol. 3 (Medieval Japan) in History: Review of New Books (Fall 1991).
Review of Yur-Bok Lee and Wayne Patterson, ed., One Hundred Years of
Korean-American Relations, 1882-1982 (University City: University of Alabama Press, 1986) in Korean Studies, Vol. 11, 1987.
Review of Michael E. Robinson, Cultural Nationalism in Colonial
Korea,1920-1925, Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1988) in
Korean Studies, Vol. 14, 1990
Review of Yur-Bok Lee, West Goes East: Paul Georg Von Möllendorff and Great Power Imperialisiam Late Yi Korea (Honolulu: University of
Hawaii Press, 1988) in Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 7, 1990.
Review of Donald N. Clark ed., Korea Briefing, 1991 (Boulder: Westview
Press, 1991), in Journal of Asian and African Studies (Leiden: E.J.
Brill), Summer 1992.
Review of Robert A. Scalapino, The Politics of Development:
Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Asia (Harvard University Press, 1989)
in Korean Studies, 16 (1992).
Review of John Chay, Diplomacy of Asymmetry: Korean-American Relations
to 1910 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990), in The Journal of Korean Studies, Vol. 8, 1992.
Feature Review of Gina Barnes, China, Korea and Japan: The Rise of Civilization in East Asia (London: Thames and Hudson, 1994), in History: Review of New Books (Winter, [OE]94).
Peter H. Lee, ed., Sourcebook of Korean Civilization, Vol. II (Columbia
University Press, 1996), in Pacific Affairs (Winter 1998).
Gi-Wook Shin, Peasant Protest and Social Change in Colonial Korea (University of Washington Press, 1996), in The American Historical
Review, December 1998.
Book Reviews - Short (1-2 pages)
Review of Harold F. Cook, Korea's 1884 Incident (Seoul: Royal Asiatic
Society, 1972), in Pacific Affairs, Vancouver, B.C., Vol. 46, No. 1,
Spring 1973.
Review of Dae-Sook Suh and Chae-Jin Lee, ed., Political Leadership in
Korea (Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1976), in
Journal of Asian Studies, Ann Arbor, Vol. 38, No. 2, February 1979.
Review of Yong-Ha Shin, Tongnip hyophoe yon'gu (Seoul: Ilchogak,
1976), in Journal of Korean Studies, University of Washington, Seattle,
Vol. I,1979.
Review of Louis Allen, The End of the War in Asia (New York:
Beckman/Esanu Publishers, Inc., 1979), in the American Historical
Review, October 1979.
Review of James B. Palais, Politics and Policy in Traditional Korea (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1975), in Journal of
Asian Studies, November, 1980.
Review of Basil Entwistle, Japan's Decisive Decade (Bridgeport, CT: Grosvenor Books, 1985), in History: Review of New Books, Vol. 13, No. 7, July-August, 1985.
Review of Carl T. Smith, Chinese Christians: Elites, Middlemen, and
the Church in in Hong Kong (New York: Oxford University Press, 1986), in History: Review of New Books, Vol. 14, No. 5, May-June, 1986.
Review of Fred C. Bohm and Robert P. Swartout, Jr., ed., Naval Surgeon
in Yi Korea. (Berkeley: Institute of East Asian Studies, University
of California, 1984); and Robert R. Swartout, Jr., ed., An American
Adviser in Late Yi Korea (University City: University of Alabama
Press, 1984), in Journal of Asian Studies (Berkeley: University of
California Press, Vol. 46, No. 4, 1987).
Review of Brian E. McKnight, ed., Law and the State in Traditional East
Asia (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1987) in History: Review
of New Books, Vol. 16, No. 1, Fall 1987.
Review of Frank K. Upham, Law and Social Change in Postwar Japan
(Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1987) in History: Review
of New Books, Vol. 17, No. 1, Fall 1988.
Review of Michael Weiner, The Origins of the Korean Community in Japan,
1910-1923 Atlantic Highland, N.J.: Humanities Press International, 1989) in Pacific Affairs (November, 1989)
Review of James R. Bartholomew, The Formation of Science in Japan (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1989) in History: Review of New
Books, Summer, 1990.
Review of Carter Eckert, et al, Korea Old and New: A History (Seoul: Ilchogak, 1990), forthcoming in Pacific Affairs (Vancouver, B.C.)
Review of Edwin H. Graegert, Landownership under Colonial Rule:
Korea's Japanese Experience, 1910-1935 (University of Hawaii Press,
1994) in Pacific Affairs (Winter, 1996)
Review of Dennis L. McNamara, Trade and Transformation in Korea, 1876- 1945 (Westview Press, 1996) in Pacific Affairs, Summer 1997.
Review of Sonia Ryang, North Koreans in Japan Today: Language,
Ideology and Identity (Westview Press, 1997), the Journal of Asian Studies (Fall,1997).
Review of Yasunori Fukuoka, Lives of Young Koreans in Japan, in Journal of Asian Studies, Winter, 2000-2001.
Review of Sangmie Choi Schellstede, Comfort Women Speak, (Holmes and Meier, 2002), in Pacific Affairs, Fall 2001.
Review of Woon Joe Kang,The Korean Struggle for International Identity, in American Historical Review, December, 2006*
Research in Progress
A comparative study of the Korean and Indian collaborators of Japan and United Kingdom in World War II Korea and India, respectively.
*( Sundry columns and commentaries by me on current affairs in Indian , Korea,Japanese ,and American newspapers and magazines have appeared intermittently since 1961.)
Teaching Interests
History and politics of East Asia and South Asia
Other Interests