He is a doctoral candidate of the Department of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in USA. He specializes in the intellectual history of early modern Japan, and his work has focused on the relationship between Neo-Confucianism and Japanese politics. Doyoung is interested in the impact of philosophy on society in socio-political history context. He is conducting the research for his dissertation on the Neo-Confucian converts from Zen in the early Tokugawa period such as Fujiwara Seika and Hayashi Razan. At the beginning of his academic career, Doyoung was trained as a Chinese philosopher and then he changed his way to be a historian as he arrived at the States. Doyoung joined the doctoral program of history at the University of Illinois in 2004 and became a doctoral candidate in 2007. He was affiliated to the Graduate School for Law and Politics of the University of Tokyo as a Japan Foundation fellow 2007-2008. He joined Osaka Gakuin University as a full-time faculty member on April 1st 2011.

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Education

Doctoral Candidate, History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007 (Projected dissertation deposit: April, 2011)
Major: Japanese Intellectual History
Minor: Korean and Chinese History, Comparative History of East Asian Religion
M.A., Korean and Chinese History, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, 2002
Thesis: ” Huang Tsung-hsi and Yu Hyŏng-Wŏn: Neo-Confucian Ideas on bureaucratic Reform”
M.A., East Asian Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, 1999
Thesis: “Dong Zhong Shu’s Thought of Heaven and Human in Chun-Qiu-Fan-Lou”
B.A., East Asian Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, 1997

Research Interest
Intellectual Exchanges between Japan and Korea
Relationship between Neo-Confucianism and Zen Buddhism
Transnational Impact of Confucianism on East Asia
Cultural and intellectual Interactions among China, Japan, and Korea

Teaching Interest
Japanese History
Korean History
Chinese History
Asian Philosophy and Religion
East Asian Cultural History
East Asian Intellectual History

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Osaka Gakuin University, Osaka, Japan

20th
World History, April 2011 (taught in Japanese)
East Asian Political Relationship, January 2011 (taught in Japanese)
Post-Imperial Japanese History, January 2011 (taught in English)
Approach to Japanese Studies, July 2010 (taught in English)
History of Japan-Korea Rivalry, June 2010 (taught in Korean)
Japanese History, fall 2009 (taught in English)
Japanese Business History, fall 2009 (taught in English)
Korean Language, fall 2009 (taught in Japanese)
Osaka the Kitchen of Japan, July 2009 (taught in English)
Korean Society and Culture, spring 2009 (taught in Japanese) Japanese Philosophy, spring 2009 (taught in English)
Japanese History, spring 2009 (taught in English)

Instructor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo, Japan (taught in Japanese)
Society and Religion, fall 2008
Instructor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo, Introductive Korean Language, fall 2008
Instructor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo, Computer Language: Visual Basic, fall 2008
Instructor, Toyo Gakuen University, Tokyo, Religion and Society, fall 2008

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois (taught in English)
Western Civilization until 1680, summer 2007
East Asian Civilization, spring 2007
Traditional China, spring 2005
Western Civilization until 1680, fall 2004

Work Experience
Research Fellow, Japan Foundation, 2007-2008
International Research Student, Graduate School of Law and Political Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo,
Japan, 2007-2008
Web Designer, Department of History, Bowling Green State University, 2001-2002
Reporter, the Korean National Committee of the Investigation on the 4.3 Massacre in Jeju Island, 2000
Online Education Developer, Open Cyber University, Seoul, Korea, 1998-1999
Research Associate, Department of Chinese Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, 1997-1999
President, Student Government, Yanghyeonjae Fellows’ Group at Sungkyunkwan University, 1995-1996
Accountant, Republic of Korea Army, 1991-1993

Grant and Scholarship

Fellowship
Dissertation Writing Fellowship, University of Illinois, 2009-2010
Japanese Studies Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, Japan Foundation, 2007-2008
Yanghyeonjae Graduate Fellowship, Sungkyunkwan University, 1997-1999
Yanghyeonjae Undergraduate Fellowship, Sungkyunkwan University, 1993-1997

Grant
Reading Group Organizing Fund, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, University of Illinois,
2005-2006
Social Science Research Council Japan Studies Dissertation Workshop, 2005

Assistantship
Teaching Assistantship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
Research Assistantship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005-2006
Teaching Assistantship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004-2005
Research Assistantship, Bowling Green State University, fall 2000-2002

Awards
Grand Prize, Midwest Japanese Speech Contest hosted by Chicago Japanese Consulate General, 2004
Summa Cum Laude, Sungkyunkwan University, 1997

Publications “Fujiwara Seika no Shushigaku he no Tenkō wa Haibutsukiju no Kekka ka藤原惺窩の朱子学者への転向は
排仏帰儒の結果か  (The Utilitarian Motive of Fujiwara Seika’s Conversion from Zen to Neo-
Confucianism) ”, Shisōshikenkyū  思想史研究, Vol. 9, 2008

Conference Presentations
Forthcoming, “Japanese Intellectuals’ Challenge to the Korean Confucian Scholars”, Association for Asian
Studies, Honolulu, April 3, 2011
“Seeking the Seeds of Modernity from Confucianism”, International Association of Historians of Asia,
Singapore, Jun. 24, 2010
“ Rinzai Zen Monastery: the Base of Human Network”, Joint East Asian Conference, University of Sheffield,
Sheffield, UK, Sep. 10, 2009
“The Rise of Intellectual Professionalism”, Asian Studies Conference in Japan, Sophia University, Japan, Jun.
20, 2009
“Neo-Confucian Converts from Zen Buddhism in Early Modern Japan”, World Convention of Philosophers,
Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Jul. 31, 2008
“Breaking the Myths of Fujiwara Seika, the Pioneer of Tokugawa Neo-Confucianism”, Graduate Student
Conference on East Asia, Columbia University, NY, Feb. 9, 2007
“Fujiwara Seika’s Renunciation of Zen Buddhism”, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs, University of
Wisconsin, WI, Oct. 20, 2006
“The Confucian Shrine and Hayashi family’s Political Position”, Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs,
Michigan State University, MI, Sep. 25, 2005
“The Independence of Japanese Neo-Confucianism”, Midwest Conference on East Asian Thoughts, North
Central College, IL, Apr. 16, 2005
”Practical Learning: the Forth Metamorphosis of Confucianism”, Graduate Student Conference on East Asia,
Columbia University, NY, Feb. 7, 2004

Languages
Korean (native)
English (fluent) – TOEFL: CBT 250 (writing 5.5/6.0) / TOEIC: 925
Japanese (near native) – Japanese Proficiency Test:  First Grade / Japanese Oral Proficiency Interview:
Advanced High
Chinese (reading only)
Classical Chinese (reading)

References
Ronald P. Toby
Professor
History, East Asian Language and Culture
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
rptoby@illinois.edu

Mike Matsuno
Associate Professor
International Center
Osaka Gakuin University
mikematsuno@mac.com

Brian Ruppert
Associate Professor East Asian Language and Culture, Religious Studies
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ruppert@illinois.edu

Hiroshi Watanabe
Emeritus Professor
Law and Political Science
University of Tokyo
watanabe@j.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Kai-Wing Chow
Professor
History, East Asian Language and Culture
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
k-chow1@illinois.edu

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Past Courses

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2. Japanese Business Past and Present (English): Download: MS Word 2003 Format

3. Inside the Japanese Mind (English): Download: MS Word 2003 Format

4. Korean Society and Culture 韓国の社会と文化 (Japanese): Download: MS Word 2003 Format

5. Korean Language 韓国語 (Japanese): Download: MS Word 2003 Format

6. Society and Religion 社会と宗教 (Japanese): Download: MS Word 2003 Format