Jinsung Kim is a Sessional Lecturer in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. He earned his Ph.D. in Asian Studies at UBC in 2025. His research examines Korea’s military reform and its complex interactions with China, Japan, Russia, and the United States in the late 19th century. Before pursuing his doctorate, he completed an M.A. in History at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea, where he specialized in Sino-Korean relations between 1882 and 1884.

Korean-Japanese relations in the late 19th century

Korean military reform and Japan’s diplomatic relations

Andy and Julie Sun Scholarship in Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia, 2022

The Institute for Asian Research Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, 2022

William L. Holland Scholarship at the University of British Columbia, 2021

The Nippon Foundation Fellows Program at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, 2019-2020

Four Year Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, 2016-2021

Brain Korea 21 Scholarship at Sungkyunkwan University, 2008-2009

Academic Scholarship at Sungkyunkwan University, 2001, 2005-2007