Dr Owen Miller
BA MA PhD (SOAS, London)
Overview
Department of the Languages and Cultures of Japan and Korea
Lecturer in Korean Studies
Centre of Korean Studies
Member
- Name:
- Dr Owen Miller
- Email address:
- om4@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4363
- Address:
- SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
- Office No:
- 408
- Office Hours:
- Tuesdays 14:00-15:00/Thursdays 13:00-14:00
Biography
Owen initially studied East Asian history at SOAS as an undergraduate and subsequently lived in South Korea, where he studied Korean language at Yonsei University. He returned to SOAS in 2001 to study for an MA and then a PhD in Korean history, focusing on merchant guilds in late nineteenth century Seoul. Prior to coming to SOAS as a lecturer in Korean Studies, Owen worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Robinson College, University of Cambridge.
Current research interests include: the social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea; urban history; Korean nationalist and Marxist historiographies; the economic history of North Korea; and state formation in Northeast Asia.
Teaching
Courses Taught
Research
Current research interests include: the social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea; urban history; Korean nationalist and Marxist historiographies; the economic history of North Korea; and state formation in Northeast Asia.
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Available for
Regional Expertise
- East Asia
Country Expertise
- Korea North
- Korea South
Languages
- Korean
Publications
Book Chapters
Miller, Owen (2011) 'Haebang chŏnhu Chŏn Sŏktam ŭi yŏksahak: kŭndae kungmin kukka ro ihaeng kwa malksŭjuŭi yŏksahak.' In: Cheguk kwa minjok ŭi kyoch’a ro. Seoul: Ch'aekkwa hamkke, pp. 225-254.
Articles
Miller, Owen (2007) 'The Myonjujon Documents: Accounting Methods and Merchants' Organisations in Nineteenth Century Korea.' Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies, 7 (1). pp. 87-114.
Miller, Owen (2007) 'Ties of Labour and Ties of Commerce: Corvée Labour among Seoul Merchants in the Nineteenth Century.' Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient, 50 (1). pp. 41-71.
