Kyungtaek Kwon
Education
BA in History, Dongguk University (South Korea)
MA in History, Moscow State University
MA in History, New York University
Research Interests
Russian Far East
Urban History
Diplomatic History between Russia and Korea
Dissertation Title
"Crafting the Identity of Komsomol’sk-na-Amure from a Military Outpost to a Socialist City (1932-1982)"
Faculty Advisor
Biography
Kyungtaek Kwon was educated in Seoul, Moscow, and New York before enrolling at Emory. His dissertation illuminates how the Soviet Far Eastern city of Komsomol’sk-na-Amure shaped the city’s identity from the 1930s to the 1980s, focusing on the roles of Soviet authorities, architects, and city builders.