[KS] Hugh Kang, Trailblazing Korea Historian in the US, dies at 93

[Cheehyung Harrison Kim]

To the Global Korean Studies Community,

With great sadness we share the news that Hugh H. W. Kang 강희웅, a
trailblazing Korea historian in the United States and Emeritus Professor at
the University of Hawaii at Manoa, died on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at the
age of 93. His funeral service is taking place as we speak in South Korea
at Gachon University Gil Medical Center.

With his magnanimous spirit and his passionate drive, Hugh Kang helped to
establish the field of Korean studies in the United States. He received his
B.A. from Berea College in 1956, his M.A. from the University of Chicago in
1958, and his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1964. As a scholar
of ancient and medieval Korea, he was one of the first Korea historians to
become a faculty member in a history department in the United States, when
he joined the University of Hawaii at Manoa's Department of History in
1965. Hugh Kang was also a principal figure in the founding of the Center
for Korean Studies at the university in 1972, the first of its kind outside
of South Korea.

Hugh Kang penned and translated some of the most important foundational
books in premodern Korean history, including *The Silla Annals of the
Samguk Sagi, **The Koguryo Annals of the Samguk Sagi, **The Essentials of
Koryŏ History, **Sources of Korean Tradition, and **Institutional
Borrowing: The Case of the Chinese Civil Service System in Early Koryŏ.*

Hugh Kang's brilliance, generosity, and friendship will be dearly missed.
He is survived by his two daughters and their families. A formal obituary
will soon be shared.

-- The Center for Korean Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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