Korean Immigration to the United States (1903-1905):
A New Look at American and Japanese Policy Toward the Late Choson Dynasty
by Wayne Patterson
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Time: 6PM to 8PM
Place: 25 West 43rd Street, Room 1000
between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan
Between 1903 and 1905, the first wave of Korean immigrants arrived in Hawaii, forming the beginning of the Korean diaspora in the United States. Although they numbered only about 7,500, their movement had profound implications for American and Japanese policy toward Korea at the end of the Choson dynasty. Based upon the research that resulted in his book, The Korean Frontier in America: Immigration to Hawaii, 1896-1910, Dr. Wayne Patterson presents how Asian history and Asian American history are interconnected rather than separate fields of inquiry.
Wayne Patterson is a professor of history at St. Norbert College since 1977, specializing in East Asia, and is currently a Visiting Professor of Asian Studies, and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of East Asian Studies – University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. Patterson has an undergraduate degree in History from Swarthmore College. He holds two masters degrees–one in History and one in International Relations–both from the University of Pennsylvania. His Ph.D., also from the University of Pennsylvania, is in International Relations, with a concentration in modern East Asian history. Additionally, he has lived, taught or attended universities in Taiwan, Japan and Korea.
The recipient of four Fulbright Fellowships, Dr. Patterson has authored or edited twelve books on modern Korea and Japan, and is the recipient of the Donald B. King Outstanding Scholar Award. He has been a visiting professor at a number of universities.
In the United States, these include the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Kansas, the University of Maryland, the University of South Carolina, Vanderbilt University, the University of Chicago and Harvard University.
Abroad, Dr. Patterson has held visiting professorships at the University of the Philippines, Korea University, Yonsei University, and Ewha University.
