Minchul Kim

Dr. Minchul Kim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Global Intellectual History Unit at Sungkyunkwan University. His research explores the moral, political, and economic dimensions of the Enlightenment and French Revolution, with a focus on representative governance, socio-economic critiques, and philosophical responses to revolutionary change.

• PhD: School of History, University of St Andrews (2018)
• Editorial Board: Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment, History of European Ideas
• Research: Enlightenment political economy, French revolutionary thought, intellectual historiography
• Publications: 15+ peer-reviewed articles (2016–2024), translations of seminal works into Korean

Research Trends: His scholarship bridges comparative analyses of democratic theory, abolitionist movements, and natural jurisprudence with archival studies and historiographical reflections on Enlightenment and post-revolutionary intellectual legacies.

Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Global Intellectual History Unit at Sungkyunkwan University, fostering interdisciplinary research on transnational Enlightenment and revolutionary ideologies.