Doctoral Candidate

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Jinseo Park holds a B.A. in Logistics and History and an M.A. in Korean Studies from Inha University in South Korea. Completed Ph.D. coursework at Seoul National University in 2023, specializing in Korean modern history. In 2024, belonging to the Department of Korean Studies at the University of Tübingen as a guest researcher.

The main research interests are industrial accidents and occupational diseases in modern Korea and social insurance as compensation. Recently, studying the working conditions and social insurance of forcibly mobilized Koreans during the Asia-Pacific War. Currently, concentrating on the forced labor of foreigners by Nazi Germany and exploring the possibility of comparative research with the Korean forced mobilization. Other research interests include pollution and the environment, migrant labor and citizenship, and Minjung and social movements.