Yu-Han Huang

Yu-Han Huang

First Name: 
Yu-Han
Last Name: 
Huang
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PhD Program (He/Him)
Biography : 

Yu-Han Huang is a historian of modern East Asia with a specialization in Taiwan and Korea under Japanese colonialism and the Cold War. His ongoing dissertation project draws on the history of Taiwanese and South Korean urbanism during the Cold War. With a particular interest in concrete as building technology and material, Yu-Han's dissertation aims to explore the interconnections between urban environment, anti-communism, and nation-building in post-World War II Taiwan and South Korea.

Education: 
MA, Cornell University
BA, MA, National Taiwan University

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Areas of Interest: 

Cold War-era Taiwan and South Korea; Urban History; History of technology; Built Environment

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Dissertation Title: 
Concrete Technology and the Transitioning Urban Environment in Post-Second World War Taiwan and South Korea
Dissertation Supervisors: 
Tong Lam

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<p>Learn more about Yu-Han Huang, a graduate student in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.</p>