Background
Youngsoo Bae was born on January 3, 1953, in Chinhae, South Korea. He is the son of Yimoon Bae and Sooyun Choi.
South Korea, Seoul, Gwanak-gu, 관악로 1 서울대학교 생명과학부 504동
Youngsoo Bae got a Bachelor of Arts in 1976 and a Master of Arts in 1978 from Seoul National University.
Cambridge, MA, United States
In 1989 Youngsoo Bae received a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University.
Youngsoo Bae was born on January 3, 1953, in Chinhae, South Korea. He is the son of Yimoon Bae and Sooyun Choi.
Youngsoo Bae got a Bachelor of Arts in 1976 and a Master of Arts in 1978 from Seoul National University. In 1989 he received a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University.
Youngsoo Bae served as a history instructor at Korea Military Academy, Seoul, South Korea from 1980 to 1983.
In 1989 he became an assistant professor at Seoul National University. He held this position till 1993. From 1995 to 1997 he was a chair of the department of Western history. Since 1999 Bae is a professor of history and currently dean of the College of Humanities, Seoul National University.
From 2001 to 2003 Bae was editor-in-chief of Daehak Shinmoon (campus weekly).
Bae is a director of the American Studies Institute at Seoul National University since 2003.
Young-soo Bae is the author of several books in Korean that focus on the social history of American capitalism.
Bae's first book written in English, 2001's "Labor in Retreat: Class and Community among Men's Clothing Workers of Chicago, 1871-1929," focuses on the United States labor during a period of great flux: from the height of industrialization to the onset of the Great Depression.
Youngsoo Bae is a member of the Catholic church.
Bae's current research interests focus on the development of American civilization in the global context.
Bae is a member of the American History Association, Korean Society for Western History, and Korean History Association.
Youngsoo married Nanhee Shin on November 19, 1978. The couple has two children: Youngjae, Minjae.