Seo Joong-seok
# Seo Joong-seok

Seo Joong-seok (Korean: 서중석; born August 25, 1948) is a South Korean historian. He has been described as the "No. 1 Modern Korean Historian' ('한국 현대사 박사 제1호').

## Biography

Seo was born on August 25, 1948 in Bongdong-ri, Hwangha-myeon, Iksan-gun, North Jeolla Province. His bon-gwan is the Daegu Seo clan [ko]He was born the seventh of eight siblings. His father, after being suspended from school in the aftermath of the Daegu Normal School Reading Club Scandal (대구사범학교 독서회사건), worked as a farmer. His mother also worked as a farmer.

In 1974, while in his fourth year in the History Department of Seoul National University, he was imprisoned for his participation in the National Federation of Democratic Youth and Students Incident [ko], in which he protested against the dictatorial Fourth Republic of Korea.

