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January 16, 2026

Book chapter by Dolf Neuhaus explores industrial education in colonial Korea

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Vocational and industrial training loomed large in Japanese colonial education in Korea. Between 1910 and 1945, Japanese authorities implemented an education system that concentrated on industrial education for Koreans, who were generally portrayed as possessing a low level of civilization. Geared toward assimilating Koreans as Japanese subjects, this system was characterized by segregation and discrimination with severely restricted access to higher education for Koreans. Comparing the perspectives of missionaries, Korean students, and Japanese colonial authorities, Dolf-Alexander Neuhaus‘ book chapter “Training the Heart, the Head, and the Hand”: Colonial Education, Missionaries, and Industrial Schools in Korea, 1906–1930 examines the YMCA’s pioneering role in industrial education as a site where Protestant work ethics, Korean aspirations for modernization, and colonial policy converged — and sometimes directly conflicted. The chapter is published in The Gospel of Work and Money. Industrial Education and Its Global Legacies, edited by O. Charbonneau and K. V. Walther (University of Pennsylvania Press 2026).