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Lecturer in Korean Studies

Dr Owen Miller

Modern Korean history and society; Korean historiography; social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea

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Senior Lecturer in Korean

Dr Anders Karlsson

Korean language; literature and society; history of 19th century Korea

Lecturer in Korean Literature

Dr Grace Koh

Korean and East Asian literary traditions (prose and fiction); literary and intellectual history; travel literature and cultural encounters; critical theory and comparative literature

Dr Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni

Youkyung Ju-Zaveroni is a Lecturer in Korean Language at SOAS University of London.

Senior Lecturer in Research Methodology

Dr Yenn Lee

Doctoral researcher development

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Senior Lecturer in International Business & Management (China)

Dr Eunsuk Hong

Foreign Direct Investment, Emerging-Market Multinationals, Applied spatial econometrics, Chinese management/economy

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Reader in the History of Korean Art

Dr Charlotte Horlyck

Charlotte Horlyck received her PhD from SOAS in 2006, and was appointed Lecturer in Korean Art History at SOAS in 2007.

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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations

Dr Chris Deacon

International politics of memory and identity, IR theory (constructivism, poststructuralism), foreign policy, ontological security, discourse analysis, East Asia (Japan, South Korea, North Korea)

Reader in Comparative Politics and Development Studies

Professor Tat Yan Kong

Comparative Political Economy (East Asia): varieties of capitalism; socialist to market transitions; Security on the Korean Peninsula, Development Theory

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Dr Youngsook Pak

Korean art history (from prehistory to the 20th century), Buddhist art, Confucian elite and its culture, Text and Images

Emeritus Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics

Professor Jae Hoon Yeon

Korean language and linguistics, especially morpho-syntax and linguistic typology; structure and history of Korean language; Korean language teaching and translation; modern Korean literature

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Emeritus Professor of Music

Professor Keith Howard

Ethnomusicology; anthropology; Korean music; music traditions in Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Thailand, and Siberia; studies of religion; composition; education; shamanism; early keyboard instruments, players and restorers

Professorial Research Associate

Professor Hazel Smith

State, society, economy and international politics of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

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Research Associate

Dr J E Hoare

FCO Research Analysts (China, Japan and Korea) for 33 years. PhD from SOAS 1971 in Japanese history. Served in Seoul, Beijing and in 2001-2002, established the British Embassy in Pyongyang., Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Has taught Korean history at SOAS and currently teaches a course, “The Other Korea” on North Korea since 1945. Numerous publications, broadcasts etc.

Dr Jennifer Hough

Social anthropologist working with North Korean defectors/refugees in contemporary South Korea; language politics; social inequality; belonging, identity, & citizenship; humanitarianism & social welfare.

Dr Miseon Kim

Sociolinguistics; immigrant language; language use in Korean communities in Japan

Research Associate

Dr In-Sung Kim Han

Pre-modern cross-cultural link between Korea and the Islamic regions.

Senior Teaching Fellow, Researcher, Research Associate

Dr Hyun Seon Lee

Film, Media and Literature – currently focusing on Korean Film and Media: The Cold War culture, media and gender (Korea/Germany), shamanism in visual media, Korean cinema and history

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Mr Mingoo Kim

Research Area: British Police based on GDS.

Visiting Scholar

Professor Moonjong Kang

Research Area: The daily life of Classical literature in the Joseon Dynasty.
Date of Appointment: February 2024 - February 2025

9 October 2024

Interrogating 'K-Culture': Religion, culture and philosophy through multicultural perspectives

A collaborative international symposium on Interrogating 'K-Culture': Religion, Culture, and Philosophy through Multicultural Perspectives.

19 March 2021

Rescuing Art History from the Nation: Late Chosŏn Korea between Europe and Edo Japan

11 February 2023

The Real North Korea: in its Multiplicity of Origins, Dynamics, and Futures

This special one-day symposium on North Korea's history, society and economy will be co-hosted by the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies and the AKS Korean Studies Laboratory: 'The Real North Korea'.

Members of the Centre of Korean Studies

Centre Chair