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Contact Information |
• Office: Room 404, International Studies Building • Phone: 031-201-2368 • E-mail: sjwoo@khu.ac.kr • Curriculum Vitae: Download |
Areas of Expertise |
Research Interests
• North Korean Politics, Inter-Korean Relations, International Relations Theory
Courses Taught • Introduction to International Relations, History of International Relations,
North Korea and Inter-Korean Relations |
Education |
• Ph.D. in Political Science, Indiana University(Bloomington), 2001 • M.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University, 1991 • B.A. in Korean Literature, Seoul National University, 1989 |
Career Experience |
• 2014 – present: Professor, College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University • 2011: Deputy Dean, College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University • 2010: Chair, Department of International Studies, Kyung Hee University • March 2009 – 2014: Associate Professor, Kyung Hee University • March 2005 – February 2009: Assistant Professor, Kyung Hee University • March 2003 – February 2005: Assistant Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security |
Professional Activities |
• Director, Institute of International Studies, Kyung Hee University, 2017-Present. • Editor-in-Chief, Korean Political Science Review, 2015. (in Korean) • Admissions Officer, Kyung Hee University, 2014-2016. • Member, Editorial Board, Korean Journal of International Studies, 2014-Present. • Visiting Instructor, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2012. • Lecturer, Seoul National University International Summer Institute, 2011. • Director of Research, Korean Association of International Studies, 2010-2011. • Editor, Journal of Korean Political and Diplomatic History, 2010-2011. (in Korean) • Member, Editorial Board, Korean Unification Studies, 2010-Present. (in Korean) • Member, Advisory Committee, Kaesong Industrial District Management Committee (KIDMAC), 2011. • Lecturer, Yanbian University of Science & Technology, China, 2007. • Member, Advisory Committee for Policy Analysis, Ministry of Unification, 2005-2007. • Director of Research, Korean Association for Political and Diplomatic History, 2006-2007. • Research Fellow, Center for International Studies, Seoul National University, 2002-2003. • Lecturer, Catholic University of Korea, 2002-2003. • Lecturer, Seoul National University, 2002. • Lecturer, University of Incheon, 2001-2002. • Lecturer, Korea University, 2001-2002. |
Selected Publications |
• “Power Transition and Inter-Korean Dialogue in the Early 1970s,” Korea Journal, Vol. 56. No. 2, 2016. • “North Korea as a Transformer: From a Fortress State to an Amphibious State,” in Ha Young-sun and Jo Dongho, eds., Future of North Korea 2032: Coevolutionary Strategy for the Advancement (Seoul: EAI, 2012). • “Pyongyang and the World: North Korean Perspectives on International Relations under Kim Jong-il,” Pacific Focus, Vol. 26, No. 2, August 2011 • “The Park Chung-hee Administration amid Inter-Korean Reconciliation in the Détente Period,” Korea Journal, Vol. 49, No. 2, Summer 2009. • “North Korea-U.S. Relations in Peace Building on the Korean Peninsula,” Korean Journal of Security Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1, June 2006. • “Triangle Research and Understanding Northeast Asian Politics,” Summer 2003, Asian Perspective. • “South Korea’s Search for a Unification Strategy,” Summer 2003, Orbis. • “Adversarial Engagement and Alliance Relations,” March 2001, Issues & Studies. |