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
Lecturer in Korean Studies Dr Owen Miller Modern Korean history and society; Korean historiography; social and economic history of 19th and 20th century Korea
Senior Lecturer in International Business & Management (China) Dr Eunsuk Hong Foreign Direct Investment, Emerging-Market Multinationals, Applied spatial econometrics, Chinese management/economy
Reader in the History of Korean Art Dr Charlotte Horlyck Visual and material culture of the Korean peninsula; Pre-modern Korean burial practices, particularly of the Koryŏ period (AD918-1392); Arts of the Koryŏ period, especially bronze mirrors and ceramics; 20th century collecting of Korean artefacts; Heritage and museum practices; Gender and material culture.
Reader in Comparative Politics and Development Studies Dr Tat Yan Kong Comparative Political Economy (East Asia): varieties of capitalism; socialist to market transitions; Security on the Korean Peninsula, Development Theory
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
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
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.
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
Visiting Scholar Professor Gong Hoe Gimm Research Area: Political economy of development, national economic policy, world economy, economic crisis, history of economic thought. Date of Appointment: May 2023 - August 2023
Visiting Scholar Professor Insuk Kim Research Area: Analysis of Research on Korean Music History Introduced in Foreign Countries. Date of Appointment: December 2022 - December 2023
Visiting Scholar Professor Jung Yeop Lee Research Area: Comparative Study on Business Models of East Asian Games and User Identities. Date of Appointment: September 2023 - August 2024
Visiting Scholar Dr Kyungeun Park Research Area: A study on the images of paradise shown on Korea’s Baekje gilt-bronze incense burner and in the ancient myths of East Asia. Date of Appointment: January 2023 - January 2024
Visiting Scholar Dr Che-Hyun Ryu Research Area: Understanding the difference in urban planning focusing on Smart Cities and Policies. Date of Appointment: January 2023 - January 2024
Visiting Scholar Dr Myungjeen Song Research Area: Comparative Research on Criminal case handling and juvenile protection for juvenile offenders between the UK and Korea. Date of Appointment: December 2022 - December 2023
29 April 2022 Confronting South Korea’s Next Crisis: Rigidities, Polarization, and Fear of Japanification
4 December 2020 One Left: A powerful tale of trauma and endurance that transformed a nation’s understanding of Korean comfort women
26 May 2023 An Atomic Age Unleashed: Emancipation and Erasure in Early Korean Accounts of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombings This presentation explores the common culture of Cold War scientism and atomic developmentalism in early North and South Korea.
