Younkuk Jung
September 1, 2017 – February 28, 2018
Youn Kuk Jung’s research interests lie in the development of Korean media, looking specifically at journalism and the government in Korea and the United States, and the role of journalism in the development of Korea. Prior to his affiliation with GWIKS, he worked for the South Korean government as presidential spokesperson at the Blue House. Youn Kuk Jung has experience working as a TV broadcasting journalist for 28 years at Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) in Seoul, South Korea as a news anchor, London correspondent, and TV debate program host. He earned his Master’s in Media and Public Relations at Yonsei University in 2005, and his Bachelor’s in German Language at Chungang University in 1986.
Sergei Kurbanov
November 20, 2017- February 19, 2018
Sergei Kurbanov currently works as a full-time professor at St. Petersburg University as the Head of the Korean History Section of the Department of History and the Far East, as well as the Director of the Project Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies of Korea. Sergei is also the Editor of the Korean Studies journal “Proceedings of the Center for Korean Language and Culture,” and the Chair of the Russia-Korea Friendship Society, both located out of St. Petersburg. He received his Master’s in Historical Sciences from the Leningrad National University, and his Ph.D., also in Historical Sciences, from the St. Petersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Sciences. He will be conducting research for the book he is writing, under the title of “History of Korea: 2000-2010,” which will cover Korean history in the 21st century.
