Humanities Korea Plus (HK⁺) Mega-Asia Research Project Group
#Mega-Asia #Comparative Asian Regional Studies #Data Storytelling #Consilient Humanities Social Science Research #Fostering Asian Regional Experts
SNUAC has been selected as the project group for the overseas section of 2020 HK⁺ support project. The HK⁺ Project Group at SNUAC was launched on May 1, 2020, with the agenda of ‘Mega-Asia and Asias: Identities, Dynamics, Data-Telling’ and seeks to establish new perspective and awareness of Asia through the concept of ‘Mega-Asia’. The vision of this project is constructing a new paradigm of Asian regional studies through applications of comparative regional studies and consilient research. The project will help SNUAC make a leap as one of the world’s top three hubs in Asian studies by fostering Asian regional experts during the seven years of conducting this project.
Main Projects and Research Topics
- Publication of ‘Mega-Asia’ series – A total of 9 books in phase 1 (3 years)
- Construction of a knowledge-sharing platform for networking with local research institutes in Asia
- Operation of a fostering program for Mega-Asia regional researchers and experts
- Operation of a community humanities center
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SooJin Park | Principal Investigator | catena@snu.ac.kr | Geography | Historical development of landforms, Consilient modeling of humanities and social science, International development cooperation
Beomshik Shin | Researcher | sbsrus@snu.ac.kr | International Relations | IR in Eurasia, International environmental/energy politics, Comparative regional studies
Byung-Joon Kim | Researcher | bj426@snu.ac.kr | Ancient Chinese History | Formation of the East Asian Civilization, Research on Ancient States in East Asia
Jaeyeol Yee | Researcher | jyyee@snu.ac.kr | Sociology | Organizations, Social networks, Sociology of disasters
Jeong-Hoon Lee | Researcher | luxun@snu.ac.kr | Modern Chinese Literature | Modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture, Discourse of knowledge
Jong Il Kim | Researcher | jikim218@snu.ac.kr | European Prehistoric Archaeology | Eurasian Civilization Exchange, Heritage Management and Public Archaeology
Kyung-Chul Jou | Researcher | joukc@snu.ac.kr | Modern Western History | Maritime history, History of civilization exchange
Oh Young Kwon | Researcher | koy1108@snu.ac.kr | Ancient Korean History | Maritime Exchange in East Asia, Comparative Research on Ancient States in East Asia
Suhong Chae | Researcher | chae4811@snu.ac.kr | Cultural Anthropology | Vietnamese labor politics, Southeast Asian culture
Gi Yeon Koo | HK Research Professor | kikiki9@snu.ac.kr | Cultural Anthropology | Psychological anthropology, Iranian youth, Muslim women, New media, Islam
Ilhong Ko | HK Research Professor | mahari95@snu.ac.kr | Korean Prehistoric Archaeology | Ancient Migration and Trade, North Korean Archaeology
Jin Cheon | HK Research Professor | yuwaa30@snu.ac.kr | Modern Chinese Literature | East Asian modern knowledge and academism, Comparative ideologies, Visual culture
Jongseok Yoon | HK Research Professor | ama99@snu.ac.kr | Sociology | Migration and citizenship, Social transformation, Political sociology, Historical sociology, Industry and labor relations, Developmentalism and political economy
Joohyun Lee | HK Research Professor | wnjsl86@snu.ac.kr | Ancient Chinese History | Rise and development of empires in China, Ancient-medieval Chinese relationship to Korea
Jungwon Huh | HK Research Professor | jwhuh@snu.ac.kr | Social Welfare | Mobility and transnationalism, Inequality, Evidence-based practice, Data visualization and story-telling, Data Science
Kyunghee Choi | HK Research Professor | kalli@snu.ac.kr | Political Science | Indonesian regional studies, ASEAN community and Korea-ASEAN relation studies, Southeast Asian Islam and the political economy of Islamic finances
Minjae Zoh | HK Research Professor | mz369@snu.ac.kr | Archaeology, Cultural Heritage | UNESCO, Intangible/tangible Museums, Political cultural heritage
Minyong Lee | HK Research Professor | zephy04@snu.ac.kr | History | 19th-century U.S. history, Western U.S., Race, Asian immigration history, Maritime traffic, American Imperialism, “Pacific World/s”
Misuk Lee | HK Research Professor | mslee82@snu.ac.kr | Classical Japanese Literature | Premodern Japanese literature and culture, Cultural exchanges of ancient Japan and East Asia
Woo Jin Shim | HK Research Professor | tlasang1@snu.ac.kr | Geography | GIS, Big data, Spatial modelling