Korean Archaeology

Research interests

Migration and exchange in ancient Korea, Korean cultural heritage, North Korean archaeology

Appointments

2017-2020 Research Fellow, Seoul National University Asia Center
2009-2017 Research Professor, Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
2008-2009 Research Fellow, Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University

Professional Experience

2018-present Regional Editor for “News from Northeast Asia”, The Newsletter, Published by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), University of Leiden
2020-present Editorial Board, Journal of Korean Bronze Culture
2024-present Board of Directors, The Korean Archaeological Society
2021-present Board of Directors, The Korean Association for Eurasian Civilization Research
2020-2021 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the Jungbu Archaeology Society 2020-2021
2020-2021 Editorial Board, Journal of the Korean Archaeological Society

Education

2003-2008 PhD, University of Sheffield, Department of Archaeology
2001-2003 MA Archaeology and Prehistory (Distinction), University of Sheffield, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory
1995-1999 BA, Department of Archaeology and Art History, Seoul National University

Publications

• 2023.12 “Joseon gogo yeonggu: Analyzing and Visualizing the Field of Archaeological Research in North Korea from 1986 to 2019”, Korea Journal 63(4)
• 2023.9 “An Observation of Asia’s Sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List through Data Analysis of the Criteria for Selection”, Asia’s Heritage Trend: Examining Asia’s Present through its Past (J. Kim & M. Zoh eds.), Routledge (co-authored)
• 2023.9 “Multiplicity and Path Dependency in the Modeling of Historical Routes: A Case Study of the Wonju Basin in the Central Region of the Korean Peninsula”, The Professional Geographer (co-authored)
• 2023.8 “Exploring the Historical Foundations of Korea’s Connections with South Asia Using the Framework of “Mega-Asia””, Journal of the Institute of Humanities 80(3)
• 2023.6 “Comparative Study of North Korean Archaeology n the Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, and Kim Jong Un Eras: A ‘Distant Reading’ of Joseon Gogo Yeongu”, Journal of Peace and Unification Studies 15(1) (in Korean)
• 2023.5 “Towards a Diversification of Research on Burials: Application of Network Visualization and the Concept of ‘Assemblage’”, Journal of the Korean Ancient Historical Society 120 (in Korean)
• 2023.1 “The workings of the maritime network of the ancient East Asian world”, The Ocean and Mega-Asia (G. Chou & S. Ryu eds.), Zininzin
• 2022.11 “Reconsideration of the Role of Ulleung Island in the Prehistoric and Ancient East Sea Rim Interaction Network”, The Journal for the Studies of Korean History 89 (in Korean)
• 2022.8 “‘Benefit Maximizing Routes’: Development and Evaluation Using the Historical Roads of Korea’s Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910)”, Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology, 5(1) (co-authored)
• 2022.2 “Network Visualization and the Utilization of Archaeological Data: The Example of Nangnang (Lelang) Tombs”, Journal of the Institute of Humanities 79(1) (in Korean)
• 2021.4. “Network Analysis of Foreign Object Circulation in Ancient Korea: Wushu Coins from Yeongnam Burials”, Asia Review 11(1) (in Korean)
• 2021.4. “Towards an ‘archaeology of the conditions of possibility’”, Far From Equilibrium: An archaeology of energy, life and humanity (M. J. Boyd & R. C. P. Doonan eds.), Oxbow
• 2020.11 “Content Analysis of North Korean Research Journal Data: a New Way of Writing Histories on Balhae Research Undertaken in North Korea”, Journal of the Institute of Humanities 77(4) (in Korean)
• 2019.10 “Migration Studies in the Korean Bronze Age: Current Problems and Alternative Approaches”, Journal of Korean Bronze Culture 25 (in Korean)
• 2019.2 “Crafts Production at Trade Ports, Hubs of Civilization Exchange: Reexamination of the Crafts Production Area of the Neukdo site, in Sacheon”, Asia Review 8(2) (in Korean)
• 2018.10 “Examining Practices of Archaeological Research in North Korea – applying content analysis to Joseon Gogo Yeongu”, Journal of the Hoseo Archaeological Society 41 (in Korean)
• 2018.5 Korean Translation of The Past in Prehistoric Societies (R. Bradley), Seoul National University Press
• 2012.5 Korean Translation of The Dawn of European Civilization (V. G. Childe), Gogo
• 2011.10 Korean Translation of What Happened in History (V. G. Childe), Hangilsa