Profile
General info
I received my academic training at Seoul National University in Korea, Philosophy (B.A.), at Uppsala University in Sweden, History (M.A.), and at Chung-Ang University in Korea, Literature (Ph.D.).
I also studied Philosophy at Maryland University in the U.S. for one and a half years and History of Master course at Coimbra University in Portugal for half a year.
I taught undergraduate and graduate students as a lecturer and an adjunct professor for seven years in Korea.
I officially debuted as a novelist, and have published four books, and wrote many short stories and more than 30 cultural and historical articles for magazines and newspapers.
In addition to the academic and writing career, I worked as a project manager at IT Company, CEO at Art-Gallery, and a Guest Reporter for JoongAng Newspaper Sisamedia Corp.
Education
Ph.D. Literature Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea (중앙대학교)
M.A. History Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (웁살라대학교)
B.A. Philosophy Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (서울대학교)
• Ph.D. Dissertation: "A Comparative Study on Postcoloniality of Cultural Texts Representing Colonial Time: Focusing on the Possibility of Postnationalism" (식민시기 재현 문화텍스트의 포스트식민성
대비 연구 : 포스트민족주의 가능성을 중심으로)
• M.A. Thesis: "Western Perception of Korea 1890-1930: Comparative Study on the Relationship between Reciprocity and Colonial Discourse" (1890-1930년대 조선에 대한 서구의 인식 : 상호성과 식민담론의 연관성에 대한 비교 연구)
Teaching experience
2018-present Korean Language Instructor • BMW • Infineon • Samsung in München, etc.
2017-present Korean Language Instructor • Sprachschule Aktiv in München
2015-present Korean Language Instructor • educom GmbH in München
2013-2014 Lecturer • Department of Film at Konkuk University
2012 Lecturer • Department of Creation of Literature Choong-Ang University
2011-2013 Adjunct Professor • Department of Film at Konkuk University
2010-2013 Adjunct Professor • Graduate School of Education at Konkuk University
2010-2012 Lecturer • Department of Digital Culture & Contents at KonKuk University
2009-2012 Lecturer • Department of Media Communication at SungShin Women’s Univerisity
2006 Lecturer • Department of Film at Konkuk University
Work expeience
• Cinemadapter of Film <Twenty Again>, Min Film Corp.
• Lecturer at KonKuk, SungShin, Choong-Ang University
• Adjunct Professor for Film Department of Konkuk University
• Guest Reporter for JoongAng Ilbo Sisamedia Corp.
• Project Manager of building Website of College of Fine Art Alumni, Seoul National University
• CEO of HowArt (On/Off-line) Gallery, Seoul
• Project Manager at Internet BigBang Corp. (IT Company)
• Official Debut as novelist in Silcheonmunhag
Speech &
Broadcasting
• Medical History Cultural Center of Seoul National University Hospital (“The Charm of Koreans”)
• Korean Leadership Society (“Koreans’ Charming Personality and Spirit”)
• Board of Audit and Inspection (“The Driving Force behind of K-Culture is the Koreans’ Old Personality and Spirit”)
• KTV (“Creative Force of Korean Culture”)
• TEDxBusan (“Korean Charm that has not been lluminated”)
• KBS 1Radio (Lee Soop, Author of Korea I’d not Known in My Twenties)
• KBS Radio (Invitation on Friday)
• KBS 3Radio (Reading Books of the Celebrity)
• Northeast Asian History Foundation (“The Western Perception of Korea 1890s-1930s”)
• SBS Radio (“National Energy still Great even during the Late Chosun Dynasty and the Japanese Occupation”)
• JoongAng Ilbo, Talk-Show with the Minister of Culture and Tourism (“Korean Charm We was not Aware”)
• MBC (Radio BookClub)
• Kukmin TV (Lee Soop, Author of Korea I’d not Known in My Twenties)
• Anyang Museum of History (“Modern Korea Viewed by the Westerners”)
• KBS 1Radio (“A Country without Authority and Privileges”)
• KBS 1Radio (“The Attitude Treating Individual in Swedish Society”)
• KBS 1Radio (“Balanced Life between 'Equality' and 'Desire' of the Swedes”)
• KBS 1Radio (“Equality and Welfare in Sweden”)
Workshop
Translator, Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Forum: “Our Town: Time, Place and Melancholy in the Early Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan,” 2014
Discussant, The 11th International Workshop for Translation and Publication of Korean Literature: “'K-Culture' and Korean Literature in the Globalizing World, 2012
Panel, Hangzhou International Forum: Life & Development, (Hangzhou, CHINA) “The Secret of the Swedish Happiness,” 2012