Academic Staff

Acting Chair of Department

Dr Duk-Soo Park
Korean linguistics; teaching Korean as a foreign language.
Dr Leonid Petrov
Korean History and Language, North-South Korean conflicts and cooperation, Northeast Asian political and economic affairs, Communist and Post-Communist regimes in Russia and Central Asia.
Dr Pankaj Mohan (on leave until 2011)
Political history of early Korea; religion, state and society in Korea; cultural and religious linkages amongst countries in East Asia; historiography of early Korea; India's cultural links with East Asia; comparative study of religious nationalism in Asia.
Dr Ki-Sung Kwak (on leave until 2010)
International communication; mass media in Asia; television broadcasting and regulation; media policy and implementation.