Dr Leonid Petrov
M.A. (Hons) Asian Studies (1994, St.Petersburg State University), PhD History (2003, Australian National University)
Lecturer in Korean Studies
Room 519, Brennan MacCallum Building A18
ph: +61 2 9351 4362
mob: +61 (0)403 076604
Leonid Petrov graduated from St. Petersburg State University (1994) in Russia where he majored in Korean History and Language. He obtained a PhD in History at the Australian National University (2003) where he specialised in the studies of North Korea. In 2003-2005, he was a Korea Foundation post-doctoral fellow at the Academy of Korean Studies (Seongnam), lectured on Korean History at the Intercultural Institute of California (San Francisco) and Korean Economy at Keimyung University (Daegu). In 2006-2007, Dr Petrov acted as Chair of Korean Studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po).
Research Areas
- 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.
Current Projects
- "Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia" (ARC-ANU);
- "North-South Interfaces on the Korean Peninsula" (CNRS-EHESS).
Selected Publications
Books
- Tom Jackson, ed. Leonid A. Petrov, Countries of the World: South Korea, National Geographic Society, London, 2007;
- Susan E. Haberle, ed. Leonid A. Petrov, Questions and Answers: North Korea, Capstone Press, Mankato, Minnesota, 2005;
Син, Хён Сик, пер. с кор. Л.А. Петров. История Кореи (Краткий популярный очерк), Сеул: 2001.
Articles
- ‘The Politics of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation’, The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 29-3-09, (July 2009);
- ‘Australia and the DPRK: The Sixty Years of Relationship’, Pacific Focus, Vol. 23, Issue 3 (2008);
- ‘Russia’s ‘Power Politics’ and North Korea’, International Issues and Slovak Foreign Policy Affairs, Vol. XVII, No.2 (2008);
- ‘Turning Historians into Party Scholar-bureaucrats: North Korean Historiography in 1955-1958’, East Asian History, Australian National University, No.31 (June 2007);
- ‘Restoring the Glorious Past: North Korean Juch’e Historiography and Koguryŏ’, The Review of Korean Studies journal, The Academy of Korean Studies, Vol.7, No.3 (September 2004).
Areas of Teaching and Research Supervision
Teaching
- KRNS 3622 Korean Language - 6
- ASNS 2642 Modern Korea
- ASNS 1602 Modernity in Asia
Supervision
- Honours student researching Nationalism in North Korea;
- MA student working on the history of US-ROK strategic alliance.
Conference Activity
- 2009 KSAA Conference (Sydney)
- 2007 AKSE Conference (Dourdan)
- 2006 ASAA Conference (San Francisco)
- 2003/04 2nd World Congress of Korean Studies (Pyongyang/Beijing)
- 2003 KSAA Conference (Canberra)
- 2002 ASAA Conference (Hobart)
- 2001 KSAA Conference (Melbourne)
- 1999 KSAA Conference (Sydney)
- 1997 NZASIA Conference (Palmerston North)
Other Professional Contributions
- Executive Director of the International Association for Contemporary Korea Studies (IACKS)
- Contributor to Al Jazeera English international TV network, Kuala Lumpur
- Contributor to the Russian Service of SBS Radio, Sydney
- Contributor to the Russian Service of BBC Radio, London