Biography
Cheol Hee Park, Ph.D. at Columbia University, is a professor at the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) and a director of the Institute for Japanese Studies (IJS) at Seoul National University. At the GSIS, he teaches Japanese politics, Korea-Japan relations, and international relations in East Asia. Before joining the faculty at Seoul National University, he was an assistant professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan and the Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS). He also was a visiting professor at Columbia University, Keio University, and Kobe University.
He authored two books independently: Daigishi no Tsukurare Kata (How Japan’s Dietman Is Made)(Bungeishunjyu, 2000) and Jamindang Jongkwon gwa Jonhu Cheje eui Byunyong (LDP Politics and the Transformation of Postwar System in Japan) (SNU Press, 2011). He published many articles on East Asian politics and international relations in Korean, Japanese, and English in various journals, including Asian Survey, Japanese Journal of Political Studies, Korean Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Asia-Pacific Review, International Political Science Review, Korean Political Science Review, Korean Journal of International Relations, etc. He is a co-author of several books, including National Identities and Bilateral Relations (Stanford, 2013), Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia (Routledge, 2011), U.S. Leadership, History, and Bilateral Relations in Northeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2011), East Asia’s Haunted Present (Praeger International Security, 2008), and Japan’s Strategic Thought toward Asia (Palgrave, 2007). He is an executive member of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, the Korea-Japan Forum, and the Ehwa East Asia Forum. He is also a policy adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a columnist at Tokyo Shimbun. He received the First Nakasone Yasuhiro Award in 2005 for academic activities and practical contributions to the friendly ties between South Korea and Japan.
He authored two books independently: Daigishi no Tsukurare Kata (How Japan’s Dietman Is Made)(Bungeishunjyu, 2000) and Jamindang Jongkwon gwa Jonhu Cheje eui Byunyong (LDP Politics and the Transformation of Postwar System in Japan) (SNU Press, 2011). He published many articles on East Asian politics and international relations in Korean, Japanese, and English in various journals, including Asian Survey, Japanese Journal of Political Studies, Korean Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Asia-Pacific Review, International Political Science Review, Korean Political Science Review, Korean Journal of International Relations, etc. He is a co-author of several books, including National Identities and Bilateral Relations (Stanford, 2013), Changing Power Relations in Northeast Asia (Routledge, 2011), U.S. Leadership, History, and Bilateral Relations in Northeast Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2011), East Asia’s Haunted Present (Praeger International Security, 2008), and Japan’s Strategic Thought toward Asia (Palgrave, 2007). He is an executive member of the Seoul Forum for International Affairs, the Korea-Japan Forum, and the Ehwa East Asia Forum. He is also a policy adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is a columnist at Tokyo Shimbun. He received the First Nakasone Yasuhiro Award in 2005 for academic activities and practical contributions to the friendly ties between South Korea and Japan.
