Speaker
KANG In Uk
Affliation
Department of History, Kyung Hee University
Title
Professor
Session

Biography

서울대 고고미술사학과에서 학부를 마치고 석사학위를 받은 후, 러시아과학원 시베리아분소 고고민족학연구소에서 박사학위를 취득했다. 현재 경희대 사학과 교수 및 문과대학 부학장으로 재직하고 있다. 전공은 시베리아를 중심으로 하는 동북아시아 북방 지역 고고학으로 매년 러시아, 몽골, 중앙아시아 등을 다니며 새로운 자료를 조사하고 있다. 도쿄대, 베이징대, 스탠퍼드대, 노보시비르스크대 등에서 방문학자로 강의 및 연구를 했다.

Kang, In Uk received his bachelor's and master's degree from the department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University. He also earned a Ph.D. from the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He currently works as a professor in the Department of History at Kyung Hee University and previously served as deputy dean of the College of Humanities. His main interest in archeology is the northern Eurasian steppe and Northeast Asia. Every year, he visits Russia, Mongolia and Central Asia to investigate new archaeological data. He has lectured and conducted research as a visiting scholar at Tokyo University, Beijing University, Stanford University and Novosibirsk University.