Wonjung Min

Profesora Asistente Adjunta

Asian Studies Center & Dept. of History

Faculty of History, Geography and Political Science

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

(Pontifical Catholic University of Chile)

Av. Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Chile

Phone: 569-99585057. Email: wonjung_min@uc.cl

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Latin American Literature, 2000, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

Dissertation: El misticismo de Kábala en las obras de Borges [The Kabbalah Mysticism in Borges’ Work] [in Korean]

M.A., Latin American Literature, 1993, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

Dissertation: El anti-logocentrismo en las obras de Borges [The Anti-Logocentrism in Borges’ Work] [in Korean]

B.A., Spanish major, English minor, 1990, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

Intercultural Communication between Korea and Chile (Latin America)

Korean Popular Culture

History Education Impact on Post-Unification Inter-Korean Intercultural Communication.

Cultural Hybridization and Identity Formation of Korea

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 2011-2014 Academy of Korean Studies Project (AKS2011-BBA-2105)

Project Director

“Korean Studies Textbook for the Spanish-speaking World: a Critical, Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach”

Textbook published in 2015 by Ediciones UC

 

2012-2013 Fondecyt (Chilean National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development) Regular 260 1120159

Responsible Researcher

“Cultural Differences in Greetings between Chile and Korea We Need to be Aware of”

 

2012 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Critical Thinking Formation- el desarrollo y la aplicación del modelo del curso de estudios coreanos para los hispanohablantes: estudios de caso de la simulación de la post-unificación”

 

2011 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Korean Wave en la enseñanza de la cultura coreana para los hispanohablantes”

 

2011 VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Puente N°09/2011

Responsible Researcher

“Cultural Differences in Greetings between Chile and Korea We Need to be Aware of”

 

2010 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Cultural Differences in Greetings between Chile and Korea We Need to be Aware of”

 

2009 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Using TV Commercials in Teaching Korean Culture”

 

2009 VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Inicio N°02/2009

Responsible Researcher

“Cultural Differences in Greetings between Chile and Korea We Need to be Aware of”

 

2008 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Teaching Korean Culture through Literature”

 

2007 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Interculturality: the Importance of Teaching Korean Culture to Develop Korean Studies in Latin America”

 

2006 Korea Foundation Project

Project Director

“Perceptions of Korea and Koreans in Chile”

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books

Editor Comunicación política, diplomática y sociocultural entre Corea y el mundo. Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Patagonia ebooks del sur. E-book (to be published in 2017) [in Spanish & English]

 

Editor Estudios coreanos para hispanohablantes. Un acercamiento crítico, comparativo e interdisciplinario (2015). Santiago, Chile: Ediciones UC [in Spanish]

 

Editor Germinar, florecer, sembrar: jóvenes chilenos mirando a Corea [Germinating, Flourishing, Sowing: Young Chileans’ Eyes on Korea] (2015). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Patagonia ebooks del sur. E-book [in Spanish & English]

 

Editor Una aproximación humanista a los estudios coreanos [A Humanistic Approach to Korean Studies] (2014). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Patagonia ebooks del sur. E-book [in Spanish & English]

 

Editor Corea un acercamiento multidisciplinario [Korea, a Multidisciplinary Approach] (2013). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Patagonia ebooks del sur. E-book [in Spanish & English]

 

Editor Corea un acercamiento multidisciplinario [Korea, a Multidisciplinary Approach] (2012). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Printed in Chile. Paperback [in Spanish & English]

 

Editor Sembrar, germinar y florecer: jóvenes chilenos mirando a Corea [Sowing, Germinating and Florishing: Young Chileans’ Eyes on Korea] (2011). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Printed in Chile. Paperback & e-book [in Spanish]

 

Editor Corea una visión interdisciplinaria [Korea, an Interdisciplinary Vision] (2010). Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Printed in Chile. Paperback & e-book. [in Spanish & English]

 

Author El Misticismo de Kábala en las obras de Borges (2007). Seoul: Korean Studies Information Co. Ltd. [in Korean]

 

Articles

 “Implicit Notions of Korean Identity: The Absence of Explicit Communication in Korean Hybrid Greetings”, Universum: Revista de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales Vol. 31, N°2, 2016. [in English]. Scopus.

“Effect of Tourism Adversiting on Corporate Attitudes and Tourism Intentions: Country and Corporation Interactions in the Halo Effect and Public Diplomacy”, Tourism, Culture and Communication Vol. 16(3). Co-authors: Yongju Jin, Wonjung Min & Jae-woong Yoo. [in English]. Scopus.

“La educación en ambas Coreas: perspectivas de su influencia ante una eventual reunificación”, Escenarios Actuales N°1, Abril 2016, pp. 45-52, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Miligares, Ejército de Chile [in Spanish]. LATINDEX, CLASE (UNAM).

 “Post-unification Inter-Korean Intercultural Communication: Examining the Impact of History Education on New Identity Formation”, S/N Korean Humanities Volume 2 Issue 1, March 2016, pp. 105-121, The Institute of the Humanities for Unification, Konkuk University, South Korea. [in English]

“A Short History of the Ups and Downs of Korean Studies in Latin America: Newcomers Meeting the Challenges”, Journal of Contemporary Korean Studies Vol. 2 No. 1, 2015, pp. 181-197, National Museum of Korean Contemporary History [in English]. Korea Citation Index (KCI).

Book Review: Reading North Korea, an Ethnological Inquiry. By Sonya Ryang. Cambridge    (Massachusetts) and London: Harvard University Asia Center, 2013. Xiii, 244 pp. (hardcover). The Journal of Asian Studies Volume 72, issue 04, pp. 1014-1015, Association for Asian Studies, Cambridge University Press. SSCI-Scopus.

“Cultural Expectations behind Korean and Chilean Social Greetings and Proxemics”, Language Facts and Perspectives No. 32, pp. 37-59. Institute of Language and Information Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2013 [in English]. KCI.

“Korean Culture Courses Benefit from the Korean Wave Spreading in Latin America”, Language Facts and Perspectives, pp. 51-68, Institute of Language and Information Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2012 [in Korean] . KCI.

“The Usefulness of TV commercials in the Korean culture class for Spanish-speaking people”, Language Facts and Perspectives No. 24, pp. 101-115, Institute of Language and Information Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea, 2009 [in Korean]. KCI.

“Korean Culture Education through Literary Works”, Journal of Korean Language Education 19-3, pp. 147-168, South Korea, 2008 [in Korean]. KCI.

“The current status and the future task of providing Korean culture education for Spanish-speaking people”, Journal of Korean Language Education 19-1, pp. 77-91, South Korea, 2008 [in Korean]. KCI.           

“Análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo de las noticias sobre Corea del Sur en los diarios chilenos: El Mercurio, La Tercera, Diario Financiero y Estrategia”, México y la cuenca del Pacífico, Vol.10 núm.31, pp. 46-56, Departamento de Estudios del Pacífico, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Guadalajara, México, 2007 [in Spanish]. LATINDEX.

“Korean culture education in Chile”, Language and Culture 3-2, pp. 117-139, South Korea, 2007 [in Korean]. KCI.

“Understanding Korea Programs in Latin America”, Journal of International Network for Korean Language and Culture 4-1, pp. 75-92, South Korea, 2007 [in Korean]. KCI.

“Corea del Sur y los coreanos en Chile, según las encuestas a profundidad”, México y la cuenca del Pacífico, Vol.8 núm.26/septiembre-diciembre de 2005, pp. 144-151, Departamento de Estudios del Pacífico, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades, Universidad de Guadalajara, México, 2005 [in Spanish]. LATINDEX.

“Korean Studies in the Spanish-speaking World”, Asian Journal of Latin American Studies Vol.17-1, pp. 289-333, Latin American Studies Association of Korea, South Korea, 2004 [in Korean]. KCI.

 

Book Chapters

“Korean Wave”, Estudios coreanos para hispanohablantes: un acercamiento crítico, comparativo e interdisciplinario (Wonjung Min, Ed.), pp. 63-79. Ediciones UC, 2015. [in Spanish]

“Coreanos y latinoamericanos ¿Somos tan diferentes?”, Estudios coreanos para hispanohablantes: un acercamiento crítico, comparativo e interdisciplinario (Wonjung Min, Ed.), pp. 237-254. Ediciones UC, 2015. [in Spanish]

“Comparison of Chilean and Korean Verbal and Non-verbal Semiotic Codes of Reciprocity in Greetings”, Una aproximación humanista a los estudios coreanos (Wonjung Min, Ed.). Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Patagonia ebooks del sur, 2014. [in English]

“La identidad de género en las peliculas coreanas: Mother and a Guest (1961) & My Wife Got Married (2008)”, COREA un acercamiento multidisciplinario (Wonjung Min, Ed.), pp. 109-121, Centro de Estudios Asiáticos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012. [in Spanish]

“Cultural Cues in Cross Cultural Communication between Chileans and Koreans to understand what “Hello” and “How are you?” mean in Chile and Korea”, COREA un acercamiento multidisciplinario, pp. 253-269, Centro de Estudios Asiáticos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2012. [in English]

“Descubriendo Corea a través de su literatura –enseñanza a través de La habitación de otro de Choi In-ho, en el marco histórico, social y cultural”, COREA una visión interdisciplinaria, pp. 23-31, Programa de Estudios Asiáticos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2010. [in Spanish]

“Ongoing dialogue between the present and the past: historical context of Korea´s globalization”, Programa de Estudios Asiáticos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, COREA una visión interdisciplinaria, pp.193-205, 2010. [in English]  

“El lenguaje silencioso en grupos multiculturales – Estudio de Caso del Study Group ASIA”, La Universidad y la Atención a la Diversidad Cultural –de la discriminación a la inclusión-, pp. 77-90, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Sede Regional Villarrica, 2009. [in Spanish]

“Código cultural y comunicación: Corea del Sur y Sudamérica – Argentina, Brasil y Chile – según teorías de Geert Hofstede y Edward Hall, Corea desde Argentina: perspectiva multidisciplinar, pp. 191-199, Asociación Argentina de Estudios Coreanos, Argentina, 2009. [in Spanish]

“La perspectiva de los estudios coreanos en Chile –a través de la percepción y la mirada hacia el otro de los chilenos-”, Corea y Argentina: percepciones mutuas desde una perspectiva regional, pp. 61-73, Asociación Argentina de Estudios Coreanos, Argentina, 2006. [in Spanish]

“El cambio de la política educacional para la unificación”, Corea... una mirada desde Argentina, pp. 193-203, UNR Editora, Argentina, 2005 [in Spanish]

 “La enseñanza de coreano en América Latina”, La teoría de la enseñanza de coreano 3, pp. 513-538, International Association of Korean Language Education, South, 2005. [in Korean]

 

GRANTS

VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Formulation of External Projects 2017 – Project Director

 

VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Organize Interdisciplinary Conferences 2016 – Project Director

 Organization of the 9^th International Conference on Korean Studies

 

VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Organize Interdisciplinary Conferences 2015 – Project Director

 Organization of the 8^th International Conference on Korean Studies

 

2014-2016 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 7^th to 9^th International Conference on Korean Studies; 8^th to 10^th Essay Contest on Korean Studies; Exhibition of Buchae & Bojagi; Post-unification Simulation; Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Organize Interdisciplinary Conferences 2014 – Project Director

 Organization of the 7^th International Conference on Korean Studies

 

 2013 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 6^th International Conference on Korean Studies; 7^th Essay Contest on Korean Studies; Exhibition of Hanji & Bojagi; 3^rd version of Post-unification Simulation; 15^th and 16^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Organize Interdisciplinary Conferences 2013 – Project Director

 Organization of the 6^th International Conference on Korean Studies

 

 2012 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 5^th International Conference on Korean Studies; 6^th Essay Contest on Korean Studies; Exhibition of Hanji; 2^nd version of Post-unification Simulation; 13^rd and 14^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 VRI (Vice-presidency in Research, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile) Grant to Organize Interdisciplinary Conferences 2012 – Project Director

 Organization of the 5^th International Conference on Korean Studies

 

 2011 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 4^th International Conference on Korean Studies; 5^th Essay Contest on Korean Studies; 2^nd version of Post-unification Simulation; 11^th & 12^nd Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 2010 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 3^rd International Conference on Korean Studies; 4^th Essay Contest on Korean Studies; 1^st version of Post-unification Simulation; 9^th & 10^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 2009 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 2^nd International Conference on Korean Studies; 3^rd Essay Contest on Korean Studies; 7^th and 8^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 2008 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Project Director

 Organization of the 1^st International Conference on Korean Studies; 2^nd Essay Contest on Korean Studies; 5^th and 6^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 2007 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Collaborator

 1^st Essay Contest on Korean Studies; 3^rd & 4^th Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

 2006 Korea Foundation Korean Studies Related Programs & Activities – Collaborator

 1^st & 2^nd Korean Film Festivals; Study Group ASIA

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (since 2006)

-          For Undergraduate: Korean History and Culture (2012 to present), Comparative Culture between Korea and Latin America (2012 to present), Women in Korean History (2007 to present), Intercultural Communication between Asia and Latin America (2011), Comparative Literature (2011), Asian History and Culture (2012 to present, team-teaching), Korean Language and Culture I (2006 to 2011), & II (2007-2011)

-          For Graduate: Intercultural Communication (2012)

 

Freie Universität Berlin, Alemania (September, 2017 – February, 2018)

-          Course on South Korean Cultural Industries

-          Visiting Scholar

 

 Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut, Berlin, Alemania (September, 2017 – February, 2018)

-          Official Visiting Scholar

-          http://www.iai.spk-berlin.de/es/investigacion/investigadors-visitantes/investigadors-visitantes-2017.html

 

University of Michigan (June 29-August 16, 2016)

-          Title: LEO Lecturer 1 (with the Dept. of Asian Languages and Culture and the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Michigan for the Summer 2016 term).

-          Course title: K-Pop! Assessing the Impact of Korean Wave in Latin America

-          Appointment Period: July 1, 2016 – August 31, 2016

 

KF e-School Program for Latin America (January 26 to May 26, 2015): Organized by the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and funded by the Korea Foundation

-          Online course-Korean Pop Culture (Participant countries and universities: Mexico (UANL, ITESM, UNAM, UNISAN, BUAP); Costa Rica (Univ. de Costa Rica, Univ. Nacional de Costa Rica, Univ. de San José); Ecuador (UNED); Guatemala (URL); Colombia (UIS, UNAB, USA, EAFIT)).

 

Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile (2004-2011)

-          Korean Language and Culture, Korean I, II

 

Universidad Marítima de Chile (2004-2005)

-          Korean I, II

 

Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea (1997-2003)

-          Korean-Spanish Interpretation, Practical Spanish III & IV

 

Sunmoon University, South Korea (1999-2001, 2001-2003)

-          Spanish I & II, Korean as a Second Language

 

Dankook University, South Korea (2001-2003)

-          Spanish History, Latin American Culture, Business Spanish, Spanish for DELE

 

Korean Council on Latin America and the Caribbean, South Korea (2001-2003)

-          Practical Spanish

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

The 27th International Conference on Korean Language Education, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea, August 5-6, 2017

“재외동포 한국어교육에서 교사의 인식과 역할” & 주제토론.

Taller internacional “Los estudios sobre Corea en Iberoamérica”, Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa, El Colegio de México, Ciudad de México, Sept. 1-2, 2016

“Estudios coreanos: experiencia chilena”

Korean Wave Retrospective: 20 Years of History and Future Prospects, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada, June 3-4, 2016

“Korean Wave in Latin America: K-Pop Reception and Participatory Fan Culture”

Seminario Estudios Coreanos, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay, September 16, 2016.

“Ola coreana and América Latina”

VIII Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 11-12, 2015

“La evolución de la música coreana entre 1945-2000”

VII Encuentro de Estudios Coreanos en América Latina, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Oct. 5-6, 2015

“El viaje de globalizacipon cultural de la música pop coreana: antes de K-pop”

The 12th International Conference on Korean Studies, University of Vienna, Austria, August 20-21, 2015

“Post-unification Inter-Korean Intercultural Communication: Examining History Education Impact on New Identity Formation”

VII Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 12-13, 2014

“Post-unification Inter-Korean Intercultural Communication: Examining History Education Impact and New Identity Formation”

ASAA (Australian Association of Asian Studies) 20th Biennial Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, July 8-10, 2014

 “Cultural Challenges: Korean Encounters with Foreigners since the Mid-19th Century and Consequential Innovations in the Country's Greeting Culture”

 The 7th International Conference on Korean Language, Literature, and Culture-Cultural Issues and Tasks of KFL/KSL Studies-,Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, February 17, 2014

 “Relating Korean Wave to Korean Language Education and Korean Studies in Latin America: Substantial Transnational-cross cultural Receptions of Korean Culture, or only a Fan Culture of Passing Fancy?”

VI Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 13-14, 2013

 “Trust and Distrust Dilemma: Comparing Korean and Chilean Cultural Identity Formation”

 The 23rd International Conference on Korean Language Education, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea, August 10-11, 2-13

 “Cultural Expectations behind Korean and Chilean Social Greetings and Proxemics”

8th Biennial Conference 2013: Korea and the Southern Hemisphere, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

“Implicit Notions of Identity: The Absence of Explicit Communication in Korean Hybrid Greetings”

V Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 7-8, 2012

“Comparison of Chilean and Korean Verbal and Non-verbal Semiotic Codes of Reciprocity in Greetings”

The 6th World Congress of Korean Studies, Academy of Korean Studies, South Korea, September 25-26, 2012

“Korean Studies Textbook for the Spanish-speaking World: A Critical, Comparative and Interdisciplinary Approach”

Seminario Interdisciplina UC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, December 14, 2011

“¿Cómo la estrategia interdisciplina atrae alumnos?”

IV Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 9-10, 2011

“La identidad de género en las películas coreanas: Mother and a Guest (1961) & My Wife Got Married (2008)”

Toward an Expansive Interrelationship between Korean Language Education and Korean Studies, The 21st International Conference on Korean Language Education, Kyung  Hee University, South Korea, August 6-7, 2011

“How can Koreaan Wave help teach Korean Language and Culture Class in Latin America?”

Prospects for Regional Integration in East Asia: The Role of South Korea and Implications for the Americas, UCLA, USA, May 6-7, 2011

 “Globalization of the National and the Nationalization of the Global: How the Korean Wave connects Korea and East Asia”

 II International Conference on Korean Language and Culture Korea-Japan, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan, February 19, 2011

 “Korean Culture Courses Benefit from the Korean Wave Spread in Latin America”

III Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 10-11, 2010

“Cultural Cues in Cross Cultural Communication between Chileans and Koreans to understand what "Hello" and "How are you?" mean in Chile and Korea”

Paragdigmas en la enseñanza-aprendizaje de la lengua y cultura coreana desde una perspectiva latinoamericana, Universidad Autónoma de Nayarit, Tepic, Mexico, September 4-6, 2010

“Visión compartida del paradigma de la lengua y cultura coreana en México”

International Seminar for Korean and Chilean Studies, Kyujanggak Institute of Korean Studies & Institute of Latin American Studies, Seoul National University, South Korea, June 25, 2010

“Korean Studies in Chile”

Reacting to the Past, Tenth Annual Summer Institute at Barnard College, Barnard College, USA, June 10-13, 2010

“Cultural Differences in the Classroom: from Korea to Chile and beyond”

II Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 11-12, 2009

“Ongoing dialogue between the present and the past:historical context of Korea's globalization”

IV Encuentro de Estudios Coreanos en América Latina, Instituto de Estudios Internacionales, Universidad de Chile, October 26-27, 2009

“Los códigos culturales en TV comerciales de Corea del Sur”

Encuentro Internacional Desplazamientos/Emplazamientos Corea, América Latina y más allá, Estudios Coreanos en Argentina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 14, 2009

“La enseñanza del idoma coreano a las generaciones 1.5 y 2 de la comunidad coreana en Chile, centrándose en la identidad coreana y la coreanidad”

The Third International Conference on Korean Language, Literature and Culture, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, February 12-13, 2009

“The usefulness of TV commerciales in the Korean Culture class for Spanish-speaking People”

La Universidad y la Atención a la Diversidad Cultural. De la Discriminación a la Inclusión, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, November 20-21, 2008

“El lenguaje silencioso en el grupo multicultural”

Seminario Internacional de Estudios Coreanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Nov. 10-11, 2008

“Corea en su literatura - La Habitación de Otro de Choi In-ho en el marco histórico, social y cultural”

IV Congreso Nacional de Estudios Coreanos en Argentina, Universidad Del Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 17-19, 2008

 “Corea en su literatura: un acercamiento metodológico a través de Una Súbita Lluvia de Hwang Sun-won”

 The 18th International Conference on Korean Language Education, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea, August 9-10, 2008

 “Korean Culture Education through Literary Works”

 III Congreso Nacional de Estudios Coreanos en Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina, September 6-7, 2007

 “Código cultural y la comunicación: Corea del Sur y Sudamérica: Argentina, Brasil y Chile- según teorías de Geert Hofstede y Edward Hall”

 The 17th International Conference on Korean Language Education, International Association of Korean Language Education, South Korea, August 11-12, 2007

 “The Current status and the future tasks of Korean Studies in the Spanish speaking world”

 2nd International Conference of GK University Specialization Project Center, Kyung Hee University, South Korea, August 4, 2007

 “Korean Studies in Chile”

 Korean studies in the Americas, UCLA, USA, July 16-17, 2007

 “Korean studies in Chile”

 Korean Language, Korean Studies and Korean Culture: seeking a new paradigm for understanding "Korea" programs through interdisciplinary works, Sangmyeong University, Seoul, South Korea, May 25-26, 2007

 “Korean studies in Latin America”

 II Congreso Nacional de Estudios Coreanos en Argentina, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, August 24-25, 2006

 “La perspectiva de los estudios coreanos en Chile: a través de la percepción y la mirada del otro de los chilenos”

 II Encuentro de Estudios Coreanos en América Latina, El Colegio de Mexico, October 1-4,2005

 “El análisis de la cibereducación en Corea del Sur”

 I Congreso Nacional de Estudios Coreanos en Argentina, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina, June 7-8, 2005

 “El cambio de la política educacional de Corea”

 Chile de cara al mundo asiático: Cultura y Negocios en APEC, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, August 18-19, 2004

 “El rol de la educación para la unificación de Corea”

 

WORKSHOP

Diplomado en Docencia Universitaria UC (100 hrs.), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (April 1, 2016 – June 16, 2017)

Reacting to the Past-Tenth Annual Summer Institute, Barnard College, New York, USA (June 10-13, 2010)

Certificate of Completion e-Learning Specialist Program, Ewha Woman’s University, South Korea (issued by June 29, 2003)

Curso: Formación de Profesores de Español como Segunda Lengua 13° edición (50 hrs.), Universidad de Zaragoza & Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, España (July 16-27, 2001)

Curso: Lengua y Cultura Españolas para Profesores Extranjeros de Español (50 hrs.), Universidad de Zaragoza & Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, España (July 2-13, 2001)

Teacher’s Training Course for Korean Language, Korean Language and Culture Center, Institute of Foreign Language Studies, Korea University, South Korea (January 29 to February 21, 2001)

Instructor of Korean As a Foreign Language, Korea National University Continuing Education Center Association (Certificate issued by July 21, 2000)

 

TALKS (Selected)

September 16, 2015. Nam Center for Korean Studies Fall 2015 Colloquium Series, University of Michigan, USA : “Korean Wave in Latin America: K-pop Reception and Participatory Fan Culture” (Co-sponsored by UM Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies)

June 8, 2015 Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Militares, Chile : Seminario “El Asia Pacífico de Cara al Siglo XXI” – “Perspectiva Asiática sobre la Relevancia de la Región”

February 5, 2015 K-pop Class (Prof. Dafna Sur), Stanford University, USA : “Korean Wave in Latin America”

February 4, 2015 Dept. of East Language and Culture, Stanford University, USA : “Cultural Expectations behind Korean and Chilean Social Greetings and Proxemics”

Julio 15, 2014 Graduate School of Culture Management, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Seoul, South Korea : “Korean Wave in Latin America”

April 14, 2011 Academia Diplomática de Chile Andrés Bello : “La sociedad coreana en la globalización”

 

SERVICE

Editorial Board Member of the Journal of the Korea Association for Culture Economics, South Korea (2015 to the present)

Board Member of the KAMI (Korean Association of Music Industry), South Korea (2014 to the present)

Board Member of the IAKLE (International Association of Korean Language Education), South Korea (2011 to the present)

Representative Chile, Executive Committee, Center for Korean Studies, UCLA, USA (2010-2011)

Representative Chile, Executive Committee, Center for Korean Studies, UCLA, USA (2008-2009)

Partner Liaison, APEC CEO Summit, Santiago, Chile (2004)

 

Researcher, Institute of Asian & American Studies, Dankook University (2003)

Researcher, Institute of Latin American Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (1999-2000)

 

RESEARCH TUTOR

-          Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Project EPCG intercambio - (Relacionada con la Iniciación Científica), la Fundación para el Apoyo a la Investigación del Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brasil: Mariana Carrion Teodoro, Curso de comunicação social-radialismo, Faculdade de arquitetura, artes e comunicação-FAAC Campus de Baurau, Universidadde Estadual Paulita, Brasil, “En la Onda Hallyu: el K-pop en el scenario de América Latina”. August to October, 2015

-          Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Project EPCG intercambio - (Relacionada con la Iniciación Científica), la Fundación para el Apoyo a la Investigación del Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), Brasil: Thalita Bianchini Campos, Universidadde Estadual Paulita, Brasil, “Os doramas como forma deexpressão cultural oriental”. August to October, 2015

-          VRI UC Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Project 2013 for Catalina Victoria Labra Alemany (Dept. of History) “¿Cuáles son las imágenes actuales de Corea en Chile?”

-          VRI UC Supervisor of Undergraduate Research Project 2013 for Karina Flores (Dept. of Sociology) “El K-Pop ha sido desde el inicio un producto clave del Korean Wave”

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Korean: Native Speaker

English & Spanish: Fluent for Speaking, Reading and Writing