A Venue for Creative Inter-disciplinary Discussion by Japan Researchers
The Korean Association for Japanese Thought was founded in 1997 with the aim of pursuing comprehensive inter-disciplinary research on the history of Japanese thoughts for the first time in Korea, with the founding members including late Song Wui-chil (Japanese philosophy and Confucian philosophy, Kyungpook National Univ.); Lee Gi-dong (SungKyunKwan Univ., studied in Japan); Ha Woo-bong (History of Korea-Japan relations during Joseon period, Chonbuk National Univ.); Jeong Hyeong (Japanese literature and history of Japanese culture, Dankook Univ.); Heo Woo-seong (Japanese philosophy and Buddist philosophy, Kyunghee Univ.); Park Jin-woo (Japanese history, Sookmyung Univ.); Park Kyu-tae (Japanese religion, Hanyang Univ.); and Choi Jae-mok (Yeungnam Univ., studied in Japan). Professor Ji Myong-gwan, who represents the Korea-Japan research, serves as an adviser for the Association which has more than 200 researchers as members. Researchers of six divisions (philosophy & thoughts, history & anthropology, language & literature, society & culture, politics & economy and religion & folk customs) gather together and produce creative and future-oriented academic results.
Jung Hye-seon Researcher, Humanities Research Institute, SungKyunKwan University