HERALD INTERVIEW Yale University was the only Ivy League school that didn’t have a Korean studies faculty member, other than Korean language lecturers, until 2018, when it hired Kim Hwan-soo as a professor of religious studies. Kim, a former Buddhist monk and now professor of Korean Buddhism and culture, received his doctorate in the colonial history of Korean and Japanese Buddhism from Harvard University and.
Myung-chul Yoon is professor emeritus of history at Dongguk University and professor of archeology at Samarkand State University of Uzbekistan. His research focuses on the history of Goguryeo as well as East Asian maritime history. He has published over 60 books and numerous journal articles. He is also a poet and explorer and has published 14 poetry books. Supported by The