I. Education:
August, 2009—July, 2014 Ph.D. in Department of Philosophy, Peking University, Beijing, China
September, 2006—August, 2009 Master in Department of Eastern Philosophy, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
January, 2007—February, 2008 academic program in Department of Philosophy, Peking University & Nankai University, Beijing, China
February, 2001—August, 2006 Bachelor in College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy (major), Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
February, 2001—August, 2006 Bachelor in College of Fine-Art (second major) Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
February 2004—January, 2005 academic program in Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
II. Work Experience:
July, 2020—Present Editorial Board Member & Peer Reviewer of International Journal of Philosophy, USA
August, 2019—Present Membership of World Association for Chinese Studies (Germany)
July, 2019—Present Membership of International Association for Aesthetics
December, 2018—Present Editor of the Journal of Toegye Studies, South Korea (English version)
December, 2018—Present Editorial Board Member & Peer Reviewer of Theses Collection of Toegye Studies, South Korea (Korean version, registered in Korea Citation Index)
December, 2018—Present Membership of Qingnian Meixue Luntan (青年美学论坛)
July, 2018—Present Associate Professor, School of International Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China
October, 2016—October, 2021 Project Researcher for the key research project of the ministry of Education of China, The Center for Literary Theory and Aesthetics, Shandong University, Jinan, China
October, 2016—Present Membership of International Society for Oriental Aesthetics
September, 2016—Present Membership of Korean Association for Confucianism
September, 2016—Present Membership of Korean Association for Aesthetics
March, 2015—April, 2019 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Philosophy, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
August, 2014—Present Editorial Board Member & Peer Reviewer of The Journal of Humanities and Art (registered in Korea Citation Index)
March, 2012—March, 2015 Researcher, Institute of Asian Cultural Studies, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
August, 2011—Present Chair of International Cooperation Team, Institute of Humanities and Art, Seoul, South Korea
December 2007—December 2009 Research Assistant, China Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
III. Courses:
Undergraduate Courses:
Korean Thought and Culture (English course), Historical Discourse: A Critical Approach (From Reformation to 20th Century) II (English course), Korean Interpretation Theory and Practice, Korean Translation Theory and Practice, Korean Intensive Reading Ⅲ, Korean Intensive Reading Ⅳ, Korean Text Composition, Korean Grammar and Vocabulary, Korean Verbal CommunicationⅠ, Korean Verbal CommunicationⅡ
Postgraduate Courses:
Second Foreign Language: Korean
IV. Academic Events:
1. Scientific Research projects and achievements:
The Ministry of Education Research Fund in China: The Origin of “Qing 情” Concept and Its Theoretical Development in East Asian Thought Through the Analysis of the Discussions on “Emotion” Between Chinese, Korean and Japanese Neo-Confucians; March, 2020—March, 2023
100 Talented Professor Research Fund, funded by Sun Yat-sen University, 2018—2021
The Ministry of Education Research Fund in China: The Spirit of Chinese Aesthetics and the Establishment of the Chinese Aesthetic Theory in the 20th Century (Major national project); March, 2016—March, 2021 (project team member)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation: The Establishing Process of East Asian Aesthetics as a Modern Study–Focusing on Japan, China and Korea; May, 2016—March, 2018
National Research Foundation of Korea: Chinese Traditional Culture of Commerce; December, 2007—December, 2009 (project team member)
2. Articles/ Thesis /Papers:
“The Origin and Formation of Human Emotion in Zhuangzi,” Dao, under peer- review
“The Prospects of New East Asian Studies in the 21st Century: a Comparative Analysis of the Concepts ‘Dongyang 東洋,’ ‘Dongbang 東方,’ ‘Dongya 東亞’ and ‘East Asia’,” Toegyehak Nonjip, forthcoming, 2020 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Origin and Formation of Human Emotion in East Asia,” Department of Eastern Philosophy Brain Korea (BK)-21 Plus, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, August 17, 2020 (Invited Talk)
“Confucianism of Human Rights—Rediscovering Identity and Direction of Confucianism in the 21st Century,” Universitas: Monthly Review of Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 47, No. 2, 2020: 87-92 (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Acceptance of the Modern Academic System and The Re-establishment of the Traditional Academic Structure – Focusing on Chinese Aesthetics,” Toegyehak Nonjip, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2019: 399-435 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Understanding of ‘Li-Yue礼乐’ in Daoist Thought,” Research on Marxist Aesthetics, Vol. 22, No.2, 2019: 427-635 (Chinese) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“‘Nothingness’ in the Chinese Thought of Art,” Routledge International Conference of Daoism and Nothingness, held by Department of Philosophy at Sun Yat-sen University, China, September 21, 2019 (Conference Paper)
“The Ecological Thought of ‘Coexistence of All Things (万物共存)’ in Zhuangzi庄子 Text,” World Conference of Chinese Studies, held by Witten/Herdecke University & World Association for Chinese Studies, Germany & France, August 24-29, 2019 (Conference Paper)
“Prototypes of the Human Mind in the Zhuangzi,” International Congress of Aesthetics, held by Faculty of Architecture at University of Belgrade & Society for Aesthetics of Architecture and Visual Arts Serbia, Serbia, July 22-26, 2019 (Conference Paper)
“T’oegye’s and Motoori Norinaga’s concepts of the ideal human: A study in accordance with two main lines of thinking – Qing (情) and Li (理),” The Journal of Toegye Studies, Vol.1, No. 1, 2019: 68-90 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
Wang, Desheng. “A Study on the Value Limit of Art Aesthetics,” translated by Heejung SEO, Journal of Humanities and Art, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2018: 1-16
“The Theoretical Origin of Chinese Aesthetics and Its Features as Liberal Arts,” Back to Basics: Renaissance of Liberal Arts Education East and West, held by National Research Foundation of Korea and Korea National Institute for General Education, South Korea, November 23-24, 2018 (Conference Paper)
“Timeliness: A study to the Key Words of Aesthetics written by Yanshun LIU”, Journal of Humanities and Art, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2016: 149-152 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Establishment and Development of Chinese Aesthetics as a Modern Study,” Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture, Vol. 25, No.1, 2016: 75-96 (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Academic Structure of Chinese Aesthetics as a Modern Study,” The International Conference of Eastern Aesthetics, held by ICEA & School of Philosophy at Shanxi University, China, October 29-31, 2016 (Conference Paper)
“Increased Popularity of Aesthetics and Its Effects in Mainland China,” Journal of Humanities and Art, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2015: 135-155 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“‘Three Religions in One (三教合一)’: A Phenomenon of the Silla (新羅) Dynasty and its Aesthetic Value,” Philosophy East-West, held by Korean Society for Philosophy East-West & BK21 Plus Korea, South Korea, December, 2015 (Conference Paper)
“The Theories and the Reality of Confucianism in Chuangtzu's Thought,” Japan-Korea Joint International Conference, held by Hiroshima University Japan & BK21 Plus Korea, Japan, June, 2015 (Conference Paper)
“Chuang-tzu’s Theory about the Convergence of Wulun (物論) and Its Actual Effects,” Korea-Singapore Joint International Conference, held by LASALLE College of Art Singapore & BK21 Plus Korea, Singapore, May, 2015 (Conference Paper)
“The Source and Transition of the Common Sense of Beauty in East Asia: As the Center of the Literature of Xinluo in South Korea,” Aesthetics (美学), No. 11, 2015 (Chinese) [reprinted by Social Sciences Editions of Fu Yin Bao Kan Zhi Liao-B7 of Runmin University (中国人民大学复印报刊资料转载)]
“The Origin and Propagation of the Concept ‘Feng-Liu (風流)’ as a Common Aesthetic Sense in East Asia,” Wen Yi Zheng Ming (文芸争鳴), No. 8, 2015: 107-113 (Chinese) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“The Establishment and Development of Chinese Aesthetics as a Modern Study (1902-2002),” International Conference on Eastern Aesthetics, held by College of Confucian Studies and Eastern Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, February, 2015 (Conference Paper)
“A Study about the Aesthetical Cognitional Function of ‘Xin (心)’ in the Chuang-Tzu Text,” Japan-Korea Joint International Conference, held by Communication University of China & BK21 Plus Korea, China, December, 2014 (Conference Paper)
“The Concept of the Ideal Human Being of Toegye and Motoori-Norinaga,” Toegyehak Nonjip, Vol. 12, No. 1, 2013: 7-31 (Korean) (Peer-reviewed Article)
“A Study of Zhuang-Zi’s (荘子) Educational Effect from the Linguistic Point of View,” International Academic Seminar, held by Yishou University & Academic Society of Confucius and Mencius, Taiwan, December, 2013 (Conference Paper)
Zhang, Qiqun. “A Reflection on the Development of Chinese Philosophy in the Past One Hundred Years,” translated by Heejung SEO, Journal of Humanities and Art, Vol.1, No.1: 2014: 89-105
“A Study on two different type of egos, ‘wu (吾)’ and ‘si (私),’ in the Zhuangzi text,” International Conference, held by Yanbian University, China, August, 2013 (Conference Paper)
3. Books/ Translation
“Emotion as Nothingness in Pre-Qin thought – focusing on Xingzimingchu 性自命出, Laozi 老子 and Zhuangzi 庄子,” in: Nothingness in Deliberation, ed. Jun-Hyeok KWAK (London: Routledge, forthcoming, 2021)
“The Practical Methodology of Environmental Aesthetics in Yangshen zhu (养生主) Chapter of Zhuangzi,” in Environmental Aesthetics and East Asian Philosophy –Confucianism and Today Series 1, ed. Jeong-keun SHIN & Fan-ren ZENG (Seoul: Munsacheol, forthcoming, 2021) (Book Chapter)
A Study on Chi Wu Lun (斉物論)—Focused on the Relationship between Subject and Things – Peking University Aesthetic book Series (Beijing: The Commercial Press商务印书馆, forthcoming, 2020)
Chen, Yan. A Short History of Chinese Aesthetic Culture – East Asian Art Aesthetics Book Series 06, Co-translated by Heejung SEO & Jeong-Geun SHIN (Seoul: Sungkyunkwan University Press, 2017)
V. Honors and Awards:
Chinese Government Scholarship (4 years full scholarship), September, 2009—August, 2013
Sungkyunkwan University Yanghyeonjae Scholarship, September, 2006
Korean Government Scholarship (4 years full scholarship), March, 2001—August, 2006
