Chong-Sik Lee
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| Chong-Sik Lee | |
| Hangul | 이정식 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | I Jeongsik |
| McCune–Reischauer | Ri Chŏngsik |
Chong-Sik Lee (born July 30, 1931) is a Korean-American political scientist specializing in East Asian studies.[1] He was one of the founders and the first chairman of the National Committee on United States - China Relations. Together with his co-author Robert A. Scalapino, he won the 1974 Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs.[2]
Early life and education
Lee was born in Anju, North Korea, and escaped to South Korea then moving to the United States. He was one of the first Koreans to attend and graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He earned his master's degree in political science from UCLA and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Career
In 2014 Lee is currently Professor of Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania.[3] He reads and speaks Korean, Japanese, and Chinese and was the winner of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award of the American Political Science Association for the best book published in the United States in 1973 in government, politics, or international affairs. He is the author of The Politics of Korean Nationalism (University of California Press, 1963)[4][5] and Kim Kyu-sik ui saengae (The Life of Kim Kyu-sik), Seoul: Shingu Munhwasa, 1974. He has contributed to China Quarterly, Asian Survey, Journal of Asian Studies, Journal of International Affairs and other periodicals.[6]
References
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- ↑ "Eminent Scholar Chong-sik Lee Receives Kyung-Ahm Prize". Kyung Lee University.
- ↑ "2014 University Lecture on “Korean Thought on Independence Revisited in the 21st Century”". Kyung Hee University.
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