Name Sem Vermeersch | Role Author | |
Books The Power of the Buddhas: The Politics of Buddhism During the Koryo Dynasty (918-1392) | ||
8 sem vermeersch on the history of buddhism in korea and its contemporary influence
Sem Andre Claudine Vermeersch (born 1968 in Blankenberge) is a Belgian academician, editor, author, administrator and professor of Buddhism at Seoul National University.
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- 8 sem vermeersch on the history of buddhism in korea and its contemporary influence
- Early life
- Career
- Selected works
- Honors
- References
Early life
Vermeersch's undergraduate experience at the University of Ghent was followed by further studies at Anghwei Normal University in China. In 1992, Vermeersch studied Korean at the Jungsin Cultural Research Center (now The Academy of Korean Studies) in Seoul. His PhD was conferred by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. His 2001 doctoral thesis was entitled "The Power of Buddha."
Career
Vermeersch was a postdoctoral research associate at the Korea Institute, Harvard University (2002- 2003), a visiting professor at the Academia Koreana, Keimyung University (2005-2007), and in 2008 joined the faculty of Seoul National University as a fellow at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. In 2008, he also became associate director at the Center for Korean Studies and editor of the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (SJKS).
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Sem Vermeersch, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 3 works in 6 publications in 3 languages and 200+ library holdings.