Research

    Scholary Articles

    The members of the Center of Future Cultural Convergence are continuously submitting meaningful arguments and discussions based on individual majors and specific research capabilities. In the past 5 years, the members have published over 151 articles in both national and international scholarly journals as well as written and translated literature. This center is continuing its academic expertise and endeavor in its research.

    Sungsoo Kim

    • A Case Study of Sustainable Community-based Tourism in Tanzania and Tourism Dure in Korea, Journal of MICE & Tourism Research, Vol.24 No.3, Korea MICE Tourism Society, 2024
    • Why 'Pro-poor tourism' fails in Africa : A case study on Zanzibar, Korea and Global Affairs, Vol. 8 No. 2, Korea Institute of Politics and Society, 2024
    • World Order in Transition and Identity: Seen from Black Hawk Down and Escape from Mogadishu, Journal of Global Politics, Vol.17 No.1, Institute of Global Politics, 2024
    • The Role of Veto Players Theory on Decision Making Process of the US Troops’ Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Journal of Northeast Asian Studies, Vol29 No.2, The Korean Association of Northeast Asia Studies, 2024
    • The Relationship between the Social Performance and the Economic Performance of Social Enterprises: Focusing on Tanzanian Social Enterprises, Korean Public Management Review, Vol.38 No.1, Korean Association for Public Management, 2024.
    • Trend assessment on African safari tourism applying dynamic topic modeling: A case of Tanzania online reviews in English, Journal of Tourism Sciences, Vol.27 No.6, The Tourism Sciences Society of Korea, 2023
    • Political Dynamics Surrounding Tanzania’s Education Policy Changes and Major Issues, Journal of International Area Studies, Vol.27, No.3, Center for International Area Studies, 2023
    • Factors Affecting the Social Performance of Social Enterprises in Nigeria, Korean Public Management Review, Vol.37 No.2, Korean Association for Public Management, 2023
    • Understanding the Relationship among Social Entrepreneurship, Management performance and Social performance, Journal of Consumption Culture, Vol.26 No.2, Korean Consumption Culture Association, 2023
    • The Recovery and Implications of Tourism in Africa's SIDS After COVID-19, Journal of the Korean Association of African Studies, Vol.68, Korean Association of African Studies, 2023
    • The Effects of Business Strategy and Organizational Culture of Korean Companies on Market Satisfaction, SUSTAINABILITY, Vol.14 No.11, 2022
    • The Korean Wave in the Minds of Pakistani Students in Korea, Journal of Asian Sociology, Vol.51 No.2, 2022
    • A Conceptual Renewal of New Public Diplomacy: Constructing Climate Governance between Korea and Africa, Journal of Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society, Vol.23 No.8, The Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society, 2022
    • Between economic development and sustainability: A Path-Dependent Analysis on the Urbanization Pattern of Algeria, The Korean Journal of Area Studies, Vol.40 No.2, The Korean Association of Area Studies, 2022
    • Factors Affecting Korean Municipalities’ Intention for Public Diplomacy with African Local Governments: Focused on the Perception of Public Officials, Journal of Local Government Studies, Vol. 34 No.2, Korean Association For Local Government Studies, 202
    • A Study on the Perception of African Safari Tourist Attractions Using Text Mining : Based on English Online Reviews, Journal of Tourism Studies, Vol.34 No.2, Tourism Research Institute Hanyang University, 2022
    • Towards a Korean Sustainable Business Model at National Level: The Influence of Cultural and Political Perceptions of National Image on Consumers’ Behavior, SUSTAINABILITY, Vol.13 No.12, 2021
    • Toward New African Security: A Prospective Role of the African Continental Free Trade Area, KOREAN JOURNAL OF DEFENSE ANALYSIS, Vol.33 No.2, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, 2021
    • The Impact of Islam on Social Conflict in African Society, The Korean Journal of Area Studies, Vol. 39 No.2, The Korean Association Of Area Studies, 2021 - The Impact of Korean Wave on the South Korea’s Image: Focused on the Perception of African Students
    • Policy Characteristics on the Social and Solidarity Economy for the Sustainable Development in Algeria: Political, Economic and Symbolic Analysis, THE JOURNAL OF PEACE STUDIES, Vol.22 No.2, The Korean Association of Peace Studies, 2021
    • The Moderating Effects of Korean Wave on the Relationships among Destination Service Quality, Destination Image and Revisit Intention: A Case of African Students in Korea, Journal of Tourism Sciences, Vol.45 No.1, The Tourism Sciences Society Of Korea, 20
    • The Diffusion of K-contents (Drama, Film, K-Pop) and its Spillover Effect in Maghreb Area: Focusing on Algeria and Morocco, Contemporary Film Studies, Vol.16 No.2, Contemporary Cinema Research Institute, 2020
    • Korea’s Public Diplomacy Policy towards Africa: Strategies, Instruments and Its Implications on Economic Linkages with Africa), Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea, Vol.23 No.3, The Economic Geographical Society Of Korea, 2021
    • Human Development Index in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia: Does Good Governance Matter?, Civil Society and NGO, Vol.18 No.1, The Third Sector Institute, 2020
    • Rewriting the Algerian Cultural Discourse in IR, The Korean Journal of Area Studies, Vol38 No.1, The Korean Association Of Area Studies, 2020
    • The Influence of Hallyu on Africans' Perceptions of Korea: The Moderating Role of Service Quality, SUSTAINABILITY, Vol.12 No.8, 2020

    Youngjae Yi

    • Characteristics of Korean Citizenship Formation through the Tradition and Spread of the Modern Thought of Equality Korean Studies Quarterly Vol.46 No.2, The Academy of Korean Studies, 2023
    • Research on regional revitalization strategies in the era of population decline: Focusing on the case of Japanese local relation guide centers, social science research, Vol.31 No.2, Institute of Social Sciences SOGANG UNIVERSITY, 2023
    • Possibilities and Challenges of Policy Application of the New Population Concept: Focus on Relational Population 21st century Political Science Review, Vol.33 No.3, The 21st Century Political Science Association, 2023
    • The Empathetic Re-examination of Habermas’s Rationalistic Concept of Life World Discourse 201 Vol.25 No.1, Korean Association Of Socio-Historical Studies, 2022
    • A study on the empathetic sphere: Focusing on the May 18 democratic uprising Civil Society and NGO, Vol.20 No.1, The Third Sector Institute, 2022, and 29 others - A Critical Study on Conceptualization of Empathetic Sphere, The Korean Review of Political T
    • The May 18 Democratization Movement and Transitional Justice journal of contemporary politics, Vol.14 No.3, Institute for Contemporary Politics, Sogang University, 2021
    • A Study on the Compatibility between Universality and Distinctiveness in Global Citizenship Education Humanitas Forum : A Journal of Liberal Education Vol.6 No.1, Humanitas Institute for Liberal Education

    Seongwon Yoon

    • U.S. Discourse on North Korea through Presidential Speech Acts Korea and World Politics Vol.40 No.1 THE INSTITUTE FOR FAR EASTERN STUDIES, 2024
    • ｢Years of North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Records and Lessons of North Korean Nuclear Diplomacy｣, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ASIAN STUDIES, 2023
    • ｢Making Sense of Sound and Governance: the Case of Neighbor Noise｣,Global Governance and CultureVol.3 No.1, Hanyang University Institute for European and African Studies, 2023
    • The annotation of securitization: Making adjustment to discourses on North Korea’s nuclear weapons Korean Journal of International Relations (KJIR) The Korean Association Of International Studies, 2021
    • ｢Re-reading Kim Dae-jung: Obscured Engagement｣, DIPLOMACY & STATECRAFT, 2021
    • International Relations, Algeria, and : The Aesthetic Reconstruction of Societal Security, Vol.29 No.1, Peace Studies Peace & Democracy Institute, 2021. and 29 others
    • ｢Let local voices be heard: a tale of partnership for e-Government｣, Development in Practice, 2021
    • ｢Let local voices be heard: a tale of partnership for e-Government｣, Development in Practice, 2021

    Minsun Kim

    • A Study of North Korean Imagery in YouTube Video Content, Vol.65, Asian Cultural Studies, Asian Cultural Studies Research Institute, 2024
    • The Spark of Life-Flesh and Fantasy in North Korean Science Fiction Gubo Hakbo-The Journal of Korean Modern Literature, The Korean Association of Kubo Studies, No.35, 2023
    • Fanfic as a Space of Remembrance - Writing fanfic for the K-Pop fandom in Archive of Our Own Studies in Urban Humanities (SIUH), Vol.15 No2, Institute for Urban Humanities, 2023. and 17 others
    • A Study of the ‘Returnee’ Narrative in North Korean Literature: Focusing on the novel by Kang Gui-mi, Journal of Dong-ak Language and Literature (dongak) , No.90, Dong-ak Society of Language and Literature, 2023
    • The Establishment of Science Fantasy Literature in North Korea in the 1960s and the Problem of Fantasy / Journal of Dong-ak Language and Literature (dongak) / Vol.87, Dong-ak Society of Language and Literature, 2022
    • Translation and Desire of North Korean Literature during the Korean War, The Journal for Oversea Korean Literature, No.34, The International Association For Literature Of Korean Residents Abroad, 2022
    • The novel Mǒn-gil and the change in the evaluation of Lee Kwang-soo in North Korean literature, Journal of Dong-ak Language and Literature (dongak), No.85 , Dong-ak Society of Language and Literature, 2021
    • Desire of Cross-border Text ― Overseas Scientists of the North Korean Novels during the “Kim Jong-un’s era” The Journal for Oversea Korean Literature No.30, The International Association For Literature Of Korean Residents Abroad, 2021
    • ｢Inside North Korean Literature｣, Journal of Korean Studies, 2021
    • Regenerative War, Repeated Narrative 사이間SAI, No.29, INAKOS(International Association of Korean Literary and Cultural Studies), 2020

    Chunghee Lee

    • Factors Affecting the Public Diplomacy of Municipalities in Korea: Focusing on the Perception of Public Officials Korean Public Management Review, Vol.36 No.2, Korean Association for Public Management, 2022
    • ｢The Effects of South Korea’s National Image on Revisit Intention among Africans: The Moderating Role of Gender and Age｣, 『Consumer Culture Studies』 Vol.24 No.2, Korean Association for Consumer Culture Studies, 2021, Journal of Consumption Culture
    • The Modernization of Kenya and China’s Involvement: Is it Positive Impact or Is it Rebirth of Neo-colonialism? THE JOURNAL OF PEACE STUDIES Vol.21 No.1, The Korean Association of Peace Studies, 2020

    Jeehoon Lim

    • A Study on the (im)Possibility of Authenticity Discourse, International Language and Literature (ILL), No.57, 2024. and 3 others
    • Tragedy and Negativity in Gi Hyeong-do’s poetry Culture and Convergence (Culture and Convergence), Vol.42 No.12, The Society of Korean Culture and Convergence, 2020
    • Preliminary Consideration of Changes in Novels after the Pandemic. Journal of Korean Language and Culture, No.73, The Society Of Korean Language & Culture, 2020

    Boyoung Jung

    • A study on (Anticipatory) Plagiarism in the 1980s Coterie magazine and Mook magazine ?Siwa Kyoungje? ―Jin Eun-young, through ｢The Re-distribution of the Sensible｣ Literary Criticism No.92, The Society Of Korean Literary Criticism 2024. and 2 others
    • A Study on The Movement of Poetry in 『Siundong』1, The Korean Poetics Studies ,No74, The Korean Poetics Studies Association, 2023

    Sungsoo Kim

    • ｢Capitalism and Democracy: Towards a Political Economy of Coexistence｣(Second Edition), Park young Publishing, 2020

    Chunghee Lee

    • A Decade of Social Change in Africa: Algeria, Morocco Political Economy, Culture, and Diplomatic Relations with Korea, Hangul Publishing, 2022
    • Challenges of Local Autonomy and Resident Participation, Park young Publishing, 2015

    Jeehoon Lim

    • A collection of works that won the 24th Young Critic's Award in 2023, Yeok Lak, 2023
    • A collection of works that won the 23th Young Critic's Award in 2022, Yeok Lak, 2022
    • Reading Shin Dong-yeop's poem, Korean Studies Resource Center, 2022
    • Reading Kim Jong sam’s poem, Korean Studies Resource Center, 2020

    Boyoung Jung

    • Reading poetry from the 2000s, Korean Studies Resource Center, 2024
    • Reading Ko Jeong Hee’s poem, Korean Studies Resource Center, 2023
    • Reading Kim Su Young’s poem, Korean Studies Resource Center, 2019