Professor Emeritus Lee Young-ho Appointed as Chairman of the Northeast Asian History Foundation

The Northeast Asian History Foundation announced on the 28th that Lee Young-ho (65), Professor Emeritus of History at Inha University, has been appointed as the 6th Chairman. The term is three years. The new chairman graduated from the Department of Korean History at Seoul National University and earned his Ph.D. in Modern Korean History from the same graduate school. After serving as a professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), he worked as a professor in the Department of History at Inha University from 1995 until August of this year. He has also held positions such as President of the Korean History Research Association, Research Committee Member of the Goguryeo Research Foundation, Advisory Committee Member of the Property Investigation Committee for Pro-Japanese and Anti-National Acts, and Editorial Committee Member of the Korean History Research Association. Currently, he serves as a member of the Seoul Metropolitan History City Committee. His publications include "The Open Port City Jemulpo," "Land Policy and Land Survey during the Modern Transition Period," "Long-term Changes in Land Ownership," and "Conflict and Solidarity between Donghak, Cheondogyo, and Christianity, 1893?1919."

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