Dong-A University Professors Kim Gisu and Park Eunkyung Elected as Subcommittee Chairs of the Cultural Heritage Committee

Professor Kim Ki-su of the Department of Architecture and Professor Park Eun-kyung of the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Dong-A University were respectively elected as the Chair of the Modern Cultural Heritage Subcommittee and the Chair of the Movable Cultural Heritage Subcommittee of the Cultural Heritage Administration’s Cultural Heritage Committee.

The Cultural Heritage Administration recently held the 31st plenary meeting of the Cultural Heritage Committee in Seoul and newly appointed 100 cultural heritage committee members and 199 cultural heritage experts, including Professors Kim and Park.

At the meeting, Professors Kim and Park were elected as chairpersons of two of the nine subcommittees that handle cultural heritage-related matters such as designation and cancellation of national cultural heritage, changes to cultural heritage conditions, protection of historical and cultural environments, excavation of buried cultural heritage, and World Heritage registration.

Additionally, Professor Choi Young-ho of the Department of Archaeology and Art History was also appointed as a member of the Movable Cultural Heritage Subcommittee.

Professor Kim Ki-su (left) and Professor Park Eun-kyung, elected as subcommittee chairs of the Cultural Heritage Committee.

Professors Kim, Park, and Choi will serve for two years until April 30, 2025.

The Cultural Heritage Committee is a non-standing advisory body of the Cultural Heritage Administration established in 1962 to investigate and deliberate on various matters related to the preservation, management, and utilization of cultural heritage.

Professor Kim earned his master’s and doctoral degrees in architecture from Kyoto Institute of Technology in Japan and has been teaching at his alma mater since 2001, nurturing future scholars. He currently serves as the Chair of the Modern and Contemporary Subcommittee of the Cultural Heritage Repair Technology Committee and as President of the Korean Modern Architecture Preservation Society.

He received an academic award from the Architectural Institute of Korea for his outstanding achievements in creative research and scholarly activities, and in 2020, he was commended by the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries for his contributions to the preservation of Korea’s lighthouse cultural heritage.

Professor Park, the first specialist in Buddhist art in Busan, joined Dong-A University in 1994. Her research on “Early Joseon Buddhist Paintings” was selected as an “Excellent Academic Book” by the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea in 2009. She has also received the Uhyeon Academic Award and the Nulwon Cultural Award.

She has served as Dean of the College of Humanities at Dong-A University, Director of the Seokdang Academy, Head of the Humanities Capacity Enhancement Project, Director of the CK-1 Traditional Heritage Project Team, Chair of the National Association of Deans of Humanities at Private Universities, and as a civilian member of the 2nd Humanities and Human Spirit Culture Promotion Deliberation Committee.

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