Dongguk University President Yoon Jae-woong... 'Midang' Specialist Researcher, Planned and Published 'Light of Dongguk'

Yoon Jae-woong, president of Dongguk University, was born in 1961 and graduated from the Department of Korean Language and Literature at Dongguk University. He completed his master's degree in Korean literature at Dongguk University Graduate School and earned a doctoral degree.

Yoon Jae-woong, President of Dongguk University, is being interviewed by Asia Economy at Dongguk University Seoul Campus. Photo by Jo Yong-jun jun21@

Since joining Dongguk University as a professor in the Department of Korean Language Education at the College of Education in 2003, he has held various positions including Director of Strategic Public Relations, Dean of the Graduate School of Education, and Dean of Dharma College. He has also served as president of the Dongak Korean Language and Literature Association and the Literature and Environment Association.

President Yoon is known as the last generation to have been directly taught by the poet Midang Seo Jeong-ju and is a renowned specialist on Midang, having written his doctoral dissertation on 'A Study of Seo Jeong-ju's Poetry.' Since 2011, he has served as the secretary general of the Midang Memorial Project Association, designing exhibitions for the Midang Poetry Museum and planning the Midang Literature Festival.

In addition, in 2022, he planned and published the 'Light of Dongguk' series, a collection of biographies highlighting notable figures of Dongguk University. Over the past decade, he has published major works including European humanities walks and the complete works of Midang Seo Jeong-ju.

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