CommencementGraduate School of International Studies

Seoul National University

February 26, 2020

• Opening and Welcome1

• Academic Report2

• Faculty Introduction3

• Dean’s Speech4

• Award of Academic Honors5

• Conferral of Degrees6

• Concluding Remarks7

Commencement Schedule

Academic Report

Prof. Kim, Tae-KyoonAssociate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies

Academic Report

Our school started as the School of International and Area Studies in 1997 and in 2003 was formally established as the Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS). Since then, our school has taken a lead in education and research in international and area studies. Today, at this commencement, 2 graduates will receive Doctoral Degrees, which bring a total number of 33 phd GSIS graduates. And 52 graduates will receive their Master’s Degrees, which bring a total number of 1848 master GSIS graduates.

Faculty Introduction

Graduate School of International StudiesSeoul National University

Faculty Members

International Commerce

Prof. Rhee, Yeong-Seop

Prof. Ahn, Duk-Geun

Prof. Jeong, Hyeok

Prof. Ahn, Jae-Bin

Faculty Members

International Cooperation

Prof. Paik, Jin-Hyun

Prof. Lee, Geun

Prof. Sheen, Seong-Ho

Prof. Kim, Tae-Kyoon

Prof. Song, Ji-Yeoun

Faculty Members

International Area Studies (Chinese Studies)

Prof. Cheong, Young-Rok

Prof. Jeong, Jong-Ho

Prof. Cho, Young-Nam

Faculty Members

International Area Studies (Japanese Studies)

Prof. Kim, Hyun-Chul

Prof. Park, Cheol-Hee

Faculty Members

International Area Studies

Prof. Kim, Chong-Sup

Prof. Moon, Woo-Sik

Latin American Studies

European Studies

Southeast Asian Studies

Prof. Oh, Yoon-Ah

Faculty Members

Korean Studies

Prof. Eun, Ki-Soo

Prof. Park, Tae-Gyun

Prof. Han, Jeong-Hun

Prof. Erik Mobrand

Dean’s Speech

Jeong, Jong-HoDean, Graduate School of International Studies

Dean’s Speech

Dear Graduates,

On behalf of the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University, I sincerely congratulate each of you on this momentous day in your lives. I also thank the families and friends who have supported you throughout the journey that has brought you to this celebration of your tremendous achievement.

You have spent two, or more, very precious years of your life at GSIS, toiling over books and combing

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through papers with an unbent determination to learn and step closer to what you envision for your future self. Through these years of perseverance, patience, and passion, you have earned the academic degree whose ‘formal form’ you hold in your hands. But the true form of this degree lies within you, in the form of knowledge, perspective, understanding, and compassion. I applaud all of you for the commitment you have shown to reach higher and search deeper for the education and training you sought to acquire at our school.

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Dear Graduates,

We take pride in the fact that SNU-GSIS stands tall as the top graduate school in international studies, not only in Korea but also in Asia. Since its establishment in 1997, our school has pursued the singular goal to cultivate global leaders who are capable of taking on the new and complex challenges faced by our world today and tomorrow. Our unique and outstanding curriculum, and our faculty comprised of distinguished and dedicated scholars in their respective fields, have strived to achieve this

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goal by delivering the knowledge and tools you will need to march confidently and unwaveringly into the world that awaits you outside of our walls. We look forward to seeing you make your mark in your world, as those who have graduated before you have in the academia as well as in the public and private sectors.

Dear Graduates,

I hope to take this opportunity to urge you one last time as your professor to keep in mind two things as you walk out the doors of GSIS into the new chapter of your lives.

The first is to “Make the Strange Familiar and the Familiar Strange” based on the knowledge and experience you acquired from GSIS.

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This expression originally comes from German poet Novalis, urging us to seek mysterious qualities in well-known objects, while also seeking to identify recognizable, commonplace characteristics in the weird and extraordinary. In simpler terms, this expression emphasizes that we can gain greater truths and human creativity by expanding one’s point-of-view and comparing different perspectives. The world that awaits you outside of GSIS is full of differences and diversities, as well as riddled by prejudices and ethnocentrism. To accept these differences and diversities and win over prejudices and ethnocentrism, and to step closer to the truth, I urge you to see these strange differences and diversities as familiar, reasonable,

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comfortable, normal, and at the same time, to question the familiar prejudices and ethnocentrism as strange, irrational, and most definitely not the best way to get things done. It sounds like a difficult challenge. It’s actually even harder than it sounds. But as intellectuals who wield the weapons of knowledge and experience earned at GSIS, you will share the obligation I feel to “make the strange familiar and the familiar strange.”

The second thing I hope you will keep in mind is to have courage, serenity, and wisdom. As intellectuals, you will feel the inclination to realize what you have learned. This inclination should be acted upon, not only to pursue personal achievement, but also contribute to the society.

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To do so, you will need the courage to change what must to create a better society. And there are so many things that must be changed. The growing disparity in wealth, irresponsible politicians and their populism, the exclusive nationalism in East Asia… so many, such difficult things that require a lot of courage to take on. At the same time, there are things we, as intellectuals, must accept, even if they seem strange and uncomfortable, and sometimes require a lot of costs. For example, things like multiculturalism and transnational migration, becoming environment-friendly, and sometimes not quite delightful neighboring countries. As willing intellectuals, you will need serenity to accept the new and unfamiliar, the not-so-delightful and uneasily swallowed.

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But more than anything, what you must have is the wisdom to distinguish what should be changed and what should become a part of us and our society. Courage, Serenity, Wisdom. These three will shape you into a true intellectual and a leader of our society. I wish that courage, serenity, and wisdom will be within your reach in the moments that you most need them.

I once again congratulate all of you. I pray that your future will be filled with blessings. Thank you.

February 26, 2020

Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University

Jeong, Jong-Ho

Awards for Academic Achievements and Outstanding Thesis

Award Recipients

Graduates with Honors

Hye In Kang

Richard Kim

Mi Ri Moon

Dong Ho Shin

Jeong Gyun Cho

Da Jung Ryu

Yoon Ji Song

Da In Kim

Huayan Wang

Seul Ah Kim

Seo Young Kim

Award Recipients

Graduates with High Honors

Jean Lee

Hyun Shin Jun

Soo Chung Kim

Wiwatwicha Silsupa

Yoo Jin Bae

Khawla Jaidi

Na Hyoun Park

Zhishuang Wang

Award Recipients

Graduates with Highest Honors

Hyung Mo Choi

Hyeon Jong Min

Hyun Jeong Kim

Snigdha Gupta

Award Recipients

Outstanding Thesis Award

Yoon Jung Jung

Soo Chung Kim

Na Hyoun Park

Hyun Jeong Kim

Snigdha Gupta

Conferral of Degrees(Doctoral Degrees)

Conferral of Degrees(Master’s Degrees)

Ye Won SungInternational Cooperation Major

Justine Bigot de PréameneuInternational Cooperation

Mikayla Regine NeyensInternational Cooperation Major

Hye Sun Hwang

International Area Studies

SEONG EUN KIM2017-23377

DissertationThe Study of Film Censorship in China:

from the observation of banned films

SUNG SHIN

International Area Studies

International Area StudiesHa Eun Yoon

Krishan Kant JhaKorean Studies Major