Sem Andre Claudine Vermeersch (born 1968 in
Blankenberge)
[Library of Congress (LOC) authority file]
Sem Vermeersch
/ref> is a Belgian
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academician, editor, author, administrator and professor of Buddhism at Seoul National University.[Kim, Boran]
"A Belgian Holding Court at SNU: The Quest to Find the S(e)oul of Korean Studies,"
''SNU News'' (ROK). December 29, 2008; retrieved 2011-06-28
Early life
Vermeersch's undergraduate experience at the University of Ghent
Ghent University ( nl, Universiteit Gent, abbreviated as UGent) is a public research university located in Ghent, Belgium.
Established before the state of Belgium itself, the university was founded by the Dutch King William I in 1817, when the ...
was followed by further studies at Anhui Normal University
Anhui Normal University () is an institution of higher learning in Wuhu, Anhui Province, China.
Approved by the State Council in 1972, it was officially renamed Anhui Normal University, and the name was written by Guo Moruo.
Anhui Normal Uni ...
in China.School of Oriental and African Studies
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(SOAS) at the University of London
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. His 2001 doctoral thesis was entitled "The Power of Buddha."
Career
Vermeersch was a postdoctoral research associate at the Korea Institute, Harvard University
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(2002- 2003), a visiting professor at the Academia Koreana, Keimyung University (2005-2007), and in 2008 joined the faculty of Seoul National University as a fellow at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies.
Selected works
In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Sem Vermeersch, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 3 works in 6 publications in 3 languages and 200+ library holdings.
* ''The Power of Buddha: the Ideological and Institutional Role of Buddhism in the Koryo Dynasty'', 2001
* 湖巌承志園: 우리 시대 의 한옥, 호암 승지원 (''Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn : uri sidae ŭi hanok, Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn''), 2006
* ''The Power of the Buddhas: the Politics of Buddhism During the Koryŏ Dynasty (918-1392)'', 2008
* "A Chinese Traveler in Medieval Korea: Xu Jing's Illustrated Account of the Xuanhe Embassy to Koryo", 2016
Honors
* Association for Asian Studies The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political and non-profit professional association focusing on Asia and the study of Asia. It is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.
The Association provides members with an Annu ...
, James B. Palais Book Prize The James B. Palais Book Prize has been awarded annually since 2010 by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Pioneer Korean studies scholar James Palais is commemorated in the name of this prize.
The Palais Prize acknowledges an outstanding Engl ...
, 2010.[Association for Asian Studies (AAS)]
Palais Book Prize, list of winners
retrieved 2011-06-28
Notes
Koreanists
Living people
Academics of SOAS University of London
1968 births
Buddhism in Korea
Buddhist studies scholars
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