Faculty
김헌준 (Kim, Hun Joon), 金憲俊
- Position
- Professor
- Phone Number
- 02-3290-2199
- Research Areas
- IR, Human Rights
- Office
- Woodang Hall 539
- Degree
- Ph.D. University of Minnesota
- Homepage
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ML6FoL0AAAAJ&hl=en
- hunjoon7@korea.ac.kr
Education
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Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota. 2008 B.A. International Relations, Seoul National University. 2001
Professional Experience and Awards
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-Academic Positions - Professor, Korea University 2021-Current - Associate Professor, Korea University 2016-2021 - Assistant Professor, Korea University 2014-2016 - Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow, Griffith University 2013-2014 - Research Fellow, Griffith University 2010-2012 - Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Olaf College 2009-2010 - Lecturer, University of Minnesota 2008-2009 -Awards Korea University Teaching Excellence Award. 2015, 2016. Griffith Business School Pro Vice Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award. 2012 Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery Early Career Researcher Award. 2012 American Political Science Association (APSA) Best Dissertation Award (Human Rights Section). 2009
Undergraduate/Graduate Courses
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- Ethics in IR, International Law and IR, International Norms and Institutions (undergraduate), Research Methods in IR, Ethics in IR, International Law and IR (graduate), 2014-Current. - Theory and Methodology in Social Science Research (graduate), Griffith University, 2014. - Politics of Human Rights, Human Rights in Asian Context, Transitional Justice, World Politics, International Relations (undergraduate), St. Olaf College, 2009-2010. - Global Politics, International Relations (undergraduate), University of Minnesota, 2007, 2008, 2009.
Journal Articles
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Chung, Jae Ho and Hun Joon Kim. forthcoming. “East Asia’s Strategic Positioning toward China: Identifying and Accounting for Intra-Regional Variations,” Australian Journal of International Affairs. [Link to Paper]
Kim, Hun Joon. 2021. “A Tale of Two Commissions: Explaining the Different Trajectories of Human Rights Movements in Korea,” Peacebuilding 9(2), 175-189. [Link to Paper]
Kim, Hun Joon. 2020. “The Prospect of Human Rights in US-China Relations: A Constructive Understanding,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 20(1): 91-118. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2019. “Are UN Investigations into Human Rights Violations a Viable Solution? An Assessment of UN Commissions of Inquiry”Journal of Human Rights Practice 11(1): 96-115. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2019. “Why Do States Adopt Truth Commissions After Transition?”Social Science Quarterly 100(5): 1485-1502. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2017. “From “A National Legacy of Unutterable Shame” to National Sorry Day: The Changes in Australia’s Policy on Indigenous Population,” Journal of East and West Studies 29(1): 23-47. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2016. “The Role of UN Commissions of Inquiry in Developing Global Human Rights: Prospects and Challenges,” Korean Journal of International Studies 14(2): 241-264. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2016. “The Globalization of Human Rights and State Sovereignty: The Role of Transitional Justice in Developing International Human Rights Norms,” Korean Political Science Review 50(3): 29-50. [Link to Paper]Chubb, Danielle and Hun Joon Kim. 2016. “Civil Society, Democracy and the State in South Korea: A Critical Dialogue,” Australian Journal of Political Science 51(1): 163-176. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2016. “Will IR Theory with Chinese Characteristics be a Powerful Alternative?” Chinese Journal of International Politics 9(1): 59-79. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon.. 2015. “Reporting North Korean Refugees in China: The Case of the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Country Reports,” Korea Observer 46(1): 117-144. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon and J. C. Sharman. 2014. “Account and Accountability: Corruption, Human Rights, and the Individual Accountability Norm,” International Organization 68(2): 417 - 448. [Link to Paper]Sikkink, Kathryn and Hun Joon Kim 2013. “Justice Cascades,” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 9: 269-285. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon and Kathryn Sikkink. 2013. “How Do Human Rights Prosecutions Improve Human Rights after Transition?” Interdisciplinary Journal of Human Rights Law 7(1): 69-90. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2012.“Trial and Error in Transitional Justice: Learning from South Korea’s Truth Commissions,” Buffalo Human Rights Law Review 19(1): 125-167. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2012. “Local, National, and International Determinants of Truth Commission: The South Korean Experience,” Human Rights Quarterly 34(3): 726-750. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2012. “Structural Determinants of Human Rights Prosecutions after Democratic Transition,” Journal of Peace Research 49(2): 305-320. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2011. “International Research on the Jeju 4.3 Events and Suggestions for Internationalization,” World Environment and Island Studies 1(1): 51-62. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon and Kathryn Sikkink. 2010. “Explaining the Deterrence Effect of Human Rights Prosecutions for Transitional Countries,” International Studies Quarterly 54(4): 939-963. [Link to Paper]Dancy, Geoff and Hun Joon Kim, and Eric Wiebelhaus-Brahm. 2010. “The Turn to Truth: Trends in Truth Commission Experimentation,” Journal of Human Rights 9(1): 45-64.Kim, Hun Joon. 2009. “Seeking Truth after Fifty Years: The National Committee for Investigation of the Truth about the Jeju 4.3 Events,” International Journal of Transitional Justice 3(3): 406-423. [Link to Paper]Barnett, Michael N. and Hun Joon Kim, Madeline O’Donnell, and Laura Sitea. 2007. “Peacebuilding: What Is In a Name?” Global Governance 13: 35-58.Kim, Hun Joon. 2022. Regional Contexts of Transitional Justice in Korea: The Possibilities and Limitations of Interactions between Korea and Taiwan, Studies on East and West. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2021. International Politics and Korean Diplomacy After Covid-19, Studies on National Strategy, 4(1), 38-49.Kim, Hun Joon. 2018. “Studies of Human Rights in Korean Political Science : Trends and Prospects, Korean Political Science Review, 52(1): 171-200. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2017. The Diffusion of Global Transitional Justice Norms and Its impact: A Case of South Korea, Journal of Korean Politics, 26(1): 101-126. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2016. A Way to Teach Unification Education in Moral Education of South Korea using Moral Dilemma, International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, 22(2): 89-109. [Link to Paper]Kim, Hun Joon. 2011. Trends in Jeju4.3 Research and the Globalization of Jeju4.3 in Korea, Jeju4.3 Research Institute, 11: 105-142. [Link to Paper]
Books
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2. Hun Joon Kim. 2014. The Massacres at Mt. Halla: Sixty Years of Truth-Seeking in South Korea. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.
1. Renee Jeffery and Hun Joon Kim (eds.) 2014. Transitional Justice in the Asia Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.