Professor of History at Kyung Hee University, Director of the Glocal History and Culture Research Institute, and President of the Urban History Society. Holds a PhD from the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS). His research field is contemporary French urban cultural history, political and cultural history, and social policy history. Born in Seoul, Korea, he graduated from the Department of Western History at Korea University and received his master’s degree from the graduate school of the same university. He received another master’s degree from the University of Paris I and his doctorate from EHESS.