Kim Sang Keun is a professor of theology at Yonsei University and has also served as Dean of the College of Theology and President of the United Graduate School of Theology at the same university. A graduate of Emory University and Princeton Theological Seminary, his doctoral research focused on the religious exchange between Italy and Ming China. He has expanded his research areas from the humanities and the classics to Renaissance art. His book on the culture and art of Florence, Florence, the City of Geniuses, was adapted into a special documentary on the Seoul Broadcasting System. Kim has been popularizing the humanities, appearing on EBS' TV programs, Special Lecture on Humanities and World Theme Travel, as well as on JTBC's Differential Class. He played a leading role in the founding of Foundation Academia Platonica, the first humanities support foundation in Korea, and is the author of a number of books, including Creative Renaissance Management, How to Win Over People: The House of Medici, and Extreme Difference.