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Curriculum Vitae Personal data Name: Dr. Alon Levkowitz Date of Birth: 01.02.1966 Marital Status: Married + 1 Nationality: Israeli Address: 96 Bialik .St. Ramat-Gan 52536 Israel Tel: 972-3-6133045 Fax: 972- 722357446 Cell: 972-52-3904981 Email: [email protected] Field of Interest Korean society, culture, history and politics; Asian civil society; Asian regional international organizations; Asian foreign and security policies. Ph.D dissertation: The Defense Policies of Allies: The US versus South Korea, Japan and the Philippines. Advisors: Prof. Benjamin Miller and Prof. Ehud Harari. M.A. thesis: The Influence of Legitimacy on the Foreign Policy of Park Chung Hee: 1961-1979. Advisors: Dr. Aria Kacowicz and Prof. Itzhak Shichor. Education 2004 Ph.D studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 1995 M.A. studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. July 1994 Korean language course at the Academy of Korean Studies. (Korea) 1992 B.A. studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. 1 Academic experience Bar-Ilan University: 2011-2013 Coordinator of the South and South East Asia Program at Bar-Ilan University: -Culture society and conflict through the prism of the Korean cinema, - -Introduction to Korean Culture and Thought, -Korea: Law, society and politics The Hebrew University: 2010-2013 -Foreign and Security Polices in Asia, Introduction to Traditional and Modern Korean History 2008-2010 -Asia: International Organizations 2005-2007 Instructor at the Department of International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem -Seminar: East Asia at the Global world. 1996 - 1997 Relations Department: Introduction to International Security, Introduction to International Relations Theories 1992 - 1994 Teaching Assistant at the Hebrew University, International . Hanyang University 2007 -Instructor at Hanyang University (Seoul): International Relations in East Asia Haifa University: 2010-2013 -Foreign and Security Policies of the Korean Peninsula. 2005-2006 Instructor at the Department of International Relations at the Haifa University (MA studies) -Seminar: East Asia at the Global world. 2004-2007 Instructor at Haifa University – East Asia Department - Courses: -Introduction to Traditional Korean History, -Introduction to Modern Korean History; -Korea-China and Japan: Historical, political and economic triangle. -Seminar: East Asia at the Global world. Beit-Berl College: 2010-2013 Political System, National Security in Israel, Democracy and Democratization. 2008-2009 Courses: Introduction to Political Thought, Introduction to Israel's 1997 –2007 Teaching at Beit Berl College –Political Science Division. Tel-Aviv University: 2008-2010 -Introduction to Traditional Korean History -Introduction to Modern Korean History -Seminar: The Foreign, Security and Economic Policies of the Korean Peninsula. 2003-2007 Instructor at Tel-Aviv University – The East Asian Department. 2 2001- 2002 Research Assistance at the Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs, Tel-Aviv University. Open University: 1997 - 2004 Teaching at the Open University - Courses: -War and Strategy, -Democracy and National Security in Israel. Ad-Hoc Reviewer Pacific Affairs, UBC. Scholarships and awards: 2002 The Jacob Hertzog Award. 2001-2002 The Leonard Davis Research Scholarship. 2001-2002 The Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs, Tel-Aviv University scholarship. 1998 The Korean Foundation Scholarship. 1994 Scholarship from the East Asian Department at the Hebrew University. 1992 – 1995 Scholarship from the International Relation Department at the Hebrew University. 1990 Variety Award. Fellowship. 2007-2008 Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia 1998 Fellow at the Center for International Studies, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. Military service 1984 - 1987 Military service in IDF Work 1992 - 2001 Trade mark examiner at the Ministry of Justice. Membership in Scientific Groups and Professional Societies Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Publications: Book: 2003 - Korea: Politics and History. Tel Aviv University Press. 3 Articles: 2012 - "Korea and the Middle East Turmoil: A Reassessment of South Korea– Middle East Relations" The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol.24, No.2. 2011- Epilogue: Israel and the Korean Peninsula at the Hebrew translation of the Demick Barbara (2010). Nothing to envoy: Ordinary lives in North Korea.– The Hebrew translation. Carmel Press. 2010 – "The Republic of Korea and the Middle East: Economics, Diplomacy, and Security" KEI Academic Paper Series, Vol.5, No.6. 2009 – "Evaluating Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements, with Applications to the Israeli-Syrian and the North vs. the South Korean Conflicts" Kobi Kagan, Alon Levkowitz, Asher Tishler, Avi Weiss Defense and Peace Economics, Vol.20, No.2. 2008 – "Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong – "Brothers in Arm" Zmanim (Hebrew) 2008 – "Changes in Threat perceptions in Korea: Why?" Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies, Vol.12, No.2. 2008 – "The 7th Withdrawal – Has the U.S. forces’ journey back home from Korea begun?" International Relations of the Asia-Pacific,Vol.8,No.2, 131-148. 2007 – Iran and North Korea military cooperation: A partnership within the "Axis of Evil" Iran Pulse,No.10. 2007 –"Why Do We Not Understand the DPRK?" North Korean Review, Vol.3,No.2, 94-100. 2004 - "Where is the King Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula" Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies, Vol.10,pp.147-161. 2001 - “Korea: Playing Between The Regional Powers,” Harvard Asia Quarterly, Vol.5,No.3. 2000 - “The Security Aspect of Kim Dae-jung's Policy : the TMD Case” in Korea 2000: the Kim Dae-jung Government After Two Years in Office. (Conference volume) Heidelberg : Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Heidelberg. Chapters in books: 2008 – "Where is the King Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula" in J.E. Hoare and Susan Pares (eds). Korea: The Past and the Present. Global Oriental Publishers,Ch.8. 2008 - "The disparity between South Korea's engagement and security policies towards North Korea: The Realist-Liberal pendulum" in Rüdiger Frank, James E. Hoare, Patrick Köllner and Susan Pares (eds). Korea Yearbook, Volume 2. Brill. In process: Irina Lyan and Alon Levkowitz - Consuming the Other: Israeli Hallyu Case Study. Alon Levkowitz and Pablo Utin – Israeli and Korean wars movies under the kaleidoscope. 4 Book reviews: 2012 - Midford, Paul, Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From Pacifism to Realism? H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. April, 2012. URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35029 2009 - Book review: Michael J. Green and Bates Gill (eds.) Asia's New Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and the Search for Community. H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. September, 2009. URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25442 2008 - Book review: Hyung Gu Lynn (2007) BIPOLAR ORDERS: The Two Koreas Since 1989. Pacific Affairs. 2008 - Book review: Timothy R Tangherlini and Sallie Yea (eds.). Sitings: Critical Approaches to Korean Geography. Acta Koreana, Vol.11,No.2. 2007 - Book review: Son Key-young (2006) South Korean Engagement Policies and North Korea: Identities, Norms and the Sunshine Policy. Acta Koreana, Vol.10, No. 1. 2006 - Book review: Feffer, John. (Ed.) (2006), The Future of US-Korean Relations: The Imbalance of Power. BAKS Newsletter, July 2006. 2004 - Book review: Edwards, Paul M. (2003), The Korean War: A Historical Dictionary. BAKS Newsletter, April 2005. 1999 - Book review, Martin Hart-Landsberg, Korea: Division, Reunification, & U.S. Foreign Policy(1999). Korean Studies Review, no. 4. 1996 - Book review, Son Chu-hwan (ed), Koreana - Korean Cultural Heritage Vol. I: Fine Arts. Painting /Handcrafts/ Arcitecture.(1994) and Kim Joungwon (ed), Koreana - Korean Cultural Heritage Vol. II: Thought & Religion. The Korea Foundation. (1996). Mizrach Hachadash (The New East) Vol.38,1996.(in Hebrew). 1994 - Book review, Song Ki-Joong(ed), Basic Glossary of Korean Studies. The Academy of Korean Studies(1993). Mizrach Hachadash (The New East) Vol.36, 1994.(in Hebrew). Papers presented: 2012 - Multiple Asian Challenges for the Man in the White House. Conference on the US Foreign Policy after the Elections, Bar-Ilan University, November 21, 2012. 2012 - Dancing the Waltz with the Six Party Talks. New York Conference on Asian Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz, September 28-29, 2012. 2012---Israel – Asia Relations: From a Side Player to a U.S. Balancer. Future History:Civil Society vs. State from a Traditional and Modern Perspective Conference, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 24th 2012. 2012 – Christianity in Korea: From antagonist and marginal to the center stage player. The 4th Annual Conference for the study of Contemporary Spiritualities, The Haifa University, March 19-20, 2012. 2012 – Sports and Politics in the Korean Peninsula. From Israel to Korea and Japan: Sports, Society and Politics and Asia. January 9, 2012. 5 2011 – Sigal Ben-Rafael-Galanti and Alon Levkowitz. Civics in Israel. UNESCO First Workshop "From Shoa to Human Rights", Beit-Berl, January 30 – February 4, 2011. 2011 – Sigal Ben-Rafael-Galanti and Alon Levkowitz. Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state according to civics textbooks. Education and Politics Conference, Beit-Berl, February 23, 2011. 2011 - The Six Party Talks in a transition