KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

PresidentKang Kyung-Hwan

Personal Information

• Name: Kang Kyung-Hwan (姜敬煥)
• Position: President(총장)

Education

• Graduated from the Department of Public Administration, Korea University (Bachelor's degree, 1990)
• Graduated from the Department of Historic Preservation, Georgia State University (Master's degree, 2005)
• Graduated from the Department of Architecture, Mokwon University (Doctorate, 2011)

Career

• Passed the 35th Administrative Examination (1991)
• Director of Cultural Heritage Policy, Cultural Heritage Administration (2011)
• Director of Cultural Heritage Conservation, Cultural Heritage Administration (2013)
• Researcher, Urban Architecture and Spatial Planning Research Institute (2015)
• Director of National Intangible Heritage Center, Cultural Heritage Administration (2016)
• Planning and Coordination Officer, Cultural Heritage Administration (2017)
• Deputy Director, Cultural Heritage Administration (2021)

Publications

• Research on Conservation and Management of Korean World Heritage Sites (Doctoral dissertation, 2011)
• Historical City Tourism (co-author, 2012)
• Conservation of Cultural Heritage: From Basic Principles to Practical Applications (editor, 2014)
• Why World Heritage? (co-author, 2016)