About Benjamin Joinau
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born in 1969, France living in Seoul, Republic of Korea email_benjaminjoinau@hotmail.com PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2015.03.01-present Hongik University Seoul Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts 2014.09-2015-06 Seoul National University Seoul Fellow Researcher, Kyujanggak International Center for Korean Studies 2009-2010 Arirang TV Channel International MC of TV show about Korean food & culture “Tasty trail with Benjamin”, aired from January 2010 (30’ x 25 episodes) 2002-present Atelier des Cahiers (publishing company) Paris/Seoul Director 2000-present Le Saint-Ex, Ltd Seoul CEO 1999-present EHESS, Center for Korean Studies (CKS) Paris Associate researcher 1997-1999 EBS (Educational TV Channel) Seoul Host, French language program 1992 Canal + TV Channel Seoul Evaluator, Documentary Department 1991 Albin Michel Publishing company Paris Intern, Editorial Department and Press Office TEACHING 2015.03.01-present Hongik University Seoul Assistant Professor, College of Liberal Arts 2014.07-08 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies Seoul Invited Lecturer, International Summer Session, “Understanding Korean Food in the Globalization Era” 2014.03-06 Sookmyung University Seoul Lecturer, Culture and Tourism Department 1996-2000 Hong-ik University Seoul Associate Professor, French Language and Literature Department 1995.04-11 Bangbae Middle School Seoul Lecturer, French language 1994-1996 Ecole Française de Séoul (French School) Seoul Classical Literature (Latin and French) teacher (Middle and High school) Jan. 1993- June 1994 Various Middle Schools Paris Classical Literature (Latin, Greek and French) teacher ACADEMIC TRAINING 2008–2014 E.H.E.S.S. (Paris), Centre Corée, UMR 8173
Distinction "Mention très honorable avec félicitations du jury à l'unanimité". 1993–1994 Institut Fançais de Presse - Paris II · Diploma of Information and Communication Sciences 1992–1994 Paris IV-Sorbonne · DEA (Pre-doctorate graduate degree) in Classical Literature · Preparation of Licence of Philosophy 1990–1991 Paris IV-Sorbonne · Classical Literature Master 1987–1990 Paris IV-Sorbonne · Classical Literature Licence 1987–1991 Lycées Janson de Sailly and Fénelon (Paris) · ENS preparation school 1987 · Baccalauréat C (sciences) LANGUAGES French (mother tongue) English (fluent) Korean (fluent) - TOPIK Advanced level Latin and Ancient Greek PRIZES AND AWARDS 5th Korean Air Contest of Travel Photo, Bronze prize, 1998 “SME Star” 2009 prize given by the EUCCK (European Chamber of Commerce in Korea), November 2009. 2013 “France-Korea Cultural Prize”, Paris, May 2014. SNU Kyujanggak Post-doctorate Fellowship, Seoul, September 2014-June 2015 MAIN PUBLICATIONS Un départ pour la France, French language study book, under the direction of Pr. Sok Jun, Kilansa, Seoul, 1998. Travel Guide Book “Corée” (Korea) 1st edition, collection Le Petit Futé, 450 p., February 1999, Paris. Correction and update, 2nd edition, 2001, 507 p. Les Descendants de Caïn (The Descendants of Cain), Hwang Sun-won’s novel translated from Korean in French with Prof. Ko Kwang-dan, Zulma, Paris, October 2002. Participation to Korean Food Guide (Korean-English-French glossary of Korean gastronomic terms), Yoon Ho-mi ed., The Korea Foundation/Cookand, Seoul, 2003. “Korea and the World vs Korea in the World, about the challenges of Korean culture globalisation”, Korean Literary Journal, Seoul National University Press, February 2004. “Semanio-analysis of everyday Korean objects”, in Next (Korean monthly magazine), Seoul, July 2004-November 2005 (monthly series with Frédéric Boulesteix). Two Frenchmen Speak About Cuisine (두 남자, 프랑스 요리로 말을 걸어오다), essay about French food and culture published in Korean, in association with chef Franck Lamache, Seoul, Hangilsa, December 2004. Korean-eyesed (Korea through the eyes of 12 foreign artists), in Korean and English, Seoul, Whizz Press, January 2005. Dictionary of the images of Korean culture (glossary of cultural terms and xenisms - translation), published on-line on the site of the KLTI (Korean Literature Institute Translation), http://www.ltikorea.net, Seoul, 2005. Le magasin aux cent fleurs de Corée (The Korean 100-flowers-shop), short texts about Korea, 30p., France, La Rue Blanche, 2005. Bi-monthly column in Sisa Journal (Korean weekly magazine) about « Food and culture », Seoul, 2005. “Don’t Trust Her, Korean imagination through the last 10 years movies”(in Korean), in Korean Culture and Arts Journal, pp. 84-91, Seoul, April 2005. Clips and Clues on Korea, double page about Korean culture, in English, with drawings by Elodie Dornand de Rouville, Beetlemap magazine, Seoul, March 2005-2009. Séoul, l’invention d’une cité (Seoul, the Invention of a City), “Villes en movement” (Moving Cities) Series of the French publishing company Autrement, Seoul volume : 30 interviews of people who make Seoul move towards the future, Paris, September 2006. “La force de la province coréenne. Décentralisation, tourisme et culture” (The force of the Korean province. Decentralisation, tourism and culture), in Corée Affaires, FKCCI magazine, September 2007. “La chose Séoul, d’une chose que l’on habite à un endroit où l’on habite” (The thing ‘Seoul’, from a thing that we live to a place where we live in), editorial of the Réseau Asie monthly on-line newsletter, October 2007, www.reseau-asie.com. « L’invention du gohyang » (Invention of the gohyang, or the landscape in colonial Korean poetry), in Paysage et Poésie, L’Atelier des Cahiers, Seoul, 2009. “At the crossroads of globalization”, in Korea Cultural Heritage Foundation (KCHF), Seoul, May 2010. « Étude lexicale des plantes comestibles communes de Corée, I. Plantes potagères, condimentaires et légumes » (A lexical study of edible plants of Korea), in Mélanges offerts à Alexandre Guillemoz et Marc Orange, Collège de France, Paris, octobre 2010. « Interfaces et reconfigurations de la question Nord/Sud en Corée » (Interfaces South/North in Korea), in on-line journal Espace-Temps, collective article, dir. V. Gelézeau, EspacesTemps.net/document8430.html, December 2010. Guide Vert Michelin, Corée du Sud, chapters about Culture, Economy, Society, Religion, Food and Seoul, Michelin, Paris, March 2011. Face and Imagination, (Imagination series from the Institute for Development of Imagination Research, Yonsei University), 282 p., Books 21, Seoul, August 2011 (in Korean). Second edition October 2014. « Namkwa puk : the Image of the Other in North and South Korean cinema, 1945-1997 », in Korean Studies in Shift, Proceedings of the 2010 PACKS (Pacific Asian Conference of Korean Studies), Changzoo Song ed., August 2011, Auckland. Trois jours en automne, translation of a Korean short-story by Pak Wan-seo, in collaboration with Lee Jeong-soon, Atelier des Cahiers, Paris-Seoul, October 2011, and also in Cocktail Sugar et autres nouvelles de Corée (anthology), Zulma, Paris, November 2011. La philosophie de mon boudoir, translation of a Korean short-story by Jeon Gyeong-nin, in collaboration with Lee Jeong-soon, published in Cocktail Sugar et autres nouvelles de Corée (anthology), Zulma, Paris, November 2011. « La Flèche et le Soleil : topo-mythanalyse de Pyongyang », in Croisements vol.2, « Ville réelle, ville rêvée », Atelier des Cahiers, Paris-Seoul, April 2012 (« The Arrow and the Sun: a Topo-mythanalysis of Pyongyang »). Published in English in Sungkyunkwan Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 14, n°1, Seoul, April 2014. Ombre du vide [Shadow of the void], Park Ynhui's poems anthology (1979-1989) translated from Korean to French, Atelier des Cahiers, 184 p., Paris, 2012. “La femme dans la littérature coréenne” (The Image of Women in Korean Literature), in Culture coréenne, Paris, Automne-hiver 2012. De-bordering Korea: tangible and intangible legacies of the sunshine policy (Chapter 10: “Sleeping with the Northern Enemy”), Routledge advanced series in Korean studies v. 27, 238p., Oxford, UK, February 2013. “Une vague de kimch’i : la gastronomie coréenne face à la mondialisation” (A kimch’i wave, Korean gastronomy in front of globalization), in Outre-terre, n°39, Paris, May 2014. “L'imaginaire de l'Autre dans le cinéma sud-coréen (1998-2008)” (The Imaginary of the Other in South-Korean Cinema 1998-2008), in Outre-terre, n°39, Paris, May 2014. « La relation de seonbae et hubae dans l’ordre social coréen » (Hubae and Seonbae relationships in Korean social order »), Culture coréenne, Paris, 2014 Winter issue. Sketches of Korea, illustrations by Elodie Dornand de Rouville, Seoul Selection, Seoul, April 2015 (second edition July 2015, ebook edition October 2015). Chief editor for the publication of Cahiers de Corée n°5 (2002-2003); n°6 (2004) ; n°7 (2005-2006) ; n°8 (2007) ; Arts et cultures du lieu (mai 2007) ; Caeruleum (2008) ; Paysage et Poésie (2009) ; Pérégrinations coréennes (2010) ; Impressions papier hanji (2010) ; Hors les Murs (2012) ; Ciné-voyage en Corée du Nord (2012) ; Journal Croisements 1 (2011), 2 (2012), 3 (2013), etc. (publishing company l’Atelier des Cahiers, Paris). See the complete list of publications. OTHERS Associative Life Participation in the creation of PROFLE, French Teachers In Korea Association (1999-2000), Seoul. Creation of ATLC, Association for the Translation of Korean Literature in French (1999-2001), Seoul. Member of AFPEC (Association Française Pour l’Etude de la Corée, Paris) and LEC (Laboratoires d’Etudes Coréennes, EHESS-CNRS-Paris VII, Paris), now CRC (Centre de Recherches Coréennes, EHESS, UMR 8173) as associate researcher. Founding member of CEFC (Cercle des Entrepreneurs Francophones de Corée), association supporting the French-speaking SMEs in Korea (since 2006), Seoul. ADFE (French Living Abroad Association), Seoul section president (1996-2008). Member of Association of Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE). Member of Association of Asian Studies (AAS). Member of Royal Asiatic Society of Korea (RASK). Member of the Korean Society (USA). Member of Alumni, association of EHESS alumni students (France). Member of RESCOR (Réseau des études sur la Corée – Network Korean Studies in French). Media – Hosting and MC EBS Educational TV channel, host in the French program, Seoul, 1997 and 1999. “Wine and Women in Korea” club, yearly gala, MC in English and Korea, 300 guests, Seoul, March 2007. Creation, production and hosting of the lifestyle TV show C’est si Bon, 8 episodes (in Korean), Olive cable TV, Korea, 2006. Tasty Trail with Benjamin, co-production and hosting of the show about Korean food culture, (in English), 30mn x 25 episodes, Arirang TV, Korea, 2009-2010. International diffusion. “The Soy Road”, documentary, host, MBC Gwangju, Korea, December 2010. MBC Daegu, 뿌리 깊은 식탁 (A Table with Deep Roots), 7 and 14 November 2014. KBS, TV 책을 보다 (TV Watching Books), show about my book ‘Face and Imagination’, interview, 10 November 2014. MBC radio “Jamkkanman”, 15-21 June 2015. Participation to numerous television and radio programs (in Europe and Korea, in French, English, Korean): KBS, SBS, EBS, MBC, Arirang, MBC radio, RKI, CBS, TBS, France 5, TF1, France Culture, Arte, Euronews, etc. See separate list of media participations. Speeches & lectures Regular conferences for CFC (Centre Franco-Coréen, Seoul) : “Seoul, a Moving City”, September 2007; “Verbal and Non-Verbal Communication in Korea”, 2008; “Introduction to North-Korean Cinema”, 2009; “Bukchon Area of Seoul and the Urban Hanok”, part 1 (November 2009) and 2 (15 April/27 May 2010); ‘Seongbuk-dong Area” (May 2011); “Minhwa, peinture anonyme populaire de Corée” (Minhwa, popular anonymous paintings of Korea), French Institute of Korea, 21st February 2013. “Seoul, a Moving City”, signature & conference for the book “Seoul, l’invention d’une cité”, Han-Seine gallery and bookshop, Paris, August 2007; CFC, Seoul, September 2007, etc. “Cultural Geography of Wine in France”, conference at Hankuk University of Foreign Languages, 28th November 2007. Several other conferences about French gastronomy and culture in other universities in Korea (Ehwa, Sookmyung, etc.). « Food cultures and healthy lifestyles », presentation with Dr Park Joon-yong, Hallym University, Clinic Expo, Kintex, Korea, 2007. Creative Writing Workshop, CFC, Seoul, 2008-2009. “Do Korean Consumers like European Food?”, breakfast-conference EUCCK, 2nd April 2009. “Culture and Gastronomy in Provence”, ALPS lecture, Ehwa University, Seoul, April 6th 2009. “Understanding Korean Cuisine”, French Institute, Seoul, May 2009. “A Short History of French Cuisine” (in Korean), International Book Fair, Seoul, 13st May 2010. “Ŏpmu bogo” inter-ministry yearly meeting, speech for President Lee Myung-bak, about cultural identity and gastronomy in the era of globalization (in Korean), invited by Korean Agriculture Ministry, Seoul, 27st December 2010. « Un autre regard sur la Corée » (Another Look on Korea), presentation & debate, Centre culturel Han-Seine, Paris, 15th February 2011. Presentation at the TEDx HUFS (Hanguk University of Foreign Studies) “CommuMEcation”: “For a Criticism of Communication”, in English, 03 September 2011 (not published). “Clés pour la compréhension interculturelle dans le monde des affaires en Corée du Sud”(Keys for Intercultural Understanding in South Korea), Mission économique, Mission d’étude en Corée du Comité d’expansion Pays de Loire, 5th October 2011. Round-table “La littérature féminine de Corée du Sud : modernité(s) et changement social” (Women Literature in South Korea: Modernities and Social Change), BULAC (bibliothèque universitaire des langues et civilisations), Paris, 4th April 2013. Forum “Culinary Tourism”, organized by Ongo, Korea Culinary Tourism Association, 27th April 2012. “French Alimentation Today”, presentation for Nongshim, Seoul, 24th August 2012. “Keys for Intercultural Understanding in the Business Environment in Korea”, “Entreprendre en Corée” seminar, CEFC, French Institute, Seoul, Korea, 29th November 2012. “Welcome to... Korea? L'image de l'autre dans le cinéma sud-coréen de la Sunshine Policy (1998-2008)” (Image of the Other in South Korean Cinema during the Sunshine Policy Era), seminar "cinéma coréen" of the Centre de Recherche sur la Corée, EHESS, Maison de l'Asie, 5th April 2013. Also presented at the University of La Rochelle, ACSC, 28th March 2013. “France South-West Gastronomy” (in Korean), Seoul International Food Show, Kintex, Korea, May 2011. Again at French Gourmet Festival, Apgujeong Hyundai Dept Store cultural centre, 4th November 2013 (FKCCI). “La femme dans la littérature coréenne”(Women Images in Korean Literature), Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, 27th March 2013. Also presented in French Institute, Seoul, 14th May 2013. “Taste and Terroir, a comparative study France-Korea. Food products, taste and geographical indications”, Korean Rural Development Administration workshop, Sookmyung University, June 26th 2013. “Understanding Korean Food”, KAIST, Seoul, Korea, 26th September 2013, 17th April 2014 & 8th October 2014. “Topique socio-culturelle coréenne” (Korean Socio-cultural Topical Imaginary), Collège des Ingénieurs, Learning Expedition Marco Polo, Seoul, Korea, 9th October 2013. Speech about importance of food culture, Promotion of Korean Tourism Presidential Committee, first meeting, with President Park Geun-hye, Seoul, July 2013. Key note speech, EU Geographic Indication Week launching ceremony, Seoul, 13th November 2013. “Food Product of Origin Systems, Europe/Korea Comparison” presentation, 291st Culture and Law Forum, Seoul National University, 2014.10.08. “Regimes of visibility in Pyongyang”, Kyujanggak colloquium series, Seoul National University, Seoul, 10th December 2014, & Royal Asiatic Society Korean Branch, Colloquium, Seoul, 20th June 2015. “Food, Man and Place : Intangible Heritage, Geographical Indications, and Communities”, Model Transfer of Social Ecology in Asian Territory, Lecture Series, Hanyang University, Seoul, 24 January 2015. “Virtuous Women and Depraved Females: the Image of Women in North Korean Cinema”, Royal Asiatic Society Korean Branch lecture series, Seoul, 14th April 2015. “Cultural History of Korea”, French Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI), Newcomers Seminar, Seoul, 23/09/2015. “Keys to intercultural understanding in South-Korea”, Swiss-Korean Council, Seoul, 23/11/2015. “Identité de la cuisine coréenne” (Identity of Korean cuisine), CFC (Cercle Franco-coréen), Seoul (French Institute), 26/11/2015. Translations Collaboration to the French Web site of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), 2002. Translation and proofreading for different Korean institutions: Seoul City (2002 Soccer World Cup, etc.), Yeosu International Expo organizing committee (2007), Kukkiwon (taekwondo textbook for for an educational video in French, March 2007), etc. Regular evaluations of translations for the KLTI (Korean Literature Translation Institute) and Daesan Fundation: grants, translation prize, etc. Edition (correction and proofreading) of the translation of Yi Sang complete works in French by Son Mi-hae and Jean-Michel Zubiatte, Zulma, 2004, Paris. See complete list of translation in the “Publications” file. Curating - art exhibitions Organization of several art exhibitions, book signing and other cultural events at Le Saint-Ex gallery and bistrot, Seoul (2000-2010: 36 art exhibitions) and Café des Arts, French Institute of Korea (2012-2013). For details, visit www.lesaintex.kr, www.cafedesarts-seoul.com and www.imaginekorea.com. Curator of “Korean-eyesed”, a retrospective exhibition of 12 foreign artists working in Korea, January 2005, Gwanhoon Gallery, Seoul. See www.koreaneyesed.com. “Gravures d’ailleurs”, exhibitions of old French prints about Korea for the anniversary of the 120 years of Korean-French diplomatic relationships, with French Institute of Korea, Le Saint-Ex, October 2006. “Instant-Mirror”, curating of Elodie Dornand de Rouville art exhibition, Samtoh Gallery, Seoul, September 2009. Academic research Interdisciplinary project, CNRS grant (French Research Centre), 2005-2009, under the direction of V. Gelézeau : « North-South Interfaces». Panels, seminars, collective editing of a scientific poster, organisation of an international conference (December 2008, Paris), writing of a collective academic paper (journal EspaceTemps, décembre 2010), publication of a collective book (Routledge, 2013). Interdisciplinary project, CNRS, 2012-now: Korean Capitals of the World (dir. Valérie Gelézeau). Panels, international conference (Paris, September 2013), field trip (Pyongyang), collective book, etc. Participation to different seminars and conferences, among which (most recent ones):
Other publications Collaboration to the French language Web site of KTO (Korea Tourisme Organisation), Seoul, 2002. Various articles and columns for newspapers, magazines, and journals (see “publications” file for details). Introductory texts to Elodie Dornand de Rouville’s art exhibitions: « Instant Mirror », Samtoh Gallery, Seoul, September 2009, & « Preparedness », Seoul, June 2011 (in English, translated in Korean). Various Field trips to North Korea: Pyongyang International Film Festival, invited as a researcher, September 2008; Pyongyang International Science Book Fair, invited as the organizer of the French delegation, August 2009; Architecture and City Planning study trip (CNRS grant), Pyongyang, October 2013. L’autre émoi, public reading of Korean and French writers friendship letters, CCF, April 2007. Romanization of Hangeul Korean Script Committee, KTO and National Competitivity Committee, Seoul, June 2011. Fourth French Food Contest, Jury, SOPEXA, 7th December 2011. Writing residency, International Writers and Translators Center, Rhodes, Greece, 3-28 January 2012. SEB (France) anthropology field work, Seoul, “Conviviality in Korean table culture”, expert, 11 -14/12/2012. SEB (France), field survey, Seoul, “Fruit drinks/preparations in Korea: cooking and consumption”, November 2014. Member of the scientific committee of “Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident” academic journal (since January 2016). Under preparation See "Projects" menu. |
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