Sem Vermeersch

Sem Andre Claudine Vermeersch (born 1968 in Blankenberge)^[1] is a Belgian academician, editor, author, administrator and professor of Buddhism at Seoul National University.^[2]

Early life

Vermeersch's undergraduate experience at the University of Ghent was followed by further studies at Anhui Normal University in China.^[2] In 1992, Vermeersch studied Korean at the Jungsin Cultural Research Center (now The Academy of Korean Studies) in Seoul.^[2] His PhD was conferred by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.^[3] His 2001 doctoral thesis was entitled "The Power of Buddha."^[1]

Career

Vermeersch was a postdoctoral research associate at the Korea Institute, Harvard University (2002- 2003),^[4] a visiting professor at the Academia Koreana, Keimyung University (2005-2007),^[5] and in 2008 joined the faculty of Seoul National University as a fellow at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies.^[1] In 2008, he also became associate director at the Center for Korean Studies and editor of the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (SJKS).^[2]

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Sem Vermeersch, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 3 works in 6 publications in 3 languages and 200+ library holdings.^[6]

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• The Power of Buddha: the Ideological and Institutional Role of Buddhism in the Koryo Dynasty, 2001
• 湖巌承志園: 우리 시대 의 한옥, 호암 승지원 (Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn : uri sidae ŭi hanok, Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn), 2006
• The Power of the Buddhas: the Politics of Buddhism During the Koryŏ Dynasty (918-1392), 2008
• "A Chinese Traveler in Medieval Korea: Xu Jing's Illustrated Account of the Xuanhe Embassy to Koryo", 2016

Honors

• Association for Asian Studies, James B. Palais Book Prize, 2010.^[7]