About Me

Dr. Leonid A. Petrov

Research Associate

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies
Australian National University
Room 4244, Building 9 (Coombs Bld.)
Canberra, ACT 0200, AUSTRALIA
Mob: +61-403076604
Tel: +61(2)61258885 (office)
Fax: +61(2)61255525
leonid.petrov@anu.edu.au

Leonid PETROV graduated from St. Petersburg State University (1994) in Russia where he majored in Korean History and Language. He obtained a PhD in History at the ANU (2003) where he specialized in the studies of North Korea.

In 2003-2005, Prof. PETROV taught the History of North-South Korean Conflict and Cooperation at the Intercultural Institute of California in San Francisco and the Korean Economy at Keimyung University in Daegu. In 2006/2007 he was the Chair of Korean Studies at the Political Sciences University (Sciences Po) in Paris.

Currently he works on “Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia” (ARC-ANU) and “North-South Interfaces on the Korean Peninsula” (CNRS-EHESS) projects. This weblog will carry his essays, articles, and stories about Korea (North and South).

Photos and images are also by Dr. Petrov. You are welcome to use and reproduce these material but please acknowledge the source.

LP 2008 (c)