Keynote Lecture  

– Ph.D. in Linguistics, Université Paris Diderot – Paris 7 (1982)

– Professor of French Language & Literature, Seoul National University (1988~)

– Honorary Professor, Department of French Language & Literature, Seoul National University (2011~)

– Electronic Dictionary Development Research Manager, Ministry of Culture and Tourism 21st Century Sejong Project (1998~2007)

– 22nd Oesol Award Winner (culture category) (2000)

– President of the Korean Association for lexicography (2004~2006)

– President of the Linguistic Society of Korea (2006-2008)

– Member of the National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea (2007~)

– Representative of Korean Association for Linguistic Typology Research Group (2009)

– Main works: 『Initiation à la langue coréenne』 (co-authored, Kyobo Book Centre, 1985), 『Study of Modern Korean Verb Syntax』 (Top Publishing Company, 1987), 『Understanding Basic French Syntax』 (Seoul National University Press, 1989), 『 Modern Korean Verb Sysntax Dictionary』 (co-authored, Doosan Dong-A, 1997), 『Methods and Practices of Korean Language Education for Foreigners』(co-authored, Korea National Open University Press, 1999)

* Former Head Professor of Asian Korean studies, Aix-Marseille Université, France

* Researcher, University of Aix-Marseille IrAsia

* Established Korean Studies major at Aix-Marseille Université, France (2003)

* Translation of Korean literature (2005)

* Started publication of « keulmadang », a French literary magazine specializing in Korean literature. (2009)

* Founded Decrescenzo Editeurs specializing in Korean literature. (2011)

* Introduction to Korean Literature 『Fictions coréennes』, Decrescenzo Editeurs. (2016)

* Literary criticism book 『The Bottle of the Danaides: Seungwoo Lee’s literary world』, Seoul, Moonji Publishing. (2020)

– Awards –

* French Literature Award « L’Inaperçu » Translation Award (2014)

* Korea-French Cultural Award (Korea Minister of Culture Award, 2016)