About: Kwak Jun-hyeok

Kwak Jun-hyeok is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Korea University, where he has taught political philosophy and theory since Fall 2007. He also serves as Director of and Head of Center for Political Theory, at Korea University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2002. Before joining the faculty at Korea University, he taught political thought at Kyungpook National University. His research interests lie at the crossroads of political thought from Socrates to Machiavelli and contemporary political/social theory, with concentration on republicanism, nationalism, constitutionalism, democratic leadership, and human rights. He teaches classes on constitutionalism and democracy, multiculturalism, politics and rhetoric, human rights, and classical and medieva