Ex-CCEA

Brain Korea 21

Participating Professors

Professor CHAE Suhong
Specialized in industrial anthropology, Prof. Chae Suhong’s main research topic is the industrial relations of multinational corporations and the politics of industries. He conducted research on industrial relations of Korean companies in Vietnam and Vietnamese migrant workers.
Education & Positions
EDUCATION  

Ph.D. CUNY (The City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center), 
           Majored in Anthropology.

M.A. Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University. Majored in Anthropology.  


B.A. Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University . Majored in Anthropology.


CURRENT POSITIONS

Director, Seoul National University Asian Center(SNUAC)

Director, Southeast Asian Center, SNUAC

Chief of Research, HK+ Mega Asia Project Team, SNUAC

Professor,  Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University

Member, Korea-Vietnam EPG(Eminent Persons Group)

Korean member representative of NEAT (Network of East Asian Think-tank)

Member of Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology

Member of Korean Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Member, Vietnam Forum, Seoul National University​

Ph.D. in Anthropology: CUNY (The City University of New York, Graduate School and University Center)

M.A. in Anthropology: Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University  

B.A. in Anthropology: Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University  


PREVIOUS POSITIONS​

​Director of  the Research Team for VIP(Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippine) local societies in SEA

Director of BK(Brain Korea)21+ Team, Department of Anthropology, Seoul National University 

Vice-president of Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies ​

Professor at Chonbuk University

Committee member (BK21) of Cultural and Regional Development Organization (Ex-CRD) and Department of Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology 

Honorary Editorial Writer of Jeonbuk Ilbo

Visiting Professor at Ho Chi Minh City University of Social Sciences and Humanities at Viet Nam National University, Ho Chi Minh City

Editor in Chief of Open Jeonbuk

Executive Director of Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies

Member of International Board of Directors for Korean Association of Southeast Asian Studies

Lecturer at The College of Staten Island

Research fellow of Social Science Research Council

Research fellow of Wenner-Gren Foundation

Adjuct Professor, College of Staten Island, City University of New York.  

Office Address
Room 408, Bldg. 16 (College of Social Sciences)
Office Tel. / E-mail
+82-2-880-6424 / chae4811@snu.ac.kr
Courses Taught
Culture and Power, Industrial Anthropology, globalization and cultural changes, writing ethnographies
Research Interests

 Business and Industrial Anthropology, Political Anthropology, Vietnam Studies

Publications
[Books]
2022 『동남아시아 내 CSR 활동과 지역사회의 상호작용』 [Corporate’s CSR activities 
and interactions with local societies] SNUAC.

2022 『탈냉전시대 아시아의 재구성과 아시아인의 정체성』 [Reconstruction of Asia and Asian Identity in post-cold war era] Jin-In-Jin Publisher.

2021 『한인의 베트남 정착과 초국적 삶의 정치』 [Korean in Vietnam and transnational life and politics.] Nulmin Publisher.

2019 『한국인의 행복과 삶의 질에 관한 종합연구: 국제 비교 질적 연구를 중심으로』 [A 
Study of Korean happiness and quality of life: international comparative and 
qualitative study]. KIHASA. Co-author. 

2018 『소련형 대학의 형성과 해체』 [The formation and disintegration of soviet-type 
university.] , 진인진 Jininjin. Co-edited by 정근식, 채수홍(Jung Keun Sik and Chae Suhong).

2014『맨발의 학자들』[Barefoot scholars]. 눌민 Nulmin Book. Co-authored by 전제성, 김형준, 홍석준, 황인원, 채수홍, 이상국 (Jun Jae Sung, Kim Hyeong Jun, Hong Seok Jun, Chae Suhong, Lee Sang Kuk)

2014『미얀마 진출기업 인사노무관리 성공전략』[A successful strategic management of human resources of new companies in Myanmar]. 노사발전재단 Korea Labor Foundation. (Park Jang Sik, Chae Suhong, co- authors)

2013『베트남 진출기업 인사관리 성공전략』[A successful strategic personnel management of new companies in Vietnam]. Korea Labor Foundation 노사발전재단.

2012『한국 속 동남아 현상: 인간과 문화의 이동』[The Southeast Asian phenomenon in Korea: The migration of people and culture]. (Kim Dong Yeop, Kim Hong Goo, Shim Doo Bo, Chae Suhong, and others 김동엽, 김홍구, 심두보, 채수홍 외 7인, co-authors). Myoungin Books명인문화사.

2010『이주노동자들의 권익과 시민공동체』[The rights of immigrant workers and civic communities], Han Do Hyun, Chae Suhong, and others 한도현, 채수홍 외 3인. Baeksan Seodang 백산서당.

2008『이런 인류학은 어떨까요?』[What about this kind of anthropology?]. (Yi Jeong Duk, Chae Suhong, and others 이정덕, 채수홍 외 지음. Imagine 이매진.

2008 『다민족관계속의 LA 한인』 [Koreans in the multi-racial LA]. (Yang Yeong Koon, Moon Yok Pyo, Park Kae Yong, Yi Jeong Duk, Chae Suhong 양영균, 문옥표, 박계영, 이정덕, 채수홍, co-authors). The Academy of Korean Studies 한국학중앙연구원.

2003『풍물과 노동운동가 만들기』[Making of customs and labor activists]. Kyungin Publishing 경인문화사.


[Book Chapters]
2020 『인류학자들, 동남아를 말하다』  [The Southeast Asia from the perspective of Korean Anthropologists]. 눌민 Nulmin. Co-author.

2019 『개혁개방기의 북한 노동시장과 경제협력』. [North Korean Labor Market and Economic cooperation]. Korean Institute of Labor Studies. Co-author.  

2014 The Socioeconomic and Cultural Characteristics of Rural Society and the Position of Rural Development Projects in Myanmar. co-author with Kim Hee Suk​. In Koich Ikegami, ed. ASIAN RURAL SOCIOLOGY 5: From Challenges to Prosperous Future in Rural Asia 1(2): 134-142. Japan Foundation. 

2011 The dynamics of a Multinational Factory Regime and Recent Strikes in Vietnam. In Anita Chan, ed. Labor in Vietnam, pp. 252-277. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. Singapore. 

2011 귀환 베트남 이주노동자의 절망과 기억 [Despair and memory of Vietnamese returnees from immigrant labor in Korea)]. In Choe Won Sik, Baek Yong Seo, Shin Yoon Whan, Kang Tae Woong, eds. 최원식, 백영서, 신윤환, 강태웅 엮음. 『키워드로 읽는 동아시아』[Reading East Asia with keywords], pp. 215-217. Imagine 이매진.

2011 내 동생 라오스, 믿을 수 없는 캄보디아 [My younger brother, Laos, untrustworthy Cambodia]. In Choe Won Sik, Baek Yong Seo, Shin Yoon Whan, Kang Tae Woong, eds. 최원식, 백영서, 신윤환, 강태웅  엮음.『키워드로 읽는 동아시아』[Reading East Asia with keywords], pp. 218-220. Imagine 이매진.

2008 한국 정치인류학의 현황과 과제 [Present and future of Korean Political Anthropology]. In Korean Society for Cultural Anthropology, ed. 한국문화인류학 엮음.『문화인류학반세기』[A half century of cultural  anthropology]. pp. 199-219. Sohwa 소화.

2008 동아시아 지역협력의 현황과 과제: 사회문화 부문을 중심으로 [Present and future task of East Asian regional cooperation: the social and cultural sectors. In Study Group for East Asian Community, ed. 동아시아공동체연구회 엮음. 『동아시아공동체와 한국의 미래』 [East Asian communities and the future of Korea], pp. 347-372. Imagine이매진.

2003 Contemporary Ho Chi Minh City in Numerous Contradictions. In J. Schneider and A. Susser, eds. Wounded  Cities, pp. 227-248. Berg: New York.


[Journal Articles]
2024. 무엇을 해야 하는가?: 지역학 연구의 국제적 허브를 꿈꾸며. [What is to be done?: Dreaming international hub of regional studies.] Asian Brief 4(1). 

2023. 인간주의 얼굴을 가진 지역학의 딜레마와 실천. [The Dilemma and Practice of Regional Studies with humanistic face.] Asia Brief 3(46). 

2022. 서문: 전지구화, 이주 그리고 아시아인의 정체성. [Introduction: globalization, migration, and Asian Identity.] Asian Review12(3):3-7.

2022. 탈사회주의 베트남의 산업화와 동아시아 지역 정체성. [Industrialization and East Asian regional identity in post-socialist Vietnam.] Asian Review 12(3):9-45. 

2021. 컴플라이언스, 기업의 사회적 책임, 그리고 파업: Better Work Vietnam의 사례 [Compliance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Strikes: the case of Better Work Vietnam] 『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 31(4):253-293.

2018. 베트남 2017: 정치, 경제 대외관계의 현황과 전망 [Vietnam in 2017: The current state and future prospects of politics, economy, foreign relations]. 『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 28(1): 21-51.

2017 The Political Processes of the Distinctive Multinational Factory Regime and Recent Strikes in Vietnam. Global Economic Review 24 Oct, pp.1-17.

2017 베트남 2016: 정치, 경제, 대외관계의 현황과 전망 [Vietnam in 2016: The current state and future prospects of politics, economy, foreign relations]. 『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 27(1): 163-191.

2016 베트남에 거주하는 조선족 공장매니저의 초국적 삶과 문화 정치 The transnational life, culture, and politics of an ethnic Korean factory manager in Vietnam].『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 26(4): 279-320.
 
2016 산업화 역사, 사회경제적 분화, 그리고 노동자의 저항: 베트남 남부 빈즈엉 성의 민족지적 사례 [Industrialized history, socioeconomic change, and the resistance of labors: An ethnographic case in Binh Duong Provice of South Vietnam]. 『비교문화연구』 [Cross-Cultural Studies] 22(1): 541- 583.

2015 전통시장의 쇠락과정, 대응양상, 그리고 미래: 전주남부시장의 민족지적 사례 [The decline of traditional markets, the coping methods, and their future: An ethnographic study of Jeonju nambu  markets]. 『비교문화연구』 [Cross-Cultural Studies] 21(1): 87-131.

2015 Review on Ties that Bind: Cultural Identity, Class and Law in Vietnam’s Labor Resistance. British Journal of Industrial Relations 53(2). 

2014 호치민 한인 공장매니저의 초국적인 삶: 일터와 거주생활공간을 중심으로 [The transnational life of a Korean factory manager in Ho Chi Minh City: His working and living space].『비교문화연구』[Cross-Cultural Studies] 20(2): 47-94.

2013 베트남 살쾡이 파업의 양상과 원인: 남부 빈즈엉을 중심으로 [The phases and causes of wildcat strikes in Binh Duong Provice of South Vietnam]. 『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review]  23(3): 1-48.

2013 베트남 공장노동자의 저항에 관한 현지연구 성찰해보기 [The field study of Vietnamese factor worker’s resistance]. 『동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 23(2): 269-321.

2010 The Candlelight Protest and the Politics of the Baby Stroller Brigades. Korea Journal.

2009 The Political Economy of Multinational Factory Regimes and Recent Strikes in Vietnam, 『 동남아시아연구』[The Southeast Asian Review] 19(1): 67-111.

2008 베트남의 주변국 인식과 동아시아 지역협력 [The neighboring nations of Vietnam as seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese people and the regional collaboration in East Asia.『동남아시아연구]  [The Southeast Asian Review] 18(1): 181-211.

2007 귀환 베트남 이주노동자의 삶을 통해 본 동아시아 인적교류의 정치적 함의 [East Asian  interpersonal communication as seen through the lives of returned immigrant workers in Vietnam and its political implications].『비교문화연구』 [Cross-Cultural Studies]12(1). 

2006 발기부전 환자와 비아그라를 통해 본 한국남성의 남성성: 비아그라 효과에 대한 비판적  논점을 중심으로 [Erectile disfunction, Viagra, and the masculinity of Korean men: A critique of the effects of Viagra].『한국문화인류학』​ [Korean Cultural Anthropology] 39(1). 

2005 호치민 한인사회의 사회경제적 분화와 정체성의 정치학 [Socioeconomic differentiation in Korean  society in Ho Chi Minh City and identity politics].『비교문화연구』[Cross-Cultural Studies] 11(2). 

2004 탄광촌의 쇠락과 폐광촌의 미래: 태백시 철암의 사례 [The decline of coal-mining towns and their  future: A case study of Taebaeksi Cheolam.『비교문화연구] [Cross-Cultural Studies] 10(1). 

2003 호치민시의 개혁과정에 대한 정치경제학적 연구 [Political economic research on the reformation process of Ho Chi Minh City ].『비교문화연구』[Cross-Cultural Studies] 9(1).

2003 호치민시 다국적 공장의 정치과정에 관한 연구 [The political process of a multi-national factory in Ho Chi Minh City].『한국문화인류학』[Korean Cultural Anthropology] 36(2).

2003 여성, 노동자, 여성노동자: 여성주의 민족지의 젠더와 계급 [Women, workers, women workers: Gender and class of feminist ethnography]. 『여성연구』[Women Studies] 65(2).
Recent Research Projects
Labor Politics in Vietnam  (2011- present)
Labor and Class Consciousness (1998- present)
Work, Poverty, and Neoliberalism (2015- present)
Life Histories of Koreans in Vietnam (2016-present)