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Lecturer / Researcher, Visiting Fellow - School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

Leonid Petrov graduated from St. Petersburg State University, where he majored in Korean History and Language. In 1994-1996, he worked as interpreter for the South Korean National Soccer Team and participated in the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 2003, he completed his doctoral thesis "Socio-economic School and the Formation of North Korean Official Historiography" at the Australian National University. Between 2003 and 2005, Dr. Petrov conducted post-doctoral research at the Academy of Korean Studies in Seongnam and taught Korean History at the Intercultural Institute of California in San Francisco. In 2006-2007, he was Chair of Korean Studies at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. Between 2009 and 2012, Dr. Petrov taught Korean History and Language at the University of Sydney. Currently, he is Head of Postgraduate Studies at the International College of Management in Sydney (ICMS). Starting from 2007, Dr. Petrov has been involved in a number of projects sponsored by the Australian Research Council.

Experience

  • 2007–present
    Visiting Fellow, School of Culture, History and Language, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
  • 2009–2012
    Lecturer in Korean Studies, School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Sydney
  • 2006–2007
    Chair of Korean Studies, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po)
  • 2003–2005
    Postdoctoral Fellow, Academy of Korean Studies

Education

  • 2003 
    The Australian National University, PhD in History
  • 2003 
    Canberra Institute of Technology, Advanced Diploma in Tourism (Events Management)
  • 1994 
    St. Petersburg State University, M.A. in Asian and African Studies

Grants and Contracts

  • 2013
    “North Korea’s Quiet Transformation”
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2011
    “Northeast Asia and the Korean War: Legacies of Hot and Cold Wars in Contemporary Constructions of the Region”
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2007
    “Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia”
    Role:
    Researcher
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council

Professional Memberships

  • Russian-English Translator certified by NAATI (2002)
  • Korean Studies Association of Australasia Association - Member (since 1998)
  • Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies - Member (since 2017)

Research Areas

  • Asian History (210302)
  • Korean Language (200316)
  • Political Science (1606)
  • Economic History (140203)
  • Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies (200209)
  • International Business (150308)