Sem Andre Claudine Vermeersch (born 1968 in Blankenberge)Library of Congress (LOC) authority file, Sem Vermeersch is a Belgian academician, editor, author, administrator and professor of Buddhism at Seoul National University.Kim, Boran. "A Belgian Holding Court at SNU: The Quest to Find the S(e)oul of Korean Studies," SNU News (ROK). December 29, 2008; retrieved 2011-06-28
Early life Vermeersch's undergraduate experience at the University of Ghent was followed by further studies at Anhui Normal University in China. In 1992, Vermeersch studied Korean at the Jungsin Cultural Research Center (now The Academy of Korean Studies) in Seoul. His PhD was conferred by the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.Vermeersch, Sem. "Tigers, Bears & Ancestors: A New Look at Korean Myths Old and New," International Institute for Asian Studies Newsletter (Netherlands). No. 26, November 2001; retrieved 2011-06-28 His 2001 doctoral thesis was entitled "The Power of Buddha."
Career Vermeersch was a postdoctoral research associate at the Korea Institute, Harvard University (2002- 2003),Sem Vermeersch page . Accessed on 3 March 2012 a visiting professor at the Academia Koreana, Keimyung University (2005-2007), and in 2008 joined the faculty of Seoul National University as a fellow at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. In 2008, he also became associate director at the Center for Korean Studies and editor of the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies (SJKS).
Selected works In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Sem Vermeersch, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 3 works in 6 publications in 3 languages and 200+ library holdings.WorldCat Identities: Vermeersch, Sem 1968-
The Power of Buddha: the Ideological and Institutional Role of Buddhism in the Koryo Dynasty, 2001 湖巌承志園: 우리 시대 의 한옥, 호암 승지원 (Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn : uri sidae ŭi hanok, Hoam Sŭngjiwŏn), 2006 The Power of the Buddhas: the Politics of Buddhism During the Koryŏ Dynasty (918-1392), 2008 "A Chinese Traveler in Medieval Korea: Xu Jing's Illustrated Account of the Xuanhe Embassy to Koryo", 2016
Honors Association for Asian Studies, James B. Palais Book Prize, 2010.Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Palais Book Prize, list of winners ; retrieved 2011-06-28
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