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Curriculum Vitae

Personal data

Name: Dr. Alon Levkowitz

Date of Birth: 01.02.1966

Marital Status: Married + 1

Nationality: Israeli

Address: 96 Bialik .St.

Ramat-Gan 52536

Israel

Tel: 972-3-6133045

Fax: 972- 722357446

Cell: 972-52-3904981

Email: levko@smile.net.il

Field of Interest

Korean society, culture, history and politics; Asian civil society; Asian regional

international organizations; Asian foreign and security policies.

Ph.D dissertation:

The Defense Policies of Allies: The US versus South Korea, Japan and the

Philippines.

Advisors: Prof. Benjamin Miller and Prof. Ehud Harari.

M.A. thesis:

The Influence of Legitimacy on the Foreign Policy of Park Chung Hee: 1961-1979.

Advisors: Dr. Aria Kacowicz and Prof. Itzhak Shichor.

Education

2004 Ph.D studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew

University, Jerusalem.

1995 M.A. studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew

University, Jerusalem.

July 1994 Korean language course at the Academy of Korean Studies. (Korea)

1992 B.A. studies at the International Relations Department, Hebrew

University, Jerusalem.

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Academic experience

Bar-Ilan University:

2011-2013 Coordinator of the South and South East Asia Program at Bar-Ilan

University:

-Culture society and conflict through the prism of the Korean cinema, -

-Introduction to Korean Culture and Thought,

-Korea: Law, society and politics

The Hebrew University:

2010-2013 -Foreign and Security Polices in Asia, Introduction to Traditional

and Modern Korean History

2008-2010 -Asia: International Organizations

2005-2007 Instructor at the Department of International Relations at the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

-Seminar: East Asia at the Global world.

1996 - 1997 Relations Department: Introduction to International Security,

Introduction to International Relations Theories

1992 - 1994 Teaching Assistant at the Hebrew University, International

.

Hanyang University

2007 -Instructor at Hanyang University (Seoul): International Relations

in East Asia

Haifa University:

2010-2013 -Foreign and Security Policies of the Korean Peninsula.

2005-2006 Instructor at the Department of International Relations at the Haifa

University (MA studies)

-Seminar: East Asia at the Global world.

2004-2007 Instructor at Haifa University – East Asia Department - Courses:

-Introduction to Traditional Korean History,

-Introduction to Modern Korean History;

-Korea-China and Japan: Historical, political and economic

triangle.

-Seminar: East Asia at the Global world.

Beit-Berl College:

2010-2013 Political System, National Security in Israel, Democracy and

Democratization.

2008-2009 Courses: Introduction to Political Thought, Introduction to Israel's

1997 –2007 Teaching at Beit Berl College –Political Science Division.

Tel-Aviv University:

2008-2010 -Introduction to Traditional Korean History

-Introduction to Modern Korean History

-Seminar: The Foreign, Security and Economic Policies of the

Korean Peninsula.

2003-2007 Instructor at Tel-Aviv University – The East Asian Department.

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2001- 2002 Research Assistance at the Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian

Affairs, Tel-Aviv University.

Open University:

1997 - 2004 Teaching at the Open University -

Courses:

-War and Strategy,

-Democracy and National Security in Israel.

Ad-Hoc Reviewer

Pacific Affairs, UBC.

Scholarships and awards:

2002 The Jacob Hertzog Award.

2001-2002 The Leonard Davis Research Scholarship.

2001-2002 The Shaul Eisenberg Chair for East Asian Affairs, Tel-Aviv

University scholarship.

1998 The Korean Foundation Scholarship.

1994 Scholarship from the East Asian Department at the Hebrew

University.

1992 – 1995 Scholarship from the International Relation Department at the

Hebrew University.

1990 Variety Award.

Fellowship.

2007-2008 Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Asian Research, University of

British Columbia

1998 Fellow at the Center for International Studies, Graduate School of

International Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

Military service

1984 - 1987 Military service in IDF

Work

1992 - 2001 Trade mark examiner at the Ministry of Justice.

Membership in Scientific Groups and Professional Societies

Association of Asian Studies (AAS)

Publications:

Book:

2003 - Korea: Politics and History. Tel Aviv University Press.

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Articles:

2012 - "Korea and the Middle East Turmoil: A Reassessment of South Korea–

Middle East Relations" The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol.24,

No.2.

2011- Epilogue: Israel and the Korean Peninsula at the Hebrew translation of the

Demick Barbara (2010). Nothing to envoy: Ordinary lives in North Korea.–

The Hebrew translation. Carmel Press.

2010 – "The Republic of Korea and the Middle East: Economics, Diplomacy, and

Security" KEI Academic Paper Series, Vol.5, No.6.

2009 – "Evaluating Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements, with Applications to

the Israeli-Syrian and the North vs. the South Korean Conflicts" Kobi

Kagan, Alon Levkowitz, Asher Tishler, Avi Weiss Defense and Peace

Economics, Vol.20, No.2.

2008 – "Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong – "Brothers in Arm" Zmanim (Hebrew)

2008 – "Changes in Threat perceptions in Korea: Why?" Papers of the British

Association for Korean Studies, Vol.12, No.2.

2008 – "The 7th

Withdrawal – Has the U.S. forces’ journey back home from Korea

begun?" International Relations of the Asia-Pacific,Vol.8,No.2, 131-148.

2007 – Iran and North Korea military cooperation: A partnership within the "Axis of

Evil" Iran Pulse,No.10.

2007 –"Why Do We Not Understand the DPRK?" North Korean Review, Vol.3,No.2,

94-100.

2004 - "Where is the King Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula"

Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies, Vol.10,pp.147-161.

2001 - “Korea: Playing Between The Regional Powers,” Harvard Asia Quarterly,

Vol.5,No.3.

2000 - “The Security Aspect of Kim Dae-jung's Policy : the TMD Case” in Korea

2000: the Kim Dae-jung Government After Two Years in Office.

(Conference volume) Heidelberg : Institut für Politische Wissenschaft,

Universität Heidelberg.

Chapters in books:

2008 – "Where is the King Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula"

in J.E. Hoare and Susan Pares (eds). Korea: The Past and the Present. Global

Oriental Publishers,Ch.8.

2008 - "The disparity between South Korea's engagement and security policies

towards North Korea: The Realist-Liberal pendulum" in Rüdiger Frank, James

E. Hoare, Patrick Köllner and Susan Pares (eds). Korea Yearbook, Volume 2.

Brill.

In process:

Irina Lyan and Alon Levkowitz - Consuming the Other: Israeli Hallyu Case Study.

Alon Levkowitz and Pablo Utin – Israeli and Korean wars movies under the

kaleidoscope.

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Book reviews:

2012 - Midford, Paul, Rethinking Japanese Public Opinion and Security: From

Pacifism to Realism? H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. April, 2012.

URL: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=35029

2009 - Book review: Michael J. Green and Bates Gill (eds.) Asia's New

Multilateralism: Cooperation, Competition, and the Search for Community.

H-US-Japan, H-Net Reviews. September, 2009.

URL: http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=25442

2008 - Book review: Hyung Gu Lynn (2007) BIPOLAR ORDERS: The Two

Koreas Since 1989. Pacific Affairs.

2008 - Book review: Timothy R Tangherlini and Sallie Yea (eds.). Sitings: Critical

Approaches to Korean Geography. Acta Koreana, Vol.11,No.2.

2007 - Book review: Son Key-young (2006) South Korean Engagement Policies and

North Korea: Identities, Norms and the Sunshine Policy. Acta Koreana,

Vol.10, No. 1.

2006 - Book review: Feffer, John. (Ed.) (2006), The Future of US-Korean

Relations: The Imbalance of Power. BAKS Newsletter, July 2006.

2004 - Book review: Edwards, Paul M. (2003), The Korean War: A Historical

Dictionary. BAKS Newsletter, April 2005.

1999 - Book review, Martin Hart-Landsberg, Korea: Division, Reunification, &

U.S. Foreign Policy(1999). Korean Studies Review, no. 4.

1996 - Book review, Son Chu-hwan (ed), Koreana - Korean Cultural Heritage Vol.

I: Fine Arts. Painting /Handcrafts/ Arcitecture.(1994) and Kim Joungwon

(ed), Koreana - Korean Cultural Heritage Vol. II: Thought & Religion. The

Korea Foundation. (1996). Mizrach Hachadash (The New East)

Vol.38,1996.(in Hebrew).

1994 - Book review, Song Ki-Joong(ed), Basic Glossary of Korean Studies. The

Academy of Korean Studies(1993). Mizrach Hachadash (The New East)

Vol.36, 1994.(in Hebrew).

Papers presented:

2015 - North Korea-Middle East and the New Israeli Elections. Conference at the

Asan Institute of Policy Studies, April 1, 2015

2012 - Multiple Asian Challenges for the Man in the White House. Conference on the

US Foreign Policy after the Elections, Bar-Ilan University, November 21,

2012.

2012 - Dancing the Waltz with the Six Party Talks. New York Conference on Asian

Studies, State University of New York at New Paltz, September 28-29, 2012.

--2012- Israel – Asia Relations: From a Side Player to a U.S. Balancer. Future

History：Civil Society vs. State from a Traditional and Modern Perspective

Conference, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, June 24th

2012.

2012 – Christianity in Korea: From antagonist and marginal to the center stage player .

The 4th

Annual Conference for the study of Contemporary Spiritualities, The

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Haifa University, March 19-20, 2012.

2012 – Sports and Politics in the Korean Peninsula. From Israel to Korea and

Japan: Sports, Society and Politics and Asia. January 9, 2012.

2011 – Sigal Ben-Rafael-Galanti and Alon Levkowitz. Civics in Israel. UNESCO

First Workshop "From Shoa to Human Rights", Beit-Berl, January 30 –

February 4, 2011.

2011 – Sigal Ben-Rafael-Galanti and Alon Levkowitz. Israel as a Jewish and

Democratic state according to civics textbooks. Education and Politics

Conference, Beit-Berl, February 23, 2011.

2011 - The Six Party Talks in a transition period. Military developments in the 21st

Century in Asia conference, Haifa University. March 14, 2011.

2011 – Christianity in Korea: History and Politics. Korea and Israel: Christianity, The

Bible and Judaism, Hebrew University, May 3, 2011.

2011 - Jewish and Democratic state according to civil studies textbooks. Annual

Political Science Association Conference, Beer Sheva University. May

12, 2011.

Security and Nationalism – Shall the Two Walk Hand in Hand in Korea2011 – .

Annual Israeli Asian Studies, Hebrew University, 24-26 May 2011.Tenth

2011 - Threat perception between Seoul & Jerusalem. Yonsei University. June

23, 2011.

Korea and the Middle East turmoil: Revaluation of South Korea – Middle East 2011 –

relations , 27 June, 2011.. Sejong Institute

Workshop on Southeast Asia, 2010 - ASEAN institutionalization under question.

“Regions”, and Social Theory, The Hebrew University, 3-4 March 2010.

North and South Korean appears on the South Korean cinema screen, who 2010 -

looks prettier? Annual Israeli Asian Studies, Haifa University, 26-27 . Eight

April 2010.

2010 – Changes in Presidential elections patterns in South Korea?. Annual Political

Science Association Conference, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, 6

May 2010.

2010 - The Korean War Pandora's boxes. 60 years to the Korean War conference,

Tel-Aviv University, 21 June 2010.

2010 - The Republic of Korea and the Middle East. Korea Economic Institute

conference facility, Washington DC, 04 August 2010.

2009 Christianity in Korea: From Marginal to Center Stage Player in Korean -

Politics. International Conference on Monotheism in Asia: Inter-Religious

Issues, Bar Ilan University, 17-18 March 2009.

The Korean Command issue: Who is in charge and when? Annual 2009 – . Eight

Israeli Asian Studies, Tel-Aviv University, 3-4 June 2009.

2009 – North Korea: The Father, the Son and the nuclear missiles. The Truman

Institute, The Hebrew University, 2 December 2009.

The 7th

withdrawal: Has the U.S. forces' journey back home from Korea 2008 –

begun? , 28 . Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia

February 2008.

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“The one who should be obeyed?” Japan and South Korea in Iraq2007 -

Paper prepared for delivery at the International Studies Association

annual meeting, Chicago, IL, February 2007.

The Development of Civic Culture in the non-Western World: Attitudes 2007- "

towards the Judicial Review Mechanism in Japan and ROK",Sigal Ben-Rafael

Galanti with Alon Levkowitz and Moriko Oyamada Hori, paper presented at

the UNESCO Conference on 'The Effect of Globalization on Center, Periphery

and Multiculturalism', Beit Berl Academic College , February 5-8, 2007.

2007 – The Economic Sunshine and Korean Security. International Conference on

the Link between Economics and Security-Conceptual, Regional and Practical

Dimensions, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, April 25-26, 2007.

Why don't we understand the DPRK? Six Annual Israeli Asian Studies, Haifa 2007 - .

University, 11-12 June 2007.

2006 - South Korean and Japanese Forces in Iraq: The United States Inc. Fifth

Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of International Studies, Hebrew

University, 6 June 2006.

2006 - The Defense Policy of South Korea and Japan: Is Japan Still the Enemy?.

Fifth Annual Israeli Asian Studies, Tel-Aviv University, 11-12 June 2006.

2006 - Threat Perceptions in Korea: Generation or Political Change?. British

Association for Korean Studies 2006 Conference 6-7 September , 2006

Halifax Hall at the University of Sheffield.

2006 - Mao: View from North Korea. Leader Under fire: Thirty years after Mao

Zedong, Conference at Haifa University, 6 November 2006.

2006 - Asia Policy Towards Japan's Bid to the Security Council and the Changes in its

Defense Policy. Japan's Present International Standing in Historical

Perspective, Conference at Haifa University, 28 November 2006.

The Regional Approach to North 2nd Annual 2005 - Korea: A Road to Nowhere?.

Arms Control Conference: New Trends in WMD Arms Control, Ma’ale

Hachamisha, Israel, 8-9 February 2005.

2005 - Japan’s defense policy: The North Korean Contribution to the Japanese

Realism. Fourth Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of International

Studies, Bar-Ilan University, 18 April 2005.

2005 - The constitution court: An important player in democratization process in

Asia. Fourth Annual Israeli East Asian Studies, Hebrew University, 29 May

2004 (With Dr. Sigal Ben Rafael Galanti).

2004 - Democratization in Korea. Third Annual Israeli East Asian Studies,

Haifa University, 2 February 2004.

2004 - Here Lies the King? Legitimation Battles in the Korean Peninsula. Third

Annual Meeting of the Israeli Association of International Studies, Haifa

University, 2 May 2004.

2004- In the Fight for Legitimacy - Where the King is Buried Lies the Problem. The

Bretton Hall, Wakefield, UK, Joint East Asian Conference, Leeds University,

6-8 September 2004.

2003 - Strategic Matureness of South Korea in a Nuclear Crisis. The Second Annual

Israeli East Asian Studies, Tel-Aviv University, 20 January 2003.

2003 - The Fourth Withdrawal from Korea: Why Now? Annual Meeting of the

Israeli Association of International Studies, Hebrew University, 6 April 2003.

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2003 - The Korean Perspective. In the Aftermath of the War in Iraq: Asian

Perspectives. Workshop at Haifa University, 12 May 2003.

2003 - Korea-Israel Relations. Workshop on Korean Studies, Tel-Aviv University,

17 November 2003.

2003 - The End of Political Assassinations in Korea? In the Aftermath of the War in

Iraq: Asian Perspectives. Workshop at Haifa University, 23 November 2003.

2002 - ”Ballistic Missile Policy: Between Dependence and Independence. The First

Israeli Association of International Studies, Tel-Aviv University, 20-21

February 2002.

2002 - Kim Dae Jung: Between Independence and Dependence. The First Annual

Israeli East Asian Studies, Hebrew University, 24 February 2002.

2001 - “The Empire Strikes Again?” or Does it Not: Will the Bush Administration

Entrap the Asian Allies with BMD?. Presented at the CISS/ISA Third

International Conference, June 25-26, 2001, Heidelberg, Germany.

2000 - D.J.’s Missile Policy: Working Between the Internal and External. Presented at

"Korea 2000: The Kim Dae-Jung Government After Two Years in Office"

Conference, 30 May 2000, Heidelberg, Germany.

2000 - Japan’s security independence: the BMD Case. Presented at the "8th

Annual

Japan Politics Colloquium” Centre for the Study of Globalization and

Regionalization, University of Warwick. 5-7 September 2000.

1999 - TMD: is it the Right Solution for South Korea? Presented at the "Regional

Stability and Instability a Decade After the Cold War". ISSS Annual Meeting:

11-13 November, 1999, Washington DC.

Other academic activities:

2010-2012 - Articles at Maariv, Ynet, Globes, Israel Defense, Walla, foreign media

and interviews for the Israeli channels 1,2, 10 and the Israeli radio

channels on Korean issues.

2010 - Co-organizer of the 60 years to the Korean War conference, Tel-Aviv

University, 21 June 2010.

2009 – Organizer of Korean Film Hub at the Tel-Aviv University – The Korean Film

Council (KOFIC)

2008 – "Korea – business culture" Invited speaker at the "Cross-Culture Management

Course – International MBA" November 2008, Interdisciplinary Center

Herzliya.

2007 – "International Alliances" lecture at the Department of Sociology, Political

science and Communication, May 2007, Open University.

2007 - “Korea – Culture,” Invited speaker at the study day: ‘Land of the Morning

Calm – Korea: Characteristics, Trends and Business Opportunities’ at the

Open Enrollment Program for Executives, Businessmen and Decision Makers,

January 2007, Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.