Biography
Seon-Wook Kim is a Professor of Philosophy at Soongsil University in Seoul and the Director of the Institute for Values and Ethics. He previously served as Provost (2021-23). He is currently the President of the Korean Philosophical Association (2023-24) and serves as the President of the Organizing Committee (2024-26) for the 8th World Humanities Forum. He also served as President of the Korean Society for Hannah Arendt Studies (2017-23). He translated several of Hannah Arendt's works into Korean and has written several books on her thought and other philosophical issues.