Name: Samuel
Family Name: LEE
Nationality: Republic of Korea
Residence country: Seoul, Korea
Organization: International Information and Networking
Centre For Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific
Region Under the Auspices of UNESCO
Title: Director-General
Websites: www.ichcap.org
Self-presentation:
I have been a professor of social philosophy at Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea. I studied in Seoul National University, Korea and in Goettingen University, Germany and received the degree, Doctor of Social Sciences (Dr. disc. Pol) from Goettingen. Since
2000 I have been involved in UNESCO work, and served as the founding Director of Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding, UNESCO Category II institute for 4 years and as Secretary-General of Korean National Commission for UNESCO for another 4 years and now I am serving as the first Director-General of Asia-Pacific Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage, UNESCO.
I served also as President of Korean Philosophical Association in 2008 and was elected as Executive Member of International Federation of Philosophical Societies (FISP). We hosted 22th World Congress of Philosophy in Seoul in 2008. My concern in social philosophy lied in political thought and ideology and ethical Issues, peace, human right, justice. I served also 7 years as Executive member of World Council of Churches. I have also served in many Ngos, Forum for Democracy in Korea, and People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy, and Christian Professors Association, and Korean Christian Cooperation for Social Development.