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Kim Hei-sook

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Kim Hei-sook, born around 1955, is a South Korean philosophy academic and university administrator whose scholarship spans philosophy of art, epistemology and women's studies, with a doctoral thesis on epistemology. She has held a professorship in philosophy at Ewha Womans University since 1987 and served as the university's president from 2017 to 2021, elected through Ewha's first-ever direct presidential election following a corruption scandal involving her predecessor, and she has served as an associate editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics.

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Office Held
President of Ewha Womans University, 2017-2021 1
Tradition
Philosophy of art, epistemology and women's studies 1
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Nationality
Korea (South) 1
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1. Wikipedia: Kim Hei-sook
  • Career
    took office on 31 May 2017, to a term expiring on 28 February 2021
  • Education
    She specialises in the philosophy of art, epistemology, and women's studies, and has served as an associate editor of the International Feminist Journal of Politics
  • Lead section, nationality sentence
    Kim Hei-sook (Korean: κΉ€ν˜œμˆ™; born c.
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