Dr Leonid Petrov
Areas of expertise
- Asian History 210302
- International Relations 160607
- Korean Language 200316
- Asian Cultural Studies 200202
- Tourism Management 150603
- Multicultural, Intercultural And Cross Cultural Studies 200209
Research interests
Socio-economic history and international relations in Northeast Asia; Inter-Korean (DPRK and ROK) conflicts and cooperation; Disputed territories, migration and border control in China, Japan, Korea, and Russia; Communist and post-communist studies (USSR, Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States).
Biography
Leonid Petrov graduated from the Department of Oriental Studies, St. Petersburg State University in 1994, where he majored in Korean History and Language. In 1994-1996, he worked as interpreter for the South Korean National Soccer Team and participated in the 26th Olympic Games in Atlanta. In 1996-2002, Leonid Petrov worked on a doctoral thesis "Socio-economic School and the Formation of North Korean Official Historiography" at the Australian National University. Between 2003 and 2005, Dr. Petrov conducted post-doctoral research at the Academy of Korean Studies in Seongnam and taught Korean History at the Intercultural Institute of California in San Francisco. In 2006-2007, he was Chair of Korean Studies at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris. Between 2009 and 2012, Dr. Petrov taught Korean History and Language at the University of Sydney. Currently, he teaches Cross-Cultural Management, Strategic Intelligence and other subjects at the International College of Management in Sydney (ICMS). Starting from 2007, Dr. Petrov has been involved in a number of projects sponsored by the Australian Research Council (see Researcher's Projects).
Researcher's projects
“North Korea’s Quiet Transformation” (2013, ARC-UTS, Chief Investigator Dr. Jung Kyung-Ja);
“Northeast Asia and the Korean War: Legacies of Hot and Cold Wars in Contemporary Constructions of the Region” (2011, ARC-ANU, Chief Investigator Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki);
“Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia” (2007, ARC-ANU, Chief Investigator Prof. Tessa Morris-Suzuki).
Current student projects
"Fandom Boosting for Briars Rugby Union" (Industry Research Project, 2015)
"International and Domestic Markets for Boutique Hotels in Australia" (Industry Research Project, 2015)
Past student projects
- PhD research projects (Ethno-Nationalism in North Korea; Youth Policies in North Korea; Election politics in the Republic of Korea)
- MPhil research projects (Samsung as a Family - The History of Chaebol; Multiculturalism in South Korea; Foreign Communities of Harbin between 1931 and 1966)
Publications
- Petrov, L 2015, 'Filmmaking on the Edge: Director Shin Sang-ok and Actress Choi Eun-hee', in Andrea Bandhauer and Michelle Royer (ed.), Stars in World Cinema: Screen icons and star systems across cultures, I B Tauris & Co Ltd, London, pp. 143-155.
- Petrov, L 2014, Northeast Asia's security dilemma: Korea at the centre.
- Petrov, L 2014, 'Historiographical Conflicts and Reconciliation in East Asia: Korea at the Center', in Victor Teo and Lee Guan (ed.), The Koreas between China and Japan, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle upon Tyne, pp. 27-41.
- Petrov, L 2013, 'Historiography, media, and cross-border dialogue in East Asia: Korea's Uncertain Path to Reconciliation' in Tessa Morris-Suzuki et. al., East Asia beyond the History Wars: Confronting the Ghosts of Violence, Routledge, pp.40-59.
- Petrov, L and Morris-Suzuki, T 2013, 'On the Frontiers of History: Territorial and Cross-border Dialogue in East Asia', Tessa Morris-Suzuki et. al., East Asia beyond the History Wars: Confronting the Ghosts of Violence, Routledge, pp.29-39.
- Petrov, L 2013, 'Domestic Reasons Behind the North Korean Crisis', SPI Dossier, Institute for International Political Studies (9 April, 2013)
- Petrov, L 2013, 'Titanic Struggle for Unification Keeps the Two Koreas Apart', The Australian Financial Review (03 April 2013)
- Petrov, L 2013, 'The Schoolgirl’s Diary: A Synopsis', Asia Rights Journal of Human Rights, Media and Society in Asia and the Pacific (11 February 2013)
- Petrov, L 2013, ‘Kim Jong-Un’s Search for Shortcuts to North Korean Prosperity’, Asian Currents (February 2013), pp. 13-15
- Petrov, L 2012, 'The Cost and Benefit of Korean Unification and its impact on Russian National Security', in Kyuryoon Kim and Jae-Jeok (ed.), Korean Peninsula Division/Unification: From the International Perspective, Korea Institute for National Unification, Seoul, pp. 161-180.
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Coree du Nord: Ce que voulait Kim Jong-il [What did Kim Jon-il want ?]', Asie21 , vol. 52, pp. 16-17.
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Rare earths bankroll North Korea’s future', Asia Times On-line (7 August 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Kim Jong-eun comes of age', Asia Times On-line (3 August 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Cyber Attacks May Spark New War in Korea', in 38 North, U.S.-Korea Institute at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, (9 July 2012), pp.1-3.
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Moscow Supports Kim Jong-Un', The Montréal Review (28 July 2012), pp. 1-2.
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Pirates or hawks: who hijacked the Chinese fishing boats?', Asian Currents ISSN 1449–4418 (June/July 2012) pp.11-13
- Petrov, L 2012, 'What did Kim Jong-Il want?', Asian Currents, ISSN 1449–4418 (June/July 2012), pp.10-11.
- Petrov, L 2012, 'North Korea, China and the abducted Chinese fishing boats', East Asia Forum (6 June 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Pyongyang's newest SEZ just another shortcut', Asia Times On-line (22 Jun 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'The Korean War and East Asia', East Asia Forum (27 June 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Northeast Asia: a region without regionalism', East Asia Forum (23 May 2012)
- Petrov, L 2012, 'Toward partnership with two Koreas', The Korea Times (10 January 2012)
- Petrov, L 2010, Les enjeux politiques de la cooperation economique entre les deux Corees, Critique Internationale, (no.49, octobre-decembre 2010), Presses de Sciences-Po, Paris, pp. 91-109.
- Petrov, L 2009, 'The Politics of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation: 1998-2009', Japan Focus, vol. 20 July 2009, pp. 1-14.
- Petrov, L 2009, Book Review: "North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula, A Modern History" by Paul French, Australian Journal of Political Science (vol. 44, no. 3), pp. 560-562.
- Petrov, L 2009, Another Sign of North Korea's Insecurity, ABC News Online - The Drum Opinion (11 June 2009).
- Petrov, L 2009, Pyongyang turns Back the Clock, Asia Times online (25 June 2009).
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Neo-Cons in Pyongyang', Policy Forum Online (vol. 08-088A, no. November 08), pp. 1-3.
- Petrov, L 2008, Book Review: "North Korea: The Paranoid Peninsula, A Modern History" by Paul French, Acta Koreana (vol.11 No.3), pp. 257-260.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Australia and the DPRK: A Sixty Year Relationship', Pacific Focus (vol. XXIII, no. No 3), pp. 312-337.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Presidential Elections and the Future of Russian-Korean Relations', Policy Forum Online, no. 08-016A -25 February 2008.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Criminality Part of North Korea's Survival Strategy', OhmyNews International, vol. 25/03/2008, no. 25/03/2008.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Russian 'Power Politics', North Korea and the Future of Northeast Asia', The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus, pp. 1-13.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Russia's Power Politics and North Korea', International Issues & Foreign Policy Affairs, (vol. XVII, no. 2), pp. 27-43.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'President Lee Myung-bak's North Korea Policy: Denuclearisation or Disengagement?', Policy Forum Online no. 08-025A (27 March 2008).
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Australian eggs for a Korean 'basket case'?', Asia Times On-line, (16 May 2008), p. 1.
- Petrov, L 2008, 'Will Australia Help North Korea?', Policy Forum Online, (no. 08-037A).
- Petrov, L 2008, Russia is the Key to North Korea's Plight, Asia Times On Line (24 July 2008).
- Petrov, L 2006, 'Turning Historians into Party Scholar-Bureaucrats: North Korean Historiography, 1955-58', East Asian History, (vol. 31, no. June 2006), pp. 101-124.
- Petrov, L 2002, 'Korean football at the crossroads: a view from inside', in John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter (ed.), Japan, Korea and the 2002 World Cup, Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, USA and Canada, pp. 106-120.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- North Korea’s Quiet Transformation: Women in the Rise of the Informal Market (Secondary Investigator)
