Eun-hye Choung

Eun-hye Choung

KU Research Professor

Human Geography / Cultural Landscapes & Heritage / Urban & Tourism

Personal Profile

  • Associate Editor, International Journal of Diaspora and Cultural Criticism (2020.07. ~)
  • Board Member, Korean Association of Cultural and Historical Geographies (2018.01. ~)
  • Board Member, Korean Urban Geographical Society (2016.01. ~)
  • Visiting Professor, Kyung Hee University (2016.09. ~ 2019.06)
  • Board Member, Korean Photo-Geographers Association (2015.01. ~ 2016.12)
  • Secretary General, Korean Women Geographers Association (2013.03. ~ 2014.03)

Research Outputs

  • “Urban Regeneration, Tourism, and Sustainability: A Critical Assessment of Seoullo 7017,” Sustainability 18(9), 2026.
  • “The Potential of K-Heritage Spaces in Andong -Case Studies of Hahoe Village and Byeongsan Seowon-,” Korean Educational Research Journal 47(1), 2026
  • “A Study on the Heterotopian Characteristics and Landscape Authenticity of Tragic Spaces of Isolation – Comparing Auschwitz Concentration Camp and Sorokdo Island -,” Landscape and geography 36(1), 2026.
  • “A Study on the Landscape of Seodaemun Prison as a Dark Tourism Site: Comparing with the Landscape of Auschwitz Concentration Camp,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 28(2), 2025.
  • “A Study on the Landscape of Auschwitz Concentration Camp Applying the Panopticon Theory – In Relation to Its Character as a H eritage Site of Dark Tourism -,” Landscape and geography 35(2), 2025.
  • “Gunsan as a Modern Planned City -Focusing on transport and historic and cultural landscapes-,” Korean Educational Research Journal 45(1), 2024.
  • “From colonial company housing to dark tourism site: the complex legacy of the Mitsubishi Workers’s Housing in Samneung,” ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH 29(2), 2024.
  • “A Study on Abandoned Mining Areas in Gangwon-do – Focused on the Landscape of Taebaek & Jeongseon -,” Landscape and geography 33(3), 2023.
  • “A Study on the Spatial Meaning Change of Gyeonggyojang through Modern History,” Journal of Cultural and Historical Geography 35(2), 2023.
  • “Meaning of Graffiti in Historic Situations in Hungary – Focused on the Budapest Landscape -,” Landscape and geography 33(1), 2023.
  • “Integration of Mobility Theory into Na Hye-seok’s Western Travel Writing – Focusing on transportation and gender -,” Journal of Cultural and Historical Geography 34(1), 2022.
  • “Sorokdo: From the Island of Stigma to the Island of Historical Reflection,” International Journal of Geospatial and Environmental Research 9(1), 2022.
  • “A Study on the Potential of Cheonan’s Historical Landscape as a Historical & Cultural Tourist Destination: Focusing on the Independence Hall of Korea and Memorial Hall of Patriotic Martyr Yu Gwan-sun,” The Geographical Journal of Korea 55(3), 2021.
  • “Space for the Elderly from the Perspective of Social Exclusion – Focusing on Tapgol Park and Rakhui Street in Jongno-gu -,”Landscape and geography 31(2), 2021.
  • “A Study on the Changes in the Placeness of Mont Saint-Michel,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 24(1), 2021.
  • “A theoretical study on the landscape of the Korean DMZ and its spatial significance,” INTER-ASIA CULTURAL STUDIES 22(1), 2021.
  • “Sorokdo as a combined dark tourism site of leprosy and colonized past,” ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH 25(8), 2020.
  • “『Pyohaerok』 of Choi Boo Viewed From Mobility Lens,” THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES 42, 2020.
  • “A Study on the Congregation and Separation Space of Foreigners: From the cases of Dokil Village in Namhae and Serae Village in Seoul, Korea,” International Journal of Diaspora & Cultural Criticism 10(1), 2020.
  • “A Study on Vladivostok as Cultural-Historical Tourism Places through Landscape: Focusing on Sinhanchon (New Korean Town) and Arbat Street,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 22(2), 2019.
  • “The Landscape of Multi-cultural Space on the Tourist Gaze – A Case Study of Wongok-dong, Ansan -,” Landscape and geography 29(2), 2019.
  • “Spatial Segregation in Yanbian Korean Chinese Town through Garibong-dong Landscape,” THE JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES 39, 2019.
  • “A Study on the Future Direction for the Incheon Port as International Trade Port: In Connection with HafenCity Project,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 22(1), 2019.
  • “Place Identity-based Alleyway History-Culture Regeneration: Focusing on Cases in Tokyo’s Kagurazaka,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 21(3), 2018.
  • “A Study on the Landscape Change of Gyodong Island, Ganghwa – Focusing on the Landscape Formation of the Central Government -,” Journal of Cultural and Historical Geography 30(3), 2018.
  • “A Study on Urban Tourism through Urban Regeneration: Focusing on the Case of Seoullo 7017,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 21(1), 2018.
  • “Geographical Text Analysis through J. W. von Goethe’s Journey – Focused on Italienische Reise –,” Journal of Cultural and Historical Geography 30(1), 2018.
  • “A Study on the Space Reflecting Femininity: Focusing on Strindberg’s 『Fröken Julie』,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 20(1), 2017.
  • “A Study on the Conservation Value of Landscape within Colonial Power: Focused on Examples of Sorok Lsland and Mitsubishi Village,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 19(1), 2016.
  • “A Study on the Spatial Meaning of the Department Store by Historical Contexts: A Comparison between Paris and Seoul,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 18(2), 2015.
  • “A Study for Invigorating the Regional Tourism of Goheung by Naro Space Center,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 18(1), 2015.
  • “An Analysis of Concessionary Subway Fare Systems for Older People Centered on Actual Users,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 15(3), 2012.
  • “New Spatial Perspective of Sacred Space: The case of ‘Jeoldusan Martyrs′ Shrine’,” Landscape and geography 22(2), 2012.
  • “A Study on Urban Cultural Landscape by Local Event: Focusing on Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) Venue,” Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 14(2), 2011.
  • “A Study on the Choice of Tourism Transportation and Tourism Behavior based on the Socio-economic Characteristics of Tourists,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Kyung Hee University, 2007.
  • “Research Trend of Tourism Geography in Korea,” International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research 18(2), 2004.
  • “Differentiation of Daily Consumption Space according to the Location of Discount Stores,” Master’s Thesis, Kyung Hee University, 2000.
  • Application and Modeling of Mobility Humanities, Seoul: LP, 2024.
  • A New Lens on Post-tourism, Seoul: LP, 2023.
  • Geographical Field Notes of Homo Travelcus, Seoul: Pureungil, 2023. (Selected as a Sejong Excellent Scholarly Book)
  • Things You See When You Know Geography, Seoul: Bonus, 2023. (Selected as an Excellent Liberal Arts Book for Youth)
  • Mobility, Ethos, Common Culture, Seoul: LP, 2023.
  • Rights, Affects, and Ethics of Mobile Communities, Seoul: LP, 2022.
  • Diaspora and Mobility, Seoul: LP, 2021.
  • The Life-world of Mobility, Seoul: LP, 2021.
  • Humanities of Travel Writing II: Reinterpreting Asian Travelogues through the Lens of Geography, Seoul: Pureungil, 2020.
  • Mobility Infrastructure and the Life-world, Seoul: LP, 2020.
  • Small but Certain Happiness in Field Trips, Seoul: Pureungil, 2019.
  • Humanities of Travel Writing I: Travel is Like Destiny for Humanity, Seoul: Pureungil, 2018. (Selected as a Sejong Excellent Scholarly Book)
  • A Geographer’s Reading of Space: Cities and Architecture Embracing Humanity and History, Seoul: Pureungil, 2018. (Selected as a Sejong Excellent Scholarly Book)
  • A Geographer’s Reading of the National Territory, Seoul: Pureungil, 2018.
  • 41 Female Geographers, Looking into the Gaps of the World, Seoul: Pureungil, 2011.