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  RO, Johannes Unsok

   Professor

   Division of Arts and Sciences, College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University
■ Academic Background
1. 2005/09~2007/10 Graduate School, Division of Theology, Drew University (Theological School), Madison, NJ, U.S.A., Completed
2. 1998/11~2002/02 〔Doctoral Course〕, Graduate School, Division of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Completed, Doktor der Theologie
3. 1997/04~1998/10 〔Master Course〕, Graduate School, Division of Theology, San Francisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA, U.S.A., Completed, Master of Arts in Theological Studies (M.A.T.S.)
4. 1996/04~1997/03 Faculty of Theology, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität, Münster, Germany, Graduated, Zwischenprüfung (B.A.equiv.)
5. 1993/03~1996/03 Faculty of Theology, Christian Albrechts Universität, Kiel, Germany
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■ #Professional Background
1. 2021/04~2023/03 Director, Institute for the Study of Christianity and Culture, International Christian University
2. 2019/04~ Professor, Humanities, International Christian University
3. 2018/04~2019/03 Part Time Lecturer, Aoyama Standard, Aoyama Gakuin University
4. 2017/06~2017/11 Visiting Professor, Faculty of Theology, Christian Albrechts Universität zu Kiel
5. 2016/04~2017/03 Part Time Lecturer, School of Christian Studies, Rikkyo University Graduate School
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■ #Present Specialized Fields
Religious studies, History of thought, Philosophy and ethics (Key Word:The Formation History of the Pentateuch, The Theology of the Poor, The Bible and Environmental Ethics, Memory and Identity in the Old Testament) 
■ #Books and Articles
1. Book Hebrew Bible and Environmental Ethics: Humans, Non-humans, and the Living Landscape   (Single) 2023/10
2. Book Inscribe It in a Book: Scribal Practice, Cultural Memory, and the Making of the Hebrew Scriptures   (Collaboration) 2023/03
3. Book Collective Memory and Collective Identity:
Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History in Their Context
   (Collaboration) 2021/03
4. Book Story and History: The Kings of Israel and Judah in Context   (Collaboration) 2019/06
5. Book Questioning the Historical Backgrounds of Old Testament Formation: The Judean Community Seeking Co-existenceRevised and Enlarged Edition   (Single) 2019/03
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■ #Academic Conference Presentation
1. 2023/10/01 “Give Ear, O Heavens, and I Will Speak”: The Non-Human Realm in Deuteronomy (Symposium "Perspectives on Nature and Environmental Ethics in the Old Testament")
2. 2022/11/04 Animate Nature in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic History: Focusing on Heaven and Earth (Symposium "Perspectives on Nature and Environmental Ethics in the Deuteronomistic History")
3. 2022/07/05 Inanimate Nature in Deuteronomy and Deuteronomistic History (European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) Annual Conference 2022)
4. 2019/08/08 Moving Beyond the Debate between Minimalists and Maximalists (23rd Congress of the International Organization for the Study of the Old Testament)
5. 2018/11/17 Status Inconsistency in the Biblical Laws and the Psalms of the Poor (The SBL Annual Meeting)
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■ #Lectures
1. 2024/03/30 What Message Can the Church Send to Today's Society: Taking a Cue from the Debate over Environmental Ethics
2. 2024/03/15 What Is Ecological Biblical Hermeneutics? (Seoul)
3. 2023/01/28 The Role of Churches and Teachers in Today's World: Small Group Activities for Global and Social Changes
4. 2022/05/28 Effective Biblical and Christian Education in the Times of Corona: A Cue for Active Learning called RTTP
5. 2019/11/16 The Spirit of Co-existence in the Pentateuch and Deuteronomistic History (Japan Biblical Theological Seminary in Tokyo)
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■ #Academic Society Memberships
1. 2009/08~ The Japan Society of Christian Studies
2. 2009/05~ The Japanese Society of Old Testament Studies
3. 2019/10~2021/10 ∟ a member of committee
4. 2022/10~2024/10 ∟ a member of committee
5. 2009/04~ The Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
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■ #Teaching Experience
1. Old Testament Studies(Fordham University)
■ #Academic Awards
1. 2018/11 The Korean Society of Old Testament Studies Academic Award for a Monograph by the Korean Society of Old Testament Studies
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■ #Research Topics, Funded Research, and Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
1.   Biblical Anthropology and Environmental Ethics  (Key Word : )
2.   The Formation History of the Pentateuch  (Key Word : )
3.   The Poor in Prophetic, Psalmic and Qumranic Writings in Post-Exilic Israel  (Key Word : )
4. 2022/04~  "Collective Memory" and "Scribal Culture" in the Formation of Deuteronomistic History  (Key Word : )
5. 2015/04~2020/03  An Empirical and Inter-disciplinary Study of the Historicity and Formation History of the Deuteronomistic Literature  (Key Word : )
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■ #Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research Researcher Number
70527142