Kyeongyoon Woo
Rev. Kyeongyoon Woo is a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Archaeology (Ancient History) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. His current research focuses on an active interplay between Neoplatonism and the Byzantine Fathers of the Church, particularly Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662).
He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and served as a chaplain in the Republic of Korea Air Force before pursuing his HDR (Higher Degree by Research) studies in Australia.
As the official representative of the organisation in the Republic of Korea, he seeks to establish active relationships with Korean academic societies related to Hellenistic studies.
Education History
Th.B. Theology, Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (Seoul, Republic of Korea), 2010-2014
M.Div. Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (Seoul, Republic of Korea), 2014-2017
M.Res. History and Archaeology (Ancient History), Macquarie University (NSW, Australia), 2021-2022
Ph.D. (Candidate) History and Archaeology (Ancient History), Macquarie University (NSW, Australia), 2022-Current
Awards / Scholarships
* University President Award, 2014
(Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary, School of Theology)
* Republic of Korea Air Force Air Defense Command Squadron Citation 2018
* International Macquarie University Research Excellence Scholarship ("iMQRES") 2022 – current
* Patricia Geidans Prize
(The Best Thesis in the Master of Research Program in the Broad Area of Early Christian and Jewish Studies) 2023
* Macquarie University Postgraduate Fund 2023 - Round 2
* 3MT Competition 2nd Prize (Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Macquarie University) 2023
* The Macquarie/Tyndale Travelling Scholarship (Tyndale House, Cambridge, UK) 2024
Publication / Presentations
2021
Woo, Kyeongyoon. 2021. "The Adaptation and Development of the Proclean Notion of Κατάβασις: From Proclus to Maximus the Confessor" Religions 12, no. 11: 936. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110936 (Scimago Q1)
2022
A presentation “The Bacchic State of Mind and Maximus’ Christian Citizenship” (Associate Professor Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides, Kyeongyoon Woo) at St. Andrew’s 9th Patristic Symposium: St. Maximus the Confessor within 7th Century Christianity: Theology and History, held on 2nd-3rd, September, 2022 at St. Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College
2023
A presentation, “Sense-Perception and Cognitive Progress in Plato and John Philoponus,” at the Asia-Pacific Early Christian Studies Society Conference in Singapore (Trinity Theological College) on 7th – 9th, September, 2023
A master class “Research Methodology” for Master of Theology and Doctor of Theology students invited by Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary (Seoul, Republic of Korea) on 30th, October, 2023 (Online)
2024- (Forthcoming)
Greek-Korean Translation of Claudius Ptolemaeus' Geographia, funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea (Greek Text from G. Grasshoff and A. Stückelberger, Klaudios Ptolemaios Handbuch der Geographie, vols. 1-2, Basel: Schwabe, 2006)
Moderator (Translator). The 2024 Sydney Patristic Forum in Collaboration with the Patristic Society in Korea, Dr. Vassilis Adrahtas (University of NSW, Western Sydney University)’s Lecture, “Quid ergo Athenis et Hierosolymis?: Exploring the Relationship between Faith & Knowledge, Philosophy & Theology in Patristic Thought.” On 25th, January, 2024 (Online)
A presentation, “Theoria and Tranquility in Seneca and Gregory the Great,” will be given at the XIX International Conference on Patristic Studies 5-9th August 2024 (Oxford University, UK). The proposal was accepted by the Early Christianity and Human Flourishing Workshops organizers (Human Flourishing Program-Harvard University; Institute of Studies of Religion-Baylor University; Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry-ACU)
