James E. Hoare (1948- ) is a British academic specializing in Chinese and Korean studies, and a career diplomat in the British Foreign Office.
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Academia
Hoare is a graduate of London's School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). The School of Oriental and African Studies (commonly abbreviated to " SOAS " pronounced (so as or (so az is a constituent college of the University of He has long been a member of the Anglo-Korean Society, the Korean Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Royal Society for Asian Affaires. The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (RAS was according to its Royal Charter of August 11, 1824 [1]
In 2006, Dr. Hoare was President of the British Association of Korean Studies (BAKS). [2]
Foreign Service
After Britain and North Korea re-established diplomatic relations in 2000, Hoare was appointed British Chargé d'affaires in Pyonyang; and his work laid the foundation for the establishment of a full embassy in the North Korean capital. [3]
Previously, Hoare had been head of the Foreign Office's North Asia and Pacific Research Group. He joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1969 and was stationed in Seoul in 1981-1984 and in Beijing in 1988-1991. [3]
Selected work
Books
- 2007 - Korea: The Past and Present with Susan Pares. London: Global Oriental. Global Oriental is an independent trade publishing company in Dorset, United Kingdom. 10-ISBN 1-901-90354-0; 13-ISBN 978-1-901-90354-6 (cloth)
- 1999 -- Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. III. London: RoutledgeCurzon. Routledge is a publisher of non-fiction academic books and journals 10-ISBN 1-873-41089-1; 13-ISBN 978-1-873-41089-9 (cloth)
- 1999 - Embassies in the East: The Story of the British and their Embassies in China, Japan and Korea from 1859 to the Present. London: Curzon. Curzon may refer to Clifford Curzon, English pianist Frederic Curzon, 20th-century English composer of light classical music 10-ISBN 0-700-70512-0
- 1994 - Japan's Treaty Ports and Foreign Settlements: The Uninvited Guests 1858-1899. London: Curzon. Curzon may refer to Clifford Curzon, English pianist Frederic Curzon, 20th-century English composer of light classical music ISBN 1-873-41026-3
- 1994 - Nish, Ian and James E. Ian Hill Nish, CBE is a British academic a specialist in Japanese studies and Emeritus Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Hoare, eds. Britain & Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. II. London: RoutledgeCurzon. 10-ISBN 1-873-41062-X
Periodicals
- 1994 - "Building Politics: the British Embassy Peking, 1949-1992," in The Pacific Review,' Vol. 7.
References
- ^ Nahm, Andrew C. et al. (2004) Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Korea, 2nd ed., p. x.
- ^ BAKS: Council
- ^ a b Kyodo News International, "Britain appoints James Hoare as N. Korea charge," BNET. February 5, 2001.
See also
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