Biography
Chungjae Lee received his B.A. degree in Political Science from Waseda University and his M.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago. He has been the recipient of many awards and fellowships, such as JASSO Honors Scholarship (Tokyo, Japan). His research focuses on popular sovereignty, constitutionalism, and nationalism. His dissertation project examines the discourse of democratic transformation in early 20th century Imperial Japan and colonial Korea with emphasis on the political thought of Minobe Tatsukichi (1873-1948) and of Cho Soang (1887-1958).