Kim Jun-yop
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Family name hatnote Template:More citations needed Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox Korean name/auto Kim Jun-yop (Template:Korean; 26 August 1920 – 7 June 2011)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Obituary">Template:Cite news</ref> was president of Korea University, a historian focusing on China and North Korea issues. Kim declined a nomination from Roh Tae-woo to become Prime Minister of South Korea in 1990, preferring to stay in academia.
He attended National Central University (later renamed Nanjing University in mainland China and reinstated in Taiwan), majoring in history. He has served as visiting professors at Harvard University and Princeton University.
In January 2005, Kim was chairman of the Institute of Social Sciences in Korea<ref name="KF">Template:Cite news</ref> and chairman of the Dae Woo Educational Foundation. In December 2009, Kim was the recipient of the Korea Foundation Award.<ref name="KF"/>
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- 1920 births
- 2011 deaths
- South Korean historians
- National Central University alumni
- Nanjing University alumni
- South Korean expatriates in China
- Academic staff of Korea University
- Presidents of universities and colleges in South Korea
- Historians of Korea
- Korean Liberation Army personnel
- Members of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea
- Korean resistance members
- South Korean Koreanists