Nicolas Levi

Nicolas Levi
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  • PhD.
  • Professor (Assistant) at Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences

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Introduction
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, PL). Projects realized for international organizations/think-tanks, participation to the consultation of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. Research project: nkreports.com Lecturer of and supervisor at the Alcide Higher School of Economics and at the Vistula Academy (Warsaw, PL).
Current institution
Additional affiliations
October 2012 - present
Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences
Position
  • Professor (Assistant)
Description
  • Analyst on Korean Issues; Organizator and moderator of events (head and active member of Conference organizing committees); •Supervising other administrative matters.
February 2017 - present
Vistula
Position
  • Lecturer
Description
  • Lecturer: - Accounting for SMEs - 30 hours - Entrepreneurship - 30 hours - Financial Instruments - 30 hours - Introduction to Accounting - 30 hours Supervisor of Thesis: - BA&MA students
October 2012 - present
Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy in Józefów
Position
  • Lecturer
Description
  • Through my position and based on my professional experience and theoretical knowledge, my aim is to provide to students a practical know-how related to financial subjects. Supervisor of Thesis: - BA&MA students
Education
June 2006 - June 2012
Polish Academy of Sciences
Field of study
  • Political Sciences
October 2004 - June 2006
Warsaw University Of Life Sciences
Field of study
  • Business

Publications

Publications (44)
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[L’HISTOIRE VRAIE D’UN NORD-CORÉEN QUI A ETUDIÉ LE FRANÇAIS À PYONGYANG ET QUI EN TANT QUE DIPLOMATE S’EST ENFUIT DE L’AMBASSADE NORD-CORÉENNE AU VIETNAM LE 15 JANVIER 2015] Nous sommes le 15 janvier 2015. C'est jour pour jour il y a dix ans. Han Jin-myung, alors diplomate en fonction à l'ambassade nord-coréenne à Hanoï au Vietnam s'enfuit un ma...
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This study aims to reflect on the past and prospects of North Korean studies in Poland. While Poland was maintaining good relations with North Korea between 1948 and 1989, academic research on the Northern part of the Korean peninsula has been important during the same period. The results identify limited coverage of North Korea in Human Sciences a...
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The purpose of the paper is to discuss the intangible and tangible assets related to Confucianism in North Korea. The study aims to demonstrate that there is a dichotomy between the official discourse, the adherence of the North Korean leaders to Confucian values, and the policy toward Confucian and neo-Confucian assets existing in North Korea. The...
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The purpose of this article is to present and count the North Korean population living in Beijing. The North Korean people in Beijing do not constitute a united community but rather citizens from the same country who are in transit in the Chinese capital. The spatial dimensions of residence of North Koreans in Beijing and the issue of North Korean...
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Tangible and intangible legacies of 70 years of Polish-North Korean relations (1948-2018)
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This paper explores the significance of the legacy of Buddhism in North Korea. Our primary concerns in the North Korean context are twofold: the presence of Buddhism in North Korean culture and the role of Buddhism in North Korea cultural and propaganda policy. We argue that the religious revival in North Korea seen from the 1970s onwards was part...
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Research paper about the Legalistic Thought in North Korean Ideology
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North Korea is often seen as the most isolated country in the world. This isolation may be one of the key factors ensuring the rule of the Kim's family. For the last several years, however, the information barrier has been increasingly violated there. This article therefore describes how information is provided to the DPRK and examines whether this...
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North Korean political organisations have produced a system which is automatically connected to the cult of the Kim family. The paper assumes that North Korea is ruled by an alliance of people affiliated with Kim Il-sung family and two political organisations – the Organisation and Guidance Department and the Personal Secretariat, both of which are...
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Book review: Inside North Korea's Theocracy: The Rise and Sudden Fall of JANG SONG-THAEK, authored by Ra Jong-yil.
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L’économie nord-coréenne a connu de nombreuses difficultés dans les années 1980 et 1990. Malgré son modèle idéologique, qui prône l’autosuffisance, elle est basée sur la coopération économique avec les pays voisins tels que la Chine et la Corée du Sud. Pour le moment, le modèle de développement économique de la Corée du Nord appliqué depuis une vin...
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Book review 1: Lee Ahlam. North Korean Defectors in a New and Competitive Society
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Book review 2: Kim Yong. With Kim Suk-Young. Long Road Home: Testimony of a North Korean Camp Survivor (2)
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Objectives Od początku lat 60. do kryzysu w latach 1997-1998 wzrost gospodarczy Korei był wynikiem akumulacji wyjątkowego kapitału napędzanego głównie przez system finansowy zdominowany przez sektor bankowy i ściśle kontrolowany przez rząd. Kryzys finansowy z 1998 r. zahamował wzrost koreańskiej gospodarki. Niemniej jednak, ze względu na własne pod...
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W Polsce, jak i w innych zachodnich krajach, przedstawia się Koreańską Republikę Demokratyczno-Ludową jako kraj egzotyczny, rządzony przez reżim komunistyczny, gdzie życie codzienne naznaczone jest głodem, chorobami, gdzie ciągle istnieją obozy koncentracyjne. Sama Korea prezentuje się jako kraj kwitnący, wzór do naśladowania dla innych państw. Cel...
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A synthetical book in Polish about North Korean issues
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Objectives The aim of the article is to help financial analysts and managers to determine appropriate choices regarding capital structure matters which are relevant for the development of their considered companies. Material and methods In this article, the panel data analysis was used, in order to investigate the relationship between the choice o...
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This study aims at producing a comprehensive research and analysis on the data related to North Korean laborers in Poland for the period 2000-2017. This research article is the product of information gathered from official government data and official agencies, including the Polish National Labour Inspectorate.
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This paper aims to explain the adaptation of North Korean elite defectors who fled from North Korea. Data used for the purpose of this article came from surveys of North Korean defectors conducted in the late 2000’s. Findings of the realized research indicate that the majority of senior defectors are experiencing less psychological and material iss...
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Relations between North Korea and China are not improving on political matters since 2006, when North Korea started to do regular nuclear attempts. In order to explain the nature of relations between these both countries, I propose to apply the framework of Game theory. These concepts and the notion of risk dominance will be used to describe the ge...
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Le Confucianisme, une philosophie existentielle et politique qui est née en Chine s’est par la suite propagée vers l’est et le sud-est de l’Asie. Dans ces pays, de nombreux entrepreneurs pratiquaient des méthodes de gestion qui étaient basées sur le confucianisme2. Cependant à partir des années 90, une véritable crise économique éclata en Asie et c...
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Description of the North Korean political system.
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This book is the first biography of Kim Jong Un published in a Western Language.
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This paper is organized into five substantive chapters, following this introduction. It begins with an explanation of the five dimensions of Geert Hofstede. Then the discussion divided in two parts which provides some key-elements related to the history of the Confucianism and Neo-Confucianism on the Korean Peninsula. The fourth part of this articl...
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More than twenty experts from all over the world take a look at one of the most mysterious and vibrant regions when it comes to intelligence and organised crime: East Asia. Scientists, journalists and practitioners describe the reasons for current developments and analyse future problems – not only for East Asia, but for Western intelligence and po...
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A perspective where I describe a future Korean Peninsula splitted in two countries.
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The stratification of the North Korean society and the North Korean Songbun policy
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A paper resuming the internal forces of North Korea
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The following article aims at comparing the theory of Pierre Bourdieu dedicated to the reproduction of elites within the framework of the North Korean leadership. The first part of the article is dedicated to theoretical aspects of the analysis of Pierre Bourdieur and several other sociologists. The second part is related to the case of the North K...
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This book is about the North Korean leadership.
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Korea and Japan spent much time culturally and politically under the influence of China, which brought Confucianism to these countries. This study explores the influence of Confucianism on modern Japanese and Korean societies. This paper discusses issues such as loyalty and collectivism in the two previous mentioned countries.

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