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Emanuel Pastreich
Born
Emanuel Pastreich

(1964-10-16) October 16, 1964 (age 60)
Nashville, Tennessee
Alma materYale University (BA)
University of Tokyo (MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
Occupation(s)Professor, director
Websitehttp://circlesandsquares.asia/

Template:Contains Korean text Emanuel Pastreich (Chinese: 贝一明; Korean: 임마누엘 페스트라이쉬, 李萬烈; Japanese: エマニュエル・パストリッチ;[1] born Nashville, Tennessee, 1964) in an American academician mainly active in Korea. Pastreich is an associate professor at Kyung Hee University[2][3] and director of The Asia Institute in Seoul, who writes on both East Asian classical literature[4][5][6][7] and current issues in international relations and technology.[8][9]

Biography

Pastreich attended Lowell High School in San Francisco, graduating in 1983. He began his studies at Yale University, where he graduated with a B.A. in Chinese in 1987,[10] and during college studied abroad at National Taiwan University.[11] Pastreich obtained an M.A. in comparative literature at the University of Tokyo in 1991,[12] where he wrote the master’s dissertation, Edo kôki bunjin Tanomura Chikuden: Muyô no shiga" (The Late Edo Literatus Tanomura Chikuden; The Uselessness of Painting and Poetry), entirely in Japanese. He then returned to the United States and in 1998 received his Ph.D. in East Asian studies at Harvard University.[13] He served as assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign,[14][15] George Washington University,[14] and Solbridge International School of Business.[16] Pastreich is an associate professor at the College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University.[2][3]

Government public service

Pastreich previously served as an international relations adviser to the governor of Chungnam Province,[17] as an external relations adviser at the Daedeok Innopolis research cluster,[18] and respectively in 2010 and 2012 received an appointment to committee the city administration and foreign investment for the city of Daejeon.[19][20]

Work

Pastreich is director of The Asia Institute, a think tank that conducts research on the intersection of international relations, the environment[21] and technology in East Asia.[8] Previously, he served as advisor for international relations and foreign investment to the governor of Chungnam Province (2007-2008).[22] Pastreich served previously as director of the KORUS House (2005-2007), a think tank for international relations housed in the Korean Embassy in Washington D.C., and as the editor-in-chief of Dynamic Korea,[23][24] a journal of the Korean Foreign Ministry that introduces Korean culture and society.

His writings include the books The Novels of Park Jiwon: Translations of Overlooked Worlds, a collection of the novels of Korea's critical pre-modern author, The Visible Vernacular: Vernacular Chinese and the Emergence of a Literary Discourse on Popular Narrative in Edo Japan, a study of the reception of Chinese vernacular literature in Japan, Life is a Matter of Direction, not Speed: A Robinson Crusoe in Korea, a description of his experiences living in Korea and Scholars of the World Speak out About Korea's Future,[25] a series of interviews with leading scholars such as Francis Fukuyama, Larry Wilkerson and Noam Chomsky about contemporary Korea.[8]

Bibliography

Books

  • The Novels of Park Jiwon: Translations of Overlooked Worlds (2011). Seoul: Seoul National University Press. ISBN 8952111761.
  • The Visible Mundane: Vernacular Chinese and the Emergence of a Literary Discourse on Popular Narrative in Edo Japan (2011). Seoul: Seoul National University Press. ISBN 895211177X.
  • Insaeng eun sokudo anira banghyang ida: Habodeu baksa eui hanguk pyoryugi (Life is a Matter of Direction, Not of Speed: Records of a Robinson Crusoe in Korea) (2011). London: Nomad Books. ISBN 978-89-91794-56-6-03810
  • Segye seokhak hanguk mirae reul mal hada (Scholars of the World Speak Out About Korea’s Future) (2012). Seoul: Dasan Books. ISBN 978-89-6370-072

See also

References

  1. ^ Names taken from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (19 November 2012).
  2. ^ a b "Faculty & Staff Homepage, College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University". Kyung Hee University. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Kyung Hee PDF CV of Emanuel Pastreich" (PDF). Kyung Hee University. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "The Reception of Chinese Vernacular Narrative in Korea and Japan, Emanuel Pastreich, Kyung Hee University". Princeton University East Asian Studies Program. October 1, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  5. ^ "East Asia Colloquium Series: The Observable Mundane: The Reception of Chinese Vernacular Narrative in Korea and Japan". Yale University, The Council on East Asian Studies. October 3, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  6. ^ Lee, Woo-young (July 26, 2011). "U.S. scholar explores Asian literature". Korea Herald. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  7. ^ Emanuel Pastreich (1999). "An alien vernacular: Okajima Kanzan's popularization of the Chinese vernacular novel in eighteenth-century Japan" (PDF). SJS. 11 (2): 39–49. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
  8. ^ a b c Arvind, Subadra (1 December 2012). "A new kind of scholar breaks ground in Korea". Asia Times Online. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Research, Innovation, Start-up and Employment (RISE) Keynote Speakers". Korean Ministry of Science, ICT, and Future Planning. 21–22 May 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  10. ^ B.A. degree at Yale taken from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (13 November 2012).
  11. ^ Study abroat at National Taiwan University taken from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (15 November 2012).
  12. ^ M.A. degree at Tokyo taken from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (13 November 2012).
  13. ^ Shin, Gi-wook; Robinson, Michael (2001). Colonial Modernity in Korea. p. 441. ISBN 0674005945. Retrieved November 9, 2012. See Emanuel Pastreich, "The Reception of Chinese Vernacular Narrative in Korea and Japan" (PhD diss., Harvard University, 1997), pp. 49-52
  14. ^ a b Mellen, Brian (17 July 2006). "Debate about North Korea reaches students, faculty". Daily Illini. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  15. ^ "Contact Information: Emanuel Pastreich". ACDIS, University of Illinois. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
  16. ^ Simon, Ian D. (2011). "Plans of Mice and Men: From Bench Science to Science Policy". Yale J. Biol. Med. 84 (3). Yale University: 237–242. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
  17. ^ Ji, Sang-hyun (9 June 2008). "[출범 1년 충남지사 정책특보단 '허 와 실':일부 특보에 성과 편중돼 연장 운영 재고 여론.."점검 우선"[[Category:Articles containing Korean-language text]]". DT News. Retrieved 13 November 2012. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  18. ^ "IASP 세계사이언스파크총회 D-4 대덕특구, 최종 준비 구슬땀[[Category:Articles containing Korean-language text]]". ETN News. 19 May 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2012. 솔브리지 국제대학 엠마뉴엘 페스트라이쉬 교수, TP협의회 이진옥 회장, 충남TP 김학민 원장, 전경련 장국현 고문 등이다... {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  19. ^ 2010.10.07 Appointment to Committee on City Administration for Daejeon Metropolitan City from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (13 November 2012).
  20. ^ 2012.12.11 Appointment to Committee on Foreign Investment for Daejeon Metropolitan City taken from Circles and Squares blog run by Emanuel Pastreich (13 November 2012).
  21. ^ Pastreich, Emanuel (7 March 2013). "On Climate, Defense Could Preserve and Protect, Rather Than Kill and Destroy". Truthout. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
  22. ^ Weigand, Matthew (February 7, 2011). "An American in Daejeon: How a Literature Professor Ended Up Deep in Korean Policy and Business". Korea IT Times. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  23. ^ Kim, Susan I. (2007). Changes and Continuities in Second-generation Korean American Families (Ph.D.). City University of New York. p. 39.
  24. ^ "From Hermit Kingdom to Global Hub: Seoul Reinvents its Cultural Identity". The Korea Society. March 29, 2006. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  25. ^ Ye, Jinsu (November 23, 2012). "한국, 춘추전국 周 닮아… 주변국에 `영감' 주는 나라 될 것[[Category:Articles containing Korean-language text]]". Munhwa Ilbo. Retrieved November 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)

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