Stephen J. Epstein
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Stephen J. Epstein is a New Zealand professor and translator of Korean to English.
Education
Stephen J. Epstein graduated with a BA in Classics from Harvard University in 1984, and a MA in Greek (1986) and PhD in Classics (1992) from the University of California, Berkeley.[1][2]
Career
Stephen J. Epstein is an Associate Professor at Victoria University of Wellington,[2] where he also directs the Asian Languages and Cultures Programme.[3] His research and publications focus on contemporary Korean society and popular culture, and he has translated several works of Korean and Indonesian fiction into English. He served as director of the Asian Studies Institute at Victoria University from 2003 to 2008, and as the president of the New Zealand Asian Studies Society in 2013 and 2014.[2]
Works
As editor
- Japan-New Zealand Tourism and Cross-Cultural Exchange (Wellington Asian Studies Institute, 2003)
- The North Korean Crisis and Beyond (Wellington Asian Studies Institute, 2004)
- Understanding Indonesia (Wellington Asian Studies Institute, 2006)
- Complicated Currents: Media Flows, Soft Power, and East Asia (Monash University Press, 2010) - co-edited with Daniel Black and Alison Tokita
- The Korean Wave: A Sourcebook (Academy of Korean Studies Press, 2016) - co-edited with Yun Mi Hwang
- Popular Culture and the Transformation of Japan-Korea Relations (Routledge, 2020) - co-edited with Rumi Sakamoto
As translator
- Who Ate Up All the Shinga?: An Autobiographical Novel by Pak Wanseo (Columbia University Press, 2009) - with Yu Young-Nan
- Contradictions by Yang Gwija (Cornell University Press, 2010) - with Kim Mi-Young
- The Long Road by Kim Insuk (MerwinAsia, 2010)
- Telegram by Putu Wijaya (Lontar Foundation, 2011)
- Spinner of Darkness and Other Tales by Intan Paramaditha (Lontar Foundation, 2015) - with Pauline Kurbasik
- Apple and Knife by Intan Paramaditha (Brow Books, 2018)
- The Wandering: A Red Shoes Adventure by Intan Paramaditha (Harvill Secker, 2020)
Documentaries
- "Our Nation: A Korean Punk Rock Community" (Traumatic Productions, 2001) - co-produced with Timothy Tangherlini
- "Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World" (2014)
References
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