A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong by Don Baker (2023)
Publication title: A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong Publication year: 2023 Author: Translated, annotated and with an introduction by Dr. Don Baker About the book Tasan Chŏng Yagyong (1762–1836) is one of the most creative thinkers Korea has ever produced, one of the country’s first Christians, […]
Death of a Crow translated by Christina Yi (2022)
Publication title: Death of a Crow Publication year: 2022 Author: Kim Sok-pom, translated by Christina Yi About the book Kim Sok-pom (b. 1925) is widely considered one of the most important zainichi (literally, “resident in Japan”) Korean writers of his generation. His seminal short story collection Death of a Crow (Karasu no shi) features three interlinked […]
Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese by Zoe Lam (2022)
Publication title: Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese Publication year: 2022 Author: Zoe Wai-Man Lam About the book Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese compares the lexical tone perception abilities of two populations with different bilingual configurations: Cantonese-dominant adults who grew up in Hong Kong (referred […]
The Deadly Intersections of COVID-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society edited by Sunera Thobani (2022)
Publication title: The Deadly Intersections of COVID-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society Publication year: 2022 Editor: Sunera Thobani About the book This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities. Written by women and queer people of colour academics and activists, the book analyses pandemic lockdowns, border controls, […]
The Catcher in the Loft, co-translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (2019)
Publication title: The Catcher in the Loft Publication year: 2019 Author: Ch’ŏn Un-yŏng Translators: Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton About the book Inspired by the case of a torture specialist in 1980s South Korea who from 1988 to 2000 was a fugitive in his own house, The Catcher in the Loft (published in South Korea in 2011 […]
What is Korean Literature?, co-written by Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton (2020)
Publication title: What is Korean Literature? Publication year: 2020 Authors: Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton About the book This volume outlines the major developments, characteristics, genres, and figures of the Korean literary tradition. It includes examples, in English translation, of each of the genres and works by several of the major figures discussed in the […]
Mina, co-translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (2018)
Publication title: Mina Publication year: 2018 Author: Kim Sagwa Translators: Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton About the book Crystal toils day and night to earn top grades at her cram school. She’s also endlessly texting, shopping, drinking, vexing her boyfriends, cranking up her mp3s, and fantasizing about her next slice of cheesecake. Her non-stop frenzy […]
Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik Reader, co-edited and co-translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (2017)
Publication title: Sunset: A Ch’ae Manshik Reader Publication year: 2017 Author: Ch’ae Manshik Editors: Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton Translators: Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton About the book Ch’ae Manshik is one of the most accomplished modern Korean writers yet is underrepresented in English translation because of the challenges posed by his distinctive voice and […]
Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World), co-written by Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea (2022)
Publication title: Where Research Begins: Choosing a Research Project That Matters to You (and the World) Publication year: 2022 Authors: Thomas S. Mullaney and Christopher Rea About the book Plenty of books tell you how to do research. This book helps you figure out WHAT to research in the first place, and why it matters. The […]
An Intellectual History of China, Volume One, translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke (2014)
Publication title: An Intellectual History of China, Volume One: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief before the Seventh Century CE Publication year: 2014 Author: Translated by Michael S. Duke and Josephine Chiu-Duke About the book In An Intellectual History of China, Professor Ge Zhaoguang presents a history of traditional Chinese knowledge, thought and belief to the late six century […]