Jae Won Edward Chung is an assistant professor of Korean literature in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.
Chung's current monograph project explores the shifting meaning of the political in postmillennial South Korean literature under neoliberalism. His early reflections on the subject have appeared in his essays on authors Pyun Hye-young (Boston Review) and Yun I-hyeong (The Journal of Korean Studies). The book will also explore the interrelationship between literary authorship, translation culture, and social reproduction.
Chung is the Vice President of the Korean Literature Association, a series editor of DITTA: Korean Humanities in Translation, an executive committee member of the LLC Literatures of the United States in Languages Other Than English Forum of the MLA, and the program director of RESA (Rutgers Ewha Study Abroad).
He is also the editor of the forthcoming special issue of Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia, titled "Remainders Reimagined," which includes translations and critical commentary of poetry, fiction, essay and drama by works of notable writers such as Kim Saryang, An Su-gil, Kim Myung-Wha, and Yū Miri.