Professor
Department of Humanities, 91亚色
thyun@yorku.ca
Theresa Hyun is Full Professor of Korean Studies in the Department of Humanities at 91亚色. She held a tenured faculty position with the College of Foreign Languages of Kyunghee University for 10 years. She came to 91亚色 in the early 1990s where she taught the first courses on Korean culture and literature and was instrumental in establishing Korean studies. Her undergraduate and graduate teaching covers a variety of topics and approach Korean studies from historical and feminist perspectives. Her scholarly publications examine Korean culture and literature from the point of view of Translation and Comparative Studies. Her current research involves an exploration of literary translation in North Korea focusing on the agency and the role of individual translators in the establishment of the socialist society.
Research Keywords:
Korean Studies; Translation Studies; literary translation; North Korea; socialist society; feminist perspectives; Korean cultural history; Korean literary history