Pyo, Se Man – TRANS – Biographies

Pyo, Se Man, Professor for Department of Japanese Language and Literature at Kunsan National University
Courses Taught (current academic year): Modern Japanese Literature, Modern Japanese Culture, Japanese Popular Culture, Issues in Japanese Studies

Education:

1986-1993: Korea University, Seoul, Korea. B.A. in Japanese Language and Literature
1993-1996: Korea University, Seoul, Korea. M.A. in Japanese Language and Literature
1996-1998: Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. M.A. in Japanese Literature
1998-2001: Kobe University, Kobe, Japan. Ph.D. in Japanese Language and Culture
Dissertation title: “Meiji Social Thought and Yano Ryukei’s Literature”

Select Publications:

Politics of Imagination and Imagination of Politics : The World of Yano Ryukei, the Universalist (2005), Reception and Appropriation of ‘Nation’ as a Concept in Modern East Asia: A Comparative Study of Korea, China and Japan (co-author, 2005), “Takayama Chokyu and Nichiren Thought” (2004), “Kuga Katsunan’s Idea of “Kokumin” Culture – An Aspect of Meiji Nationalism” (2006).

Current Research:

Modern Japanese Literature, Meiji Thought and Culture, Images and Culture

Email: semanpyo@kunsan.ac.kr