J. Scott Burgeson Explained

Language:Korean
English
Pseudonym: King Baeksu
Scott Bug
Birth Place:Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Occupation:Teacher
J. Scott Burgeson
Alma Mater:University of California, Berkeley
Website:
Notable Works:Korea Bug: The Best of the Zine that Infected a Nation

J. Scott Burgeson (; born 1967) is an American author, teacher and specialist in oriental art based in Seoul, South Korea.[1] [2] [3] He has written four books in South Korea.[4]

Biography

J. Scott Burgeson was born on 1967 at Lincoln, Nebraska. He grew up at the San Francisco Bay Area and he graduated with honors from the University of California, Berkeley in 1991 in English and Rhetoric.[5] At the U.C. Berkeley he was editor-in-chief of the campus literary journal Byzantium.

After the university he became critic for the San Francisco Bay Guardian,[6] the East Bay Express and The Daily Californian[7] from 1990 to 1994 before relocating to Osaka, Japan, in 1994, and he wrote for Giant Robot, Kyoto Journal, Tokyo Journal, Kansai Time Out and PLAYBOY JAPAN.[8] Before that he moved to Seoul, South Korea in 1996,[9] [10] his writing has appeared in The Brooklyn Rail,[11] Newsweek Korea, The Korea Times, Korean Quarterly, The Korea Herald, Les Cahiers de Corée,[12] The New York Times and Cine21.[13] He was also a regular columnist for Maxim Korea and Chosun Ilbo.[14] [15] He published the zine Korea Bug between 1997 and 2001 about Korean culture and society.[16]

He has dedicated himself to working at universities it Korean studies like in the Hongik University.[17] [18]

He is considered critical of the multiculturalism that has occurred in the United States and South Korea, and has tried to foster good ties of friendship between Westerners and nationals in South Korea.[19]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gowman. Philip. 11 August 2007. Book review: J Scott Burgeson — Korea Bug. 27 October 2020. London Korean Links. en-GB.
  2. Web site: Hollingsworth . Julia . 2017-06-20 . Warmbier's tour agency stops taking US citizens to North Korea . 2023-08-23 . . en.
  3. Web site: May 29, 2006 . La rebeldía llega desde el Oriente . 2024-04-15 . . es.
  4. Web site: Herald. The Korea. 30 March 2010. Korea, the media and the scapegoat. 27 October 2020. www.koreaherald.com. en.
  5. Web site: Oh-jin. Kwon. 30 April 2007. J.스콧 버거슨, '대한민국은 고등학교다'. 16 January 2021. www.ytn.co.kr. ko.
  6. Book: Marcus, Greil . 2009-11-30 . Harvard University Press . 978-0-674-03480-8 . en . Greil Marcus.
  7. Web site: Zend and the Art . 2023-08-23 . caveh-zahedi . en.
  8. Web site: 2011-03-21 . 스콧 버거슨(J. Scott Burgeson) . 2023-02-18 . www.yes24.com.
  9. Web site: 12 August 2007. Is Cultural Revolution Still Possible in South Korea?. 16 January 2021. 광주드림. ko.
  10. Web site: 알라딘: J. 스콧 버거슨. 16 January 2021. www.aladin.co.kr.
  11. Web site: Burgeson . J. Scott . 2000-10-01 . A Week in Moresby . 2023-08-23 . The Brooklyn Rail . en-US.
  12. Web site: Planchot . Marie . 2021-06-21 . Nuits coréennes : de la nuit primordiale aux nuits espiègles . 2024-04-15 . 124-Sorbonne. Carnet de l'École Doctorale d'Histoire de l'art et Archéologie . fr-FR.
  13. News: 2008-06-19 . Opinion Overstated nationalism?; It's not just talk (Published 2008) . en . 2023-08-23.
  14. Web site: [시론] 한국이 '아시아의 허브'가 못 되는 이유]. 16 January 2021. www.chosun.com. ko.
  15. Web site: Ahsan . Hamja . Hamja Ahsan . Zine: Korea Bug - the zine that infected a nation . 2024-04-15 . 큐레이터 Curator in Korea.
  16. Book: Lehnert, Tim . Seoul book of everything : everything you wanted to knov about Seoul and were going to ask anyway . MacIntyre Purcell Publishing . 2010 . 9780981094175 . 107.
  17. Web site: 조선일보 . 2020-08-11 . [시론] 한국이 ‘아시아의 허브’가 못 되는 이유 ]. 2024-04-15 . . ko.
  18. Web site: 연구원 북리뷰 - 발칙한 한국학.. . 2024-04-15 . www.bhgoo.com.
  19. Web site: Lamers . Matthew . Korea, the media and the scapegoat . Korea Herald.
  20. Web site: Expats of the Wild East . 2023-08-23 . The Dark Side of Seoul Ghost Walk . en-US.
  21. Web site: 4 May 2010. WAYGOOKS: STORIES FROM KOREA: Compiled and Edited by J. Scott Burgeson. 30 July 2021. The Brooklyn Rail. en-US.

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