Steven Chung

Steven Chung is an Associate Professor at the Department of East Asian Studies and affiliated faculty in Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He currently serves as Director of Graduate Studies and Acting Chair of the University Committee for Film Studies.

• Education: Ph.D. in East Asian Languages and Literatures (University of California, Irvine), M.A. in English Literature (University of British Columbia), B.A. in English Literature (University of Toronto)

Research Interests span Korean and East Asian film/media, Cold War cultural histories, political/religious conversion, and film/critical theory. His work examines transnational media flows, postcolonial cinema, and ideological representations.

Recent Courses: Cinematic Translation, Contemporary Korean Media Cultures, North Korean Imaginaries, Conversion Media in Asia, and graduate seminars in East Asian Film Studies.

• Awards: Association for Asian Studies Prize for Best Book in Korean Studies (2014)