People
| Name | Jung Lee |
|---|---|
| Title | Assistant Professor |
| Research | History of Colonial Science and Technology, Cross-Cultural Exchanges of Knowledge |
| Office/Affiliation | Jin Rm. 209 |
| leejung@ewha.ac.kr |
Ph.D. in the Program in History and Philosophy of Science, Aug. 2013, Seoul National University, South
▶ Publications
Book Manuscript in Progress
“Rooted Plants, Connected Modernities: Botanizing in Japanese Colonial Korea (1910-1945)”
Journal Articles
Lee, J. “Mutual Transformation of Colonial and Imperial Botanizing: The Intimate and Remote Collaboration between Chung Tyaihyon and Ishidoya Tsutomu in Colonial Korea,” Science in Context 29(2) (June 2016), pp. 179-211.
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0269889715000423
Lee, J. “Between Universalism and Regionalism: Universal Systematics from Imperial Japan,” The British Journal for the History of Science 48(4) (December 2015), pp. 661-684.
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0007087415000606
Lee, J. “Politics of Neutrality for Colonial Collaboration in Science,” Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 37(1) (April 2015), pp. 265-298 (in Korean).
http://www.khss.or.kr/index.php?mid=kjhs&category=7389&document_srl=9462
Lee, J. “Invention without Science: ‘Korean Edisons’ and the Changing Understanding of Technology in Colonial Korea,” Technology and Culture 54(4) (November 2013), pp. 782-814.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tech/summary/v054/54.4.lee.html
Lee, J. “Non-Imperial Botany? To Pong-Sup’s Studies on Korean Flora in Colonial Korea,” History and Culture 25 (Spring 2013), pp. 89-121 (in Korean).
http://www.earticle.net/article.aspx?sn=208964
Lee, J. “Atopic Dermatitis and the Making of an Environmental Disease in Contemporary South Korea: Historical Perspectives on the Role of Knowledge Practices From Below,” Journal of Science and Technology Studies 10(1) (August 2010), pp. 107-152 (in Korean, an English version available in the Conference Proceedings, Carcinogens, Mutagens, Reproductive Toxicants: The Politics of Limit Values and Low Doses in the Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries (Strasbourg, France).
http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/NODE01483476
Book Chapter
Lee, J. “Provincializing Global Botany,” forthcoming in Nick Jardine, James Secord, Emma Spary and Helen Curry eds., New Cultures of Natural History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Book Reviews
Lee, J. “Sakano Toru 坂野徹, Investigating the Empire 帝国を調べる, (2016),” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (forthcoming).
Lee, J. “Henry Todd, Assimilating Seoul (2014),” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 10(4) (December 2016), pp. 489-492.
Lee, J. “Michael Adas, Machine as the Measure of Men (1989), Translated by Kim Dong-Kwang, Seoul: Sanchŏrŏm, 2011,” Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 36(3) (December 2014), pp. 439-443 (in Korean)
Selected Translated Books (From English to Korean)
Making of Modern Japan (Seoul: Yeesan, 2006) co-translated [Marius Jansen, Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000]
The Confusion of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China (Seoul: Yeesan, 2005). [Timothy Brook, The Confusion of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999]
Turing and the Universal Machine (Seoul: Body & Mind Books, 2003) [Jon Agar, Turing and the Universal Machine. UK: Icon Books, 2001]
▶ Research Interests
History of Colonial Science and Technology
Cross-Cultural Exchanges of Knowledge
Material Culture and Knowledge
Environmental History
Non-Western Modernization, Modernity
[Other Professional Experience]
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany, Sep. 2016- Aug. 2017.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Jan. 2015- Aug. 2016.
The Soon-Young Kim Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of East Asian Science and Technology, Needham Research Institute, UK, Oct. 2013-Sep. 2014.
Translation writer, and Staff writer and columnist for magazines: Jun. 2000- : translated several books in history and history of science from English into Korean and wrote for two business magazines.
System Engineer, LG-EDS Systems Inc. (Seoul, serving many overseas branches) Apr. 1995-Apr. 2000.
[Other Activities and Services]
SHOT (Society for the History of Technology) International Scholars (2015-2016)
Associate Editor, The Journal of Posthuman Studies
▶ Publications
Book Manuscript in Progress
“Rooted Plants, Connected Modernities: Botanizing in Japanese Colonial Korea (1910-1945)”
Journal Articles
Lee, J. “Mutual Transformation of Colonial and Imperial Botanizing: The Intimate and Remote Collaboration between Chung Tyaihyon and Ishidoya Tsutomu in Colonial Korea,” Science in Context 29(2) (June 2016), pp. 179-211.
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0269889715000423
Lee, J. “Between Universalism and Regionalism: Universal Systematics from Imperial Japan,” The British Journal for the History of Science 48(4) (December 2015), pp. 661-684.
http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0007087415000606
Lee, J. “Politics of Neutrality for Colonial Collaboration in Science,” Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 37(1) (April 2015), pp. 265-298 (in Korean).
http://www.khss.or.kr/index.php?mid=kjhs&category=7389&document_srl=9462
Lee, J. “Invention without Science: ‘Korean Edisons’ and the Changing Understanding of Technology in Colonial Korea,” Technology and Culture 54(4) (November 2013), pp. 782-814.
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/tech/summary/v054/54.4.lee.html
Lee, J. “Non-Imperial Botany? To Pong-Sup’s Studies on Korean Flora in Colonial Korea,” History and Culture 25 (Spring 2013), pp. 89-121 (in Korean).
http://www.earticle.net/article.aspx?sn=208964
Lee, J. “Atopic Dermatitis and the Making of an Environmental Disease in Contemporary South Korea: Historical Perspectives on the Role of Knowledge Practices From Below,” Journal of Science and Technology Studies 10(1) (August 2010), pp. 107-152 (in Korean, an English version available in the Conference Proceedings, Carcinogens, Mutagens, Reproductive Toxicants: The Politics of Limit Values and Low Doses in the Twentieth and Twenty-first centuries (Strasbourg, France).
http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/NODE01483476
Book Chapter
Lee, J. “Provincializing Global Botany,” forthcoming in Nick Jardine, James Secord, Emma Spary and Helen Curry eds., New Cultures of Natural History (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018)
Book Reviews
Lee, J. “Sakano Toru 坂野徹, Investigating the Empire 帝国を調べる, (2016),” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal (forthcoming).
Lee, J. “Henry Todd, Assimilating Seoul (2014),” East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 10(4) (December 2016), pp. 489-492.
Lee, J. “Michael Adas, Machine as the Measure of Men (1989), Translated by Kim Dong-Kwang, Seoul: Sanchŏrŏm, 2011,” Journal of the Korean History of Science Society 36(3) (December 2014), pp. 439-443 (in Korean)
Selected Translated Books (From English to Korean)
Making of Modern Japan (Seoul: Yeesan, 2006) co-translated [Marius Jansen, Making of Modern Japan. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2000]
The Confusion of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China (Seoul: Yeesan, 2005). [Timothy Brook, The Confusion of Pleasure: Commerce and Culture in Ming China. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999]
Turing and the Universal Machine (Seoul: Body & Mind Books, 2003) [Jon Agar, Turing and the Universal Machine. UK: Icon Books, 2001]
▶ Research Interests
History of Colonial Science and Technology
Cross-Cultural Exchanges of Knowledge
Material Culture and Knowledge
Environmental History
Non-Western Modernization, Modernity
[Other Professional Experience]
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany, Sep. 2016- Aug. 2017.
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Jan. 2015- Aug. 2016.
The Soon-Young Kim Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of East Asian Science and Technology, Needham Research Institute, UK, Oct. 2013-Sep. 2014.
Translation writer, and Staff writer and columnist for magazines: Jun. 2000- : translated several books in history and history of science from English into Korean and wrote for two business magazines.
System Engineer, LG-EDS Systems Inc. (Seoul, serving many overseas branches) Apr. 1995-Apr. 2000.
[Other Activities and Services]
SHOT (Society for the History of Technology) International Scholars (2015-2016)
Associate Editor, The Journal of Posthuman Studies