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Biography
Daniel Pieper is a Korea Foundation Lecturer in Korean Studies at Monash University. He specializes in modern Korean language and literary history. His current research focuses on the emergence of vernacular Korean as a discrete subject in the modern school, the textual differentiation process of cosmopolitan Hanmun and vernacular Korean, and the role of language ideology in directing language standardization in pre-colonial and colonial-era Korea. His most recent book is titled Redemption and Regret: Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale (2021) and examines themes of vernacularization, linguistic modernity, and literary translation in the missionary’s unpublished writings.
Education
I joined Monash in June of 2022 as a Korea Foundation Lecturer in Korean Studies. Prior to this, I was a Lecturer in the East Asian Languages and Cultures Department at Washington University in St. Louis (2019-2022). Before that I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia (2018-2019) and a Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at Washington University (2017-2018).
I received a BA in Political Science from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1999-2003). Following graduation, I taught English for six years in Gunsan and Daejeon, South Korea where I developed a keen interest in Korean history and culture, and especially the Korean language and education system. I returned to graduate school and received an MA in East Asian Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, where I wrote a thesis on the Korean Language Movement in colonial Korea (1910-1945). I went on to do a PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, writing a dissertation titled “Korean as a Transitional Literacy: Language Education, Curricularization, and the Vernacular-Cosmopolitan Interface in Early Modern Korea, 1895-1925,” which investigated the emergence of vernacular Korean as a subject in modern schools immediately before and during the Korean colonial period. The dissertation was completed in conjunction with a Fulbright Junior Researcher Fellowship which supported my research at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea (2016-2017).
Supervision interests
I am available to supervise HDR students in the following areas:
Korean sociolinguistics
The cultural history of Korean
Vernacularization in Korea and East Asia
Translation theory and pedagogy
Language ideology and language policy
Literary history
Missionaries in Korea
Please contact me to discuss your proposed area of study.
Monash teaching commitment
Teaching
I spent six years teaching English as a foreign language at private schools, elementary, middle, high schools, and universities in Gunsan and Daejeon, South Korea. In graduate school and as a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer I have taught a range of courses on Korea, including pre-modern and modern Korean history, contemporary Korean culture, pre-modern and contemporary Korean literature, the history of the Korean language, North and South history and relations, and Korean cinema. I have also taught the Korean language at all levels, including literary translation workshops.
Education/Academic qualification
Asian Studies, PhD, Korean as a Transitional Literacy: Language Education, Curricularization, and the Vernacular-Cosmopolitan Interface in Early Modern Korea, 1895-1925, University of British Columbia
1 Sept 2011 → 17 May 2017
Award Date: 17 May 2017
East Asian Studies, MA, Han'gul for the Nation, The Nation for Han'gul: The Korean Language Movement, 1894-1945, Washington University in St Louis
1 Sept 2009 → 15 May 2011
Award Date: 15 May 2011
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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JK31: 31st Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Iwasaki, S., Brown, L., Nambu, S. & Pieper, D.
12/06/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Monash Korean Studies Beyond Borders: Creating a Global Hub for a New and Diverse Korean Studies
Jackson, A., Brown, L., Pieper, D., Cho, H. E., Rublee, M. R., Butler, P., Kim, J. S., Roh, J., Kim, S., Ryu, J., Huynh, J., Choi, S. K., Davison, R., hynd, A., Kim, H. M. & Edwards, R.
1/06/23 → 31/05/28
Project: Research
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JK31: 31st Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference
Nambu, S., Iwasaki, S., Brown, L. & Pieper, D.
Japanese Studies Association of Australia (JSAA)
30/10/24 → 2/11/24
Project: Other
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Linguistic modernity, education, and nationalizing the vernacular in pre-colonial Korea: Divergences between western missionary and indigenous discourses
Pieper, D., 2023, Education, Language, and The Intellectual Underpinnings of Modern Korea, 1875-1945. Hall, A. & Yuh, L. (eds.). Leiden Netherlands: Brill, Vol. 6. p. 19-48 30 p. (Brill's Korean Studies Library ; vol. 6).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Vernacular visions in North and South Korea: interlingual translations of Unyŏng chŏn (The Tale of Unyŏng) and ideologies of national literature
Pieper, D., Nov 2023, In: Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies . 23, 2, p. 211-237 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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코스모폴리탄어에서 국어로: 19세기말 한국의 언어적 근대성과 속어의 회전 (1880년대-1910년)
Pieper, D., 2023, In: 사이間SAI. 34, p. 129-158 30 p.Translated title of the contribution :From cosmopolitan to vernacular : linguistic modernity and the vernacular turn in fin de siècle Korea (1880s-1910) Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Hybrid orthographies and the emergence of modern literature in early twentieth century Korea
Pieper, D. & Cho, H. (ed.), 2022, The Routledge Companion to Korean Literature. Cho, H. (ed.). New York NY USA: Routledge, p. 141-156 16 p. (Routledge Literature Companions).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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The making of a foreign national language: Language politics and the impasse between assimilationists and language nationalists in colonial Korea
Pieper, D., Mar 2019, In: Journal of Korean Studies. 24, 1, p. 63-95 33 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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10th Worldwide Consortium of Korean Studies Centers Workshop Best Paper of Workshop Award, Harvard University
Pieper, Daniel (Recipient), 8 Jun 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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ASPAC-Esterline Award, Best Paper of Conference
Pieper, Daniel (Recipient), Jun 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dr. Lakhbir K Jassal Graduate Travel Award in Arts
Pieper, Daniel (Recipient), 2015
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Fulbright Junior Research Fellowship in Korea
Pieper, Daniel (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Competitive Fellowships
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Kenji Ogawa Memorial Prize in Japanese
Pieper, Daniel (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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Korean peninsula’s north-south split has created a distinct linguistic divide
13/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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모나쉬 대학교 언어 및 문화의 주간 행사에서 남북한 언어 차이점 설명한 다니엘 피퍼 교수
25/08/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Profile/Interview
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North Korean Admits Failure of its First Spy Satellite Launch
31/05/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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The Korea Now Podcast #109 (Literature Series) Redemption and Regret in Korea
29/06/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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The Korea Now Podcast #90 (Literature Series) The History of Hangul
6/09/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts