An Interview with Professor James H. Grayson

This interview is based on two meetings with Professor Grayson in South Korea in 2010 when he was staying in Daegu in order to teach at Keimyung University. The meetings were held at his office at Keimyung University on 29 April and at a coffee shop in Seoul on 29 June, respectively. Recently, Acta Koreana has published an interview with Professor Grayson: Vol. 9 No. 2 (2006), pp. 155–182. That interview covers various issues that our readers may also be interested to know, including: 1) how he became interested in Korea and his first impressions of the country (pp. 155–157); 2) the development of his academic career from an anthropologist to a scholar in Korean studies (pp. 157–159); 3) the development of the Korean studies program at Sheffield (pp. 159–164); 4) the nature of Korean religion and characteristics of Korean Christianity (pp. 164–168); 5) Korean myths and legends (pp. 169–171); 6) next research project on ch’udo yebae 추도예배 (pp. 171–176); 7) biggest challenges that Koreans are facing (pp. 176–178); 8) the future of Korean studies in Europe (pp. 178–181); 9) advice for young generations in Korean studies (p. 181). The present interview deals with many other issues that the previous interview has not discussed, with a focus on issues concerning Korean religions. KCI Citation Count: 0