Edward Y. J. Chung

Contact Information
Education Ph.D., 1990: Religious Studies, University of Toronto
Office Main 413
Email chung@upei.ca
Phone (902) 566-0324
Fax (902) 566-0359

Research Interests: Eastern religion; Confucianism;  comparative religion;  interreligious dialogue; etc. 

 

University Education

  • Ph.D., 1990 (December): Religious Studies, University of Toronto - East Asian religions; Comparative Religion (esp. mysticism & interreligious dialogue); methodologies - philosophy of religion & sociology of religion
  • M.A., 1984: Religious Studies, University of Toronto
  • B.A., 1982: Religious Studies Specialty, University of Toronto

Areas of Teaching Expertise & Experience:

  • Eastern religions
  • Introductory courses: world religions and theories and methods in Religious Studies
  • Buddhism East & West; Chinese religion & philosophy; Japanese religion & culture
  • Comparative religion: mysticism; ethics; interreligious dialogue (Confucian-Christian and Buddhist-Christian)
  • Religion in Canada: East Asian traditions and development

Research Expertise & Interests:

  • East Asian religion and thought (especially Neo-Confucianism)
  • Comparative religion:  interreligious dialogue; comparative ethics
  • Confucianism: tradition & globalization in contemporary Korea
  • Confucian spirituality and culture
  • Religion and modernization in East Asia

Research Grants Received:

  • SSHRC-General Research Grants (internal); UPEI's Senate Committee Research Grants and Travel Grants
  • SSHRC-Institutional Grants, UPEI
  • 22 grants (including one international grant) since 1991 for the following works:

Publications & Presentations:

  • a major book on Korean Neo-Confucianism (State University of New York Press, 352 pages, hardcover & paperback; also available through online CDROM, library catalogue 1998)
  • several book chapters on the similar topics (e.g., a chapter in Confucian Spirituality, vol. 2, NY: Crossroad, 2004)
  • various journal articles on Neo-Confucian ethics and spirituality, modern Confucianism, and comparative religion (e.g., Studies in Religion; Monumenta Serica: Journal of Oriental Studies; Acta Koreana; The Annual Review of Women in World Religions;  Asian Profile; Korean Studies in Canada; etc.)
  • 39 selected/refereed/invited conference papers presented (since 1987; for American Academy of Religion [AAR]; The International Association for the History of Religions; Canadian Asian Studies Association [CASA]; Canadian Society for the Study of Religion; Harvard University's Confucian Spirituality Conference; etc.)
  • Serving as the panel Chair and/or discussant at several annual meetings of the AAR and CASA

Administrative Leadership & Professional Services:

  • Chair, Department of Religious Studies, University of PEI (2003-2009)
  • Co-ordinator, Asian Studies Program, UPEI (1995-2000;  2011-      )
  • Adjunct Professor, Korea University (Institute of International Education), Seoul, 2006
  • International professor-scholar (invited), Dankook University - 2010 International Summer Campus, Korea
  • Member (elected), UPEI Senate (1996-99)
  • External assessor, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (for Standard Research Grants Program) since 2006
  • External reviewer of book manuscripts, State University of New York Press (since 1997)
  • External reviewer of published textbooks and new book manuscripts/proposals, Oxford University Press of Canada (since 2000)