Jungtae Eun is a historian and the current director of the Bukchon Cultural Center. He is a PhD candidate of Korean History at Seoul National University. Eun has conducted a project that involves unique historical visits of Seoul and field-work in the alleys and villages of Bukchon, Seoul to reveal the fabric of Seoul’s web of micro histories and the patterns of a history experienced by human beings. Selected publications are The Korean History in Dispute: the Modern Era (co-authored, 2017), The Mutual Strategies of Korea, China, and Japan during the Sino-Japanese War (co-authored, 2009), The Authors of Bestsellers (co-authored, 2007), “The Facts Reflected on Memories: The Fragrant Facts” (2000), “The ‘Gando region problem’ of the Daehan Empire period and the issue of ‘Colonization’” (2007) and “The Qing dynasty government’s view of Korea after the 1905 Convention” (2007).
