{"id":11933,"date":"2019-04-08T08:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?p=11933"},"modified":"2021-01-07T15:27:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:27:52","slug":"sohn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/news\/sohn\/","title":{"rendered":"In Focus: Stephen Sohn"},"content":{"rendered":"

Stephen Sohn
\nSenior Fellow, Center for Ideas and Society, 2017-2020
\nMellon Term Professor 2019-2020<\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a>Stephen’s Stats:<\/span>
\nDepartment:<\/strong> English
\nRank:<\/strong> Professor
\nYears at UCR<\/strong>: 5 years
\nFavorite sport:<\/strong> Tennis
\nCurrent favorite television show:<\/strong>\u00a0Killing Eve<\/i><\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>The Good Place<\/i><\/span>\u00a0(tie)
\n<\/span>Preferred desserts:<\/strong> Anything custard based!
\n<\/span>The text I cannot do without:<\/strong> Hanya Yanagihara\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>A Little Life<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Stephen’s favorite local dessert, Vanilla Custard Bun from\u00a0Uncle Chuang’s Bakery.<\/p><\/div>\n

Q. Summarize your research in one sentence…<\/h3>\n

I am interested in thinking deeply about literature and culture in all of its myriad forms, so I read a lot.<\/p>\n

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Q. Does your work center on a main idea or theme?<\/h3>\n

Broadly speaking, the central issue I am concerned with necessarily involves how we simultaneously<\/strong><\/em> engage the political and aesthetic dimensions of literature and culture.<\/p>\n

Q: What are you working on now?<\/h3>\n

My current project explores depictions of war and violence in Korean American literature.<\/p>\n

Q: Any teaching tips or great resources to share?<\/h3>\n

The most valuable lesson that teaching has taught me is to emphasize that all students try get to know each other\u2019s names before a quarter is finished (even despite a larger class size).<\/p>\n

For resources, a podcast that I encourage students to listen to is the Minorities in Publishing<\/em> Podcast, which always has interesting interviews. I also enjoy 88 Cups of Tea! Check them out here:<\/p>\n

minoritiesinpublishing.tumblr.com\/episodes<\/a>
\n88cupsoftea.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Q: Any new or exciting developments?<\/h3>\n

Recently, I received a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Award, which allowed me to conduct research related to my developing book project concerning war and violence in Korean American literature. In 2018, I published my second book, Inscrutable Belongings: Queer Asian North American Fiction<\/em> (Stanford University Press).<\/p>\n

Learn more about Stephen’s books:<\/p>\n

Inscrutable Belongings<\/a><\/em>
\nRacial Asymmetries<\/a><\/em>
\nAsian American Literature Fans<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Or get in touch: english.ucr.edu\/people\/faculty\/stephen-hong-sohn<\/a><\/p>\n

In Focus is a new interview series that features faculty associates of the Center for Ideas and Society. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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