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posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 4:18 AM
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I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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Prof. Hodges,
Are you in Seoul now or in the Ozarks? I have been away from ex-pat Blogs for several years, and it seems like yours is one of the few that is still upright standing now that I've sort of come back. (I also read Ask A Korean - though his output has dropped dramatically; and Mr. Stanton's OFK.) Anyways, I'd love to get back in touch, if you have the leisure. In particular, I'd like to send you a response to Amy Chua I wrote 8 years ago, and I am now trying to publish. (She was a teacher of mine, and I decided not to publish then, as it is very ad hominem.)
P.S. Do you have an FB page? I recall several moons ago that I thought I saw your name among Mr. Koehler's list, but it's been a while, and I can't seem to find you there now.
WJ
Won Joon Choe, good to hear from you after all these years. I've been quite busy - you've perhaps noticed my literary output. My FaceBook account is a business one, but I haven't done much with it lately. Little time . . . I am still in Seoul and will likely live here till I die here, hopefully not too soon. I have no leisure, but I've never been the man to turn down an offer of something to read, and Ms. Chua is a person of interest to me.
I hope all is well with you. You seem to be in good spirits.
Jeffery Hodges
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