Gregory N. Evon completed his BA and MA in Korean Studies at Indiana University Bloomington under Professor Ken Wells, and then came to the ANU in 1995 in order to continue his PhD under Prof. Wells' direction. Greg counts his years at the ANU's Faculty of Asian Studies, from 1995 to 2000, as among the most intellectually exciting in his life, and found Canberra to be the most pleasant place he has ever lived.

Since 2001 Greg has taught at the University of New South Wales where he is now a Senior Lecturer in the School of Languages and Linguistics.

Since 2000 he has published articles on the Buddhist literature of Han Yongun (1879-1944), on the classical poetry of Kim Sisup (1435-1493) and Yi Kyubo (1168-1241), and has two articles on premodern Korean literary history forthcoming in "East Asian History" and "Asian Studies Review." At present, he is completing a book chapter on Kim Manjung (1637-1692) for an edited volume and is also working on a book on Han Yongun.

My relationship with the ANU began in 2003 when, as a mother of adopted Korean children, I aimed to learn as much as I could about Korea, its culture and language. For the following five years the ANU, and particularly the ANU Centre for Korean Studies, provided me with a range of opportunities to gain extensive knowledge, skills and attitudes about Korea and Asia. Of particular note, I was very pleased to have the wonderful experience of studying in Korea as an exchange student on two occasions, once during a six week Summer course in 2005 and then for another ten months in 2006. This enabled me to complete part of my language component of the degree in-country, and undertake a number of courses within my particular area of interest of gender studies through the international school at Ewha Women’s University in Seoul.