James H. Grayson is Professor of Modern Korean Studies at the University of Sheffield, and is the Director of the Centre for Korean Studies there. He is currently President of the British Association for Korean Studies (BAKS), and Vice-President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE). An anthropologist, Professor Grayson is particularly interested in the diffusion of religion, beliefs and ideas across cultural boundaries. Among his monograph publications are Early Buddhism and Christianity in Korea: A Study in the Emplantation of Religion (1985), Myths and Legends from Korea: A Compendium of Ancient and Modern Materials (2001), and Korea, A Religious History: Revised Edition (2002). He has also written numerous articles on the ancient religion in Korea, Korean Christianity, and Korean folklore, which have been published in various journals. Professor Grayson very kindly gave the following interview for Acta Koreana at his office in the School of East Asian Studies at the University of Sheffield on 15 February 2006.
