Reviving the Korean right-wing in Los Angeles
Los Angeles launch event for the US chapter of the recently revived ultra-right-wing Northwest Youth League, a paramilitary gang known for massacring civilians between 1947 and 54.… more
S&F Online: “Becoming Visible, Becoming Political”
“Becoming Visible, Becoming Political: Faith and Queer Activism in South Korea” has been published in Scholar & Feminist Online 14.2,… more
Interesting CFPs for the 2018 MLA Convention
Here are six (6) interesting calls for papers for the 2018 MLA convention in NYC from January 4-7, 2018, with themes ranging from representation of community and blacklisting to disability and cannibalism. The presidential theme for the convention is #States of Insecurity.
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“Queer Korean Studies” presentation at AAS 2016
I was cleaning up some files and thought I’d share this here. It’s from the “Spring Forward, Fall Back?: Progress and Challenges in Korean Gender Studies” panel organized by Hyaeweol Choi (Australian National University) at the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) meeting in Seattle nearly a year ago on April 2, 2016. I presented some comments (and stories) about queer politics.… more
DC talk on transpacific homophobia and queer activism
Recently at the George Washington University in Washington DC, I had the privilege of presenting a paper alongside three of… more
Human cost of lithium ion batteries
Very interesting article. LG Chem, one of the world’s leading battery makers, said it stopped buying Congo-sourced minerals late last year. Samsung SDI, another large battery maker, said that it is conducting an internal investigation to determine whether the company’s use of cobalt mined in Congo includes cobalt from Huayou.… more
Re:Orientations (2016) and politics of identity
I had the privilege and pleasure of participating in the Toronto-based filmmaker and friend Richard Fung‘s latest film, Re:Orientations, currently on the film… more
[CFP] The Queer Commons
This special issue asks whether or not it is possible therefore to theorise a queer commons, and – if it is – what it might look like within social, political and cultural practice. Can a queer commons be found across historical periods in, for example, various sexually dissident communities; from drag queen communes to anarcho-queer punk collectives?… more
The politics of homophobia in South Korea – EAFQ
A short primer on my ongoing/upcoming work on queer geopolitics in East Asia Forum Quarterly, published by the Australian National University. I highlighted the Christian Liberal Party (CLP), military conscription system, HIV/AIDS, and Islamophobia on the rise.… more
[CFP] Vietnam and Korea as “Longue Durée” Subjects (Hanoi in March 2017)
Organized by Asia Centre (Seoul National University), Vietnam National University (Hanoi), Leiden University (Leiden), and École des Hautes Études en… more