Feb 17 Roundtable on the Candlelight Protests
I contributed an article on queer politics for a Journal of Asian Studies special forum on the South Korean candlelight… more
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August 20: How Have Women’s Protests Changed History? (online event)
How have women risen up collectively to create change—and influenced broader movements in the process? What has made women particularly effective protesters, and what ideas have women come up with that have changed the art of protest?
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Language Travels: presentation at UIUC
Jennifer Chun and I have written our first paper together based on the collaborative research we’ve been doing on Korean… more
NUS workshop in June 2012 : “The urban ecology of religion: growth and redevelopment in Seoul”
I’ve been invited to attend a workshop on “Doing Asian Cities: The MPI-ARI-TISS-AKS-Shanghai Urban Aspirations Project†(5-6 June 2012, Singapore)… more
American University Meets the Pacific Century Conference, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
My research collaborator, Jennifer Chun, will be attending this conference to present a paper that we co-wrote, “Language Travels: The… more
Beyond good intentions and evil regimes: North Koreans in Korean/American missionary custody
I’ll be giving a talk next week at the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies at UBC. It’s an updated… more
Geography Colloquium, UBC on Nov 9
I’m giving a colloquium talk in the geography department at UBC on Tuesday, November 9. Unlike the North Korea-focused talks… more
Korean Studies Colloquium, U of Washington on Nov 4
I’m giving a Korean studies colloquium talk at the Center for Korean Studies at the University of Washington in Seattle… more
Korean Studies Colloquium, NYU on October 25
The New York trip has become a bit of a speaking tour. I’ve agreed to give another lecture while I’m… more
Presentations at Barnard and Rutgers in October
I will be giving a couple of talks on the east coast later this month. Hope to see you there!… more