Lecture at UCSD on Feb 18: “How Pink Turned Red”
I returned a few days ago from giving a talk in the Program in Transnational Korean Studies at the University of California,… more
Writing
Two new articles published
Two articles recently published. ‘Our Past, Your Future’ discusses Korean missionaries’ work in East Africa and ‘Urban megachurches and contentious religious politics in Seoul’ is about E.Land labour organizing and connections to Somang Church.… more →
Writing Queer Geo/politics
I’m both very honoured and a little embarrassed to see this article published in Munhwa/Gwahak, a well-regarded cultural politics journal… more →
Gender and Politics in Contemporary Korea, Journal of Korean Studies 19:2
At last, the special thematic issue on gender and politics in contemporary Korea I co-edited with Jennifer Jihye Chun has been published by the Journal of Korean Studies! “In this thematic issue on gender and politics in contemporary Korea, we broaden both our historical view and geographical reach… By featuring articles that examine the complex workings of gender and power in multiple sites and at multiple levels of analysis, this issue shows how gender is intimately bound with inequalities, not only between women and men but also in all social relations concerning class, sexuality, ethnicity, race, migration, and the nation.”… more →
On homophobia and queer lives – Part 1
Seoul Mayor Park has reportedly reassured the leadership of the Christian Right that he “does not support homosexuality,†which meant that he’s taken their side. That’s the wrong side. He should have taken the side of human dignity and justice.… more →
Critical Asian Studies: Reframing North Korean Human Rights (Part 2)
In addition to Part 1 in Critical Asian Studies 45:4 (December 2013), Part 2 of Reframing North Korean Human Rights… more →
Critical Asian Studies: Reframing North Korean Human Rights (Part 1)
The following articles in the thematic issue of Critical Asian Studies on Reframing North Korean Human Rights (part 1) are free to… more →
New Publication: “Beyond safe haven: a critique of Christian custody of North Koreans in China”
I’m happy to share a new essay of mine that was just published in Critical Asian Studies. It kicks off… more →
CFP: Gender and Politics in Contemporary Korea
Jennifer Jihye Chun and I are co-editing a special issue for Journal of Korean Studies on the topic of Gender and Politics in Contemporary Korea. Deadline is August 1, 2013. Taking as a starting point that gender operates as a fundamental organizing principle in various arenas of social, political, economic, religious, and cultural life, this special issue invites cross-disciplinary approaches from scholars working at the intersection of Korean studies, feminist studies and the social sciences. … more →
Correction on “critical distance”
The cool thing is that my 2010 article in Geoforum, “Neither friends or foes: Thoughts on ethnographic distance” (PDF) was… more →