Education
Ph.D. Candidate, Emory University
M.A. Seoul National University, South Korea
B.A. Seoul National University, South Korea
Publication
Lee, Yeongju (In preparation). “Geopolitical Triangulation of Puerto Rican Masculinities in Korean War Stories by Emilio Díaz Valcárcel”.
Grants
Fox Center Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Emory University, 2022-2023
Henry Luce Foundation Research Grant, Emory University, 2019
Brain Korea 21 Plus Fellowship, Seoul National University, 2015-2016
Conference Presentations
“Between Displacement and Deployment: Mexican American Soldiers, the Transnational Circuit of Militarization, and the Meaning of Home” Modern Language Association, Online, January 2022.
“Embodying K-pop for a New Mexican Modernity: Practice of K-pop Fans in Mexico City” Latin American Studies Association, Online, May 2021.
“Transpacific Latinidad: Latino Veterans’ Writings on the Korean War” American Comparative Literature Association, Online, March 2021.
“Transpacific Expansion of the U.S. during the Cold War and Latinx Identity” Latin American Studies Association of Korea, Busan, South Korea, July 2020.
“Genealogy that Prevents Death: Decolonizing (Hi)story and Latinx Empowerment” Latin American Studies Association, Boston, May 2019
“Don Quijote and Homo Ludens in the Digital Era” Center of Cervantes Studies of Korea, Seoul, South Korea, February 2016.
“Surrealism and the Virgin of Barricade” Asian Association of Hispanicists, Bangkok, Thailand, January 2016.