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PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2016 \u2013 2022, Assistant Professor at UNIST<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 2016, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

2014 \u2013 2015, Visiting Assistant Professor at Oberlin College<\/p>\n

2013 \u2013 2014, Instructor at the University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

PUBLICATIONS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Monograph<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 King Ch\u014fngjo:<\/em> An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea<\/em>. (Paperback 2020) New York: SUNY Press
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Refereed Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDown and Out in Eco-Dystopia: Class and Gender in Wonderful Days (\uc6d0\ub354\ud480 \ub370\uc774\uc988).\u201d Korea Europe Review <\/em>3, 1-10<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMonarchs, Monks, and Scholars: Religion and State Power in Tudor England and Chos\u014fn Korea.\u201d Journal of Asian History<\/em> 53:2, 267-285<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cA Ghost in the Replicant? Questions of Humanity and Technological Integration in <\/span>Blade Runner <\/span><\/em>and <\/span>Ghost in the Shell<\/span><\/em>.\u201d <\/span>MOSF Journal of Science Fiction <\/span><\/em>3:1, 21-34<\/span><\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAbsolute Monarchy East and West: Ch\u014fngjo and Louis XIV.\u201d Journal of Asian History<\/em> 52:1, 1-22<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRoyal Rage: The Fatal Encounter<\/em> (Y\u014fngnin<\/em>) as an Historical Film.\u201d Acta Koreana<\/em> 20:2, 1-21<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cShangdi is Watching You: Tasan and Big Moralizing Gods.\u201d Journal of the American Academy of Religion <\/em>83:2, 464-489<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMaking Sense of the Imperial Pivot: Metaphor Theory and the Writings of King Ch\u014fngjo.\u201d Korea Journal<\/em> 52:3, 177-200<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe King\u2019s Reason: Yi S\u014fng-gye and the Centralization of Power in Early Chos\u014fn.\u201d Korea Review of International Studies<\/em> 9:1, 51-60<\/p>\n

Refereed Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n

(2026) \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cShadows of the Rice Chest: Memory, Madness, and the Politics of Crown Prince Sado\u2019s Legacy in Eighteenth-Century Korea.\u201d Crafting\u00a0Identity: Literature, Objects, and Society in Eighteenth-Century Asia<\/em>, edited by Susan Spencer. Under contract<\/p>\n

2025 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPolitics.\u201d Routledge Handbook of Early Modern Korea<\/em>, edited by Eugene Park. Routledge<\/p>\n

2024 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Wrath of Disgruntled Fandom: Canon, Representation, and Mass Effect\u00a0 Deception.\u201d Ready Reader One: The Stories We Tell About, with, and Around Video Games<\/em>, edited by Megan Condis and Mike Sell. Louisiana State University<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLBJ\u2019s Hessians? Korean Troops\u2019 Dispatch to Vietnam.\u201d The Vietnam War in the <\/em>Pacific<\/em>, edited by Brian Cuddy and Fredrik Logevall. University of North Carolina<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKorea: A Slave Society.\u201d In Slavery and Bonded Labor in Asia, 1250-1900<\/em>, edited by Richard B. Allen and Jeff Fynn-Paul. Brill<\/p>\n

Book Review<\/strong><\/p>\n

2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chos\u014fn Korea<\/em>, by Eugene Y. Park. Journal of Family History<\/em> 45:4<\/p>\n

Commissioned Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cSouth Korea\u2019s Involvement in the Vietnam War.\u201d Korean Oral Historiography Project<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gale Researcher Guide for: The Chos\u014fn Kingdom of Korea<\/em><\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Translation of original woodblock print of Kim S\u014fn\u2019s commentary on the Doctrine of the Mean<\/em>. Oberlin College Library Special Collections<\/p>\n

EDUCATION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PhD, University of British Columbia: Early Modern Korean History<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MA, Korea University: Korean Studies<\/p>\n

2001 \u00a0\u00a0 BA with honors, University of South Carolina: History<\/p>\n

AWARDS AND HONORS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Academy of Korean Studies Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

2012 \u2013 2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fulbright Study\/Research Grant: Korea<\/p>\n

2008 \u2013 2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, University of British Columbia<\/p>\n

2004 \u2013 2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Freeman Fellowship, Korea University<\/p>\n

2003 \u2013 2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Korea Foundation Graduate Fellowship, Korea University<\/p>\n

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cPublic Opinion \u516c\u8ad6 in Late Chos\u014fn: Rusticated Literati, Absolutism, and the Rise of Correspondence\u201d, Keimyung International Conference on Korean Studies<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cTies of Blood or Ties of Culture? The Emergence of a Korean Nation in Late Chos\u014fn\u201d, 11th<\/sup> World Congress of Korean Studies<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cLBJ\u2019s Hessians? Korean Troops\u2019 Dispatch to Vietnam\u201d, The Vietnam War in the Pacific World<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Disputed Status of Nobi<\/em> (Slaves) in Korean Society\u201d, 2nd International Leiden Conference on Global Slavery<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRoyal Rage: The Fatal Encounter<\/em> (Y\u014fngnin<\/em>) as an Historical Film\u201d, Association for Korean Studies in Europe Biennial Conference<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAbsolutely Fabulous: Ch\u014fngjo and Louis XIV\u201d, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKeep the Plates Spinning: King Ch\u014fngjo and the Construction of Power\u201d, Association for Korean Studies in Europe Biennial Conference<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMonarchs, Monks, and Scholars: Religion and State Power in Tudor England and Chos\u014fn Korea\u201d, Southeast Conference of the Association for Asian Studies<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMaking Sense of the Imperial Pivot: Metaphor Theory and the Writings of King Chongjo\u201d, Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference<\/p>\n

INVITED TALK<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThe Ch\u014fngjo Reign in a Global Context.” Kyujanggak Institute, Seoul National University. July 14<\/p>\n

DEPARTMENTAL TALKS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cQuestions of Humanity and Technological Integration in Blade Runner<\/em> and Ghost in the Shell<\/em>.\u201d March 30<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAn Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea.” May 22<\/p>\n

2016 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cJames Scarth Gale\u2019s Translation of the Analects.<\/em>\u201d Year Five Academy of Korean Studies Sinographic Cosmopolis Symposium. May 9<\/p>\n

2015 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnother View of Insanity: A Korean Crown Princess Grapples With Her Husband\u2019s Descent into Madness.” March 6<\/p>\n

2013 \u00a0\u00a0 \u201cKing Ch\u014fngjo and Royal Power in Chos\u014fn Korea.” Fulbright Forum. June 25<\/p>\n

COURSES TAUGHT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

East Asian historiography<\/p>\n

East Asian political history<\/p>\n

Foundations of East Asian civilization<\/p>\n

History through film<\/p>\n

Korean political history<\/p>\n

Modern Asian history<\/p>\n

Modern East Asian history<\/p>\n

Modern Korean history<\/p>\n

Seminar on Northeast Asian history<\/p>\n

Traditional Korean history<\/p>\n

Understanding Korea<\/p>\n\n\n

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