Security Crises and the Reordering of Minority Politics in Northeast Asia
International Studies Association International Conference 2026
ISA · Session chair and conference presenter
July 29
2026
2026
I’ve presented research on race, racialization, sexuality, queer geographies, migration, citizenship, language, and translation in South Korea. I’ve gathered selected presentations and academic session roles here.
I’ve listed 28 conference presentations and session roles below, followed by six invited talks. You can find my journal publications in the research page.
Conference presentations and academic sessions
2026
May 9
2026
2026
South Korea and the Administration of Belonging
Global Futures of Higher Education: Autonomy in the Crosshairs
University of Oregon, United States · Conference presentation
March 27
2026
2026
Aging Without Safety Nets: How Queer Grassroots Knowledge Reimagines Education and Belonging in South Korea
12th Asian Conference on Education & International Development
Tokyo, Japan · Session chair and conference presenter
January 8
2026
2026
Reading Desire Across Borders: Digital Intimacy, Citizenship, and Belonging in South Korea
IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii
Hawaii Convention Center, United States · Session chair and conference presenter
2025
October 12
2025
2025
Temporal Belonging and Labor Precarity: Long-term Migrants in South Korea’s Professional Sectors
2025 Midwest Conference on Asian Affairs
The Ohio State University, United States · Conference presentation
August 10
2025
2025
Digital Desires and Racialized Borders: How Dating Apps Shape Transnational Students’ Belonging in South Korea
6th International Conference on Gender Studies and Sexuality
Berlin, Germany · Conference presentation
July 31
2025
2025
Queer Wars and the Politics of Evidence: South Korea as a Battleground State
International Studies Association International Conference 2025
ISA · Conference presentation
January 3
2025
2025
Invisible Hands: Personal and Critical Perspectives on Race, Multicultural Policies, and Demographics in South Korea
IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Hawaii
Hawaii Convention Center, United States · Session chair and conference presenter
2024
March 15
2024
2024
Crafting Selves Through Others: The Ethics of Transnational Probes into Sexuality in East Asia
4th International Sexuality and Gender Studies Conference (ICGSS)
Berlin, Germany · Conference presentation
January 7
2024
2024
From Past to Present: Tracing South Korea’s Multicultural Evolution Through 1990s Media Representation
IICE / IICAH International Academic Forum
University of Hawai‘i, United States · Conference presentation
2023
October 23
2023
2023
Caught in the Crossfire: The Irony of Cultural Assimilation and Institutional Discrimination in South Korea
11th Asian Conference on Multidisciplinary Research
Malaysia · Conference presentation
October 19
2023
2023
Queering the East in South Korea: From Western Observers to Minority Subjects
6th International Conference on Gender and Sexuality
Sri Lanka · Conference presentation
August 3
2023
2023
Queer Corners: Exploring Hidden “Safe Spaces” in South Korea’s Cultural Fabric
International Studies Association: Spaces of Influence, Spaces of Inclusion
United States · Conference presentation
June 13
2023
2023
Migrants of Desire: Transnational Sexualities and the Korean Context
4th Edition of Global Congress on Gender and Sexuality Studies
Budapest, Hungary · Conference presentation
May 22
2023
2023
Rearing the Other: A Critical Approach to Multiculturalism in South Korea
13th Asian Conference on Asian Studies
Tokyo, Japan · Session chair and conference presenter
May 18
2023
2023
Interpreting “Race” for Interpreters in South Korea
15th International Conference on Humanities and Social Sciences
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand · Conference presentation
January 6
2023
2023
From Placemaking to “Placetaking”: An Exploration of JTBC’s Itaewon Class and Ethno-spatial Recentering in South Korea
IICE / IICAH International Academic Forum
University of Hawai‘i, United States · Session chair and conference presenter
2022
November 26
2022
2022
Transnational Bodies: Social Adaptation of U.S. Gay Men in South Korea
16th Annual Conference on Asian Studies
Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic · Conference presentation
October 21
2022
2022
Where Online Meets Offline: The Ethical Precarity of Virtual Education in South Korea
Innovative Pedagogies of Coexistence in a Posthuman World
Seoul National University, South Korea · Conference presentation
June 6
2022
2022
Beyond Reclaiming Space: Resilience to Ethnic Re-centering in South Korea
12th Asian Conference on Asian Studies
Tokyo, Japan · Conference presentation
2021
November 13
2021
2021
Darkening the Green Tea: Exploring South Korea’s Honjok through Race and Sex
Alone in Seoul: Urban Precarity and New Ways of Belonging in the City
Brown University, United States · Conference presentation
June 5
2021
2021
De-Orienting East Asia: Racial Exoticism and Racialization of “Heug-in” in South Korea
11th Asian Conference on Asian Studies
Tokyo, Japan (online) · Conference presentation
March 22
2021
2021
Meeting Fanon in Seoul, 2020: The Construction of “Heug-in” Mobilities and Immobilities in South Korea
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, panel on Korean Studies and Black Lives Matter
Seattle, United States · Conference presentation
2020
November 21
2020
2020
Racial Silencing and the Power of Silencing
14th Annual Conference on Asian Studies: Voiced and Voiceless in Asia
Palacký University, Czech Republic · Conference presentation
2019
October 6–8
2019
2019
8-Milin’ Identity and De-Blacking Rap Music in South Korea
Korean Hip-Hop and New Explorations of Afro-Asian Identity
University of California, Irvine, United States · Conference presentation
2015
May 8
2015
2015
A Critical Review of Immigration Policies for Marriage Migrants in South Korea
International Conference & Workshop on Marriage Migration in East Asia Revisited: Development, Culture and Policy
Seoul Human Rights Center, South Korea · Conference presentation · Co-authored with Wi Sunjun
2014
April 13
2014
2014
Reflexive Cosmopolitanism and Sexual Identity—A Study of Sexuality and Sex Along the Peripheries in South Korea
Expanding (East) Asia: Movement, Territory, Exclusion
McGill University, Canada · Conference presentation
November 11
2014
2014
Reflexive Cosmopolitanism and Sexual Identity—A Study of Sex and Sexuality in South Korea
Next-Generation Global Workshop and Conference
Kyoto University, Japan · Conference presentation
Invited lectures and talks
I’ve listed these invited lectures separately from my conference presentations.
2025
Love, Lies, and Location Data: How Race Shapes Desire on Dating Apps in South Korea
Kyushu University, Japan · December 15
2021
Blackness and Koreanness: Thinking Race and (Shadow) Representations
Seoul National University, South Korea · May 20
2018
Global Bodies and Race: A Transnational Re-Interpretation
Seoul National University, South Korea · November 14
2015
Engaging Kath Weston’s The Families We Choose in South Korea
Yonsei University, South Korea · May 29
2014
Renewing Commitment to Research Ethics and Pursuing Diversity
Seoul National University, South Korea · April 14
2013
Renegotiating Self in Societies of Sensitivity
Seoul National University, South Korea · May 15