Academic Background
2022 Doctorate (Dr. phil.) in Theatre and Media Studies, University of Cologne (grade 0.7; magna cum laude) Dissertation: The Making of Modern Subjects. Public Discourses on Korean Female Spectators in the Early Twentieth Century
2018 Junior Fellow at the International Center for Korean Studies, Kyujanggak Institute, Seoul
2013 Master of Arts, Modern German Literary Studies, University of Bonn (grade 1.3; very good)
2010 Bachelor of Arts, German Studies, Seoul National University (A+) (Exchange student in Bonn, Winter Semester 2005/06 and Summer Semester 2006)
Work Experience
Apr 2026 – present Research Associate, DFG Research Impulse 115 “Cultural Memory in Crisis”, sub-project Re:Membering Asians: The Crises and Construction of Cultural Memory Using the Example of Asian Communities in Germany, TH Köln
Jun 2022 – Dec 2025 Research Associate, Collaborative Research Centre 1265 “Re-Figuration of Spaces”, sub-project B03 Smart People: Queer Everyday Practices in Digitised Spaces, TU Berlin
Oct 2019 – Jun 2022 Research Associate, Department of Japanese and Korean Studies, Institute for Oriental and Asian Studies, University of Bonn
Feb 2013 – Oct 2019 Germany Correspondent (Freelance), News Magazine Sisa Journal, Seoul. Over 120 independently researched articles and reports on German and European politics and society
May 2007 – Jul 2009 Civil Service, Shindaebang-Dong District Office, Seoul
Grants & Fellowships
Guest Lecturer (2026) Guest lecture in Korean Studies at the University of Edinburgh. European Program for the Exchange of Lecturers (EPEL). Association for Korean Studies in Europe and Korea Foundation
Publication Grant (2023) The Making of Modern Subjects: Public Discourses on Korean Female Spectators in the Early Twentieth Century (incl. open access). Academy of Korean Studies
Project Initiator (2022) Queer Korean Writing Workshop Anŭn Saram / Wir kennen uns, in collaboration with Korea Verband Berlin e.V. and Community Empowerment Intersectional (ComE In), Migrationsrat Berlin
Travel Grant Research stays in Tokyo (2015), Oxford (2016), and Seoul (2018). a.r.t.e.s. international – for all, University of Cologne
Doctoral Fellowship (Apr 2015 – Mar 2018) a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne, University of Cologne
Master’s Fellowship (Apr 2011 – Mar 2013) Funding for Master’s studies. German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Bachelor’s Fellowship (Oct 2009 – Mar 2010) Funding for Bachelor’s exchange semester. Germanistische Institutspartnerschaft, DAAD
Academic Events
Organiser (May 2025) Exploring Non-Binary Spaces: Screening and Artist Talk with Isu Kim Lee and Joreng Jung. SFB 1265
Co-Organiser (Nov 2024 – Jan 2025) SPACE TALKS: Pluralising Research Perspectives in Socio-Spatial Studies. Talks by Jayde Roberts (UNSW Sydney), Fabio Santos (FU Berlin/University of Copenhagen), Dhiren Borisa (O.P. Jindal National University), Pasang Sherpa (University of British Columbia), and Liana Chua (University of Cambridge)
Co-Panel Organiser (Oct 2024) Conflicts in Space – Spatial Conflicts. Current Research Perspectives. Organisation and moderation of the panel “Intersections and Sociospatial Conflicts” with Prof. Dr. Anna Steigemann at the 6th SFB 1265 Annual Conference, TU Berlin. Talks by Noa K. Ha (DeZIM Institut), Sung Un Gang (TU Berlin), and Iryna Ignatieva (Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute)
Organiser (Jul 2024) Unsettling Bodies: Re-Figuring Life and Spaces in Global Asia. Talks by Minwoo Jung (Loyola University) and Mihye Cho (Sungkonghoe University)
Organiser (Jun 2024) Grassroots Insurgent Feminist Urbanism in Seoul. Guest lecture by Eunseon Park (Listen to the City)
Co-Organiser (Jun 2023) Data workshop in cooperation: Digital Forms of Constituting Spaces in Urban Everyday Life with B04. Guest lectures by Promona Sengupta (FU Berlin) and Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR)
Jury & Engagements
Jury Member (2025) Strengthening the Integration of Queer Refugees and Migrants, Robert Bosch Stiftung, LSVD e.V., and Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld
Jury Member (2024) Korean Film Festival Frankfurt Newcomer Award 2024. Projekt K e.V.
Advisory Board Member (2023) Labor für Empowerment, Resilienz & Solidarisches Handeln. Coach e.V.
Jury Member (2022) German Neighbourhood Award, Thematic Jury “Diversity”. Nebenan.de Stiftung
Board Member (2015) Schwul-Lesbisches-Wohnen e.V. — Europe’s first multigenerational housing project Villa anders
Member Amnesty International University Group Bonn (2011–2014)