korean PROGRAM
WELCOME TO PROF. JEONG-IL LEE'S WEBPAGE
Education
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, East Asian Languages & Cultures, 2007
- M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, East Asian Languages & Cultures, 1999
- B.A., Korea University, History and Education, History and Education (Western major), 1993
Dissertation Title
"Universality, Civilization, and Politics in Late Chosŏn Korea: 1600-1800."
Academic/Research Specialization
Korean Intellectual and cultural history & East Asian Classics/thought; premodern Korean History; Chosŏn period
Teaching Experience
- Adjunct Professor, Foreign Languages and Humanities at Los Angeles City College, Fall 2007
- Lecturer, Foreign Languages and Humanities at Los Angeles City College, Fall 2006
- Lecturer, Korean Cultural Center, 2004-present
- Teaching Assistant/Associate/Fellow, UCLA, 1997-2004
- Lecturer, Korean University, 2000-2002
Conferences
- Presenter, “Engaging the Late Ming in Chosŏn Korea”November 2007, Korea Colloquia Sponsored by Korea Studies Program at the University of Washington-Seattle
- Presenter, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, September 2007
- Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies/University of Utah, Panel 6: Hegemonies and Their Discontents in Korean and Japanese History, “Kija with Qizi: Re-packing Antiquity and Civilization in Late Chosŏn Korea”
- Presenter, UCLA and Korean University, February 2007, Graduate Student Workshop in the Korean Humanities, “Re-patterning China and Domesticating Civilization: Politics of Universality in Late Chosŏn Korea”
- Discussant, UCLA Center for Korean Studies, December 2006,Symposium on Historical Perspectives on Governmental Innovation in Korea, “Government Innovation in Late Chosŏn,” Eugene Y. Park (Assistant Professor, UC Irvine)
- Presenter, World Congress of Korea Studies, October 2006, Cultural Interaction with Korea: From Silk Road to Korean Wave/Cheju National University, Pre-modern Korea: “Staging Universality and Civilization in Late Chosŏn Korea”
- Presenter, Translating Universals: Theory Moves Across Asia, UCLA, Winter 2005, Morning Panel : Asian Universals, “Engaging The Universal in Late Chosŏn Korea”
- Panel Organizer and Presenter, Fall 2003, Western Conference of the Association for Asian Studies/Arizona State University, Panel 18: China in Pre-modern Korea – A Historical Perspective, “Chinese Antiquity in Self-Identity of Late Chosŏn Elites”
Academic Honors
- Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA, Fall 2005
- Freeman Grant – 'Taking New Research on Asia into the Undergraduate Classroom,' UCLA, Winter 2005
- The Quality of Graduate Education Summer Writing Fellowships, UCLA, Summer 2003-4
- Confucian Fellowship, Department of History, UCLA, Spring 2003-5
Languages
Classical Chinese/Japanese/Chinese/Korean/English