The 2023 AAS-in-Asia conference was held at Kyungpook National University in Daegu, South Korea under the theme of “Memory, Preservation, and Documentation.” Before presenting my research on the mediatization of transnational memories of the Japanese Empire at the conference, I was able to visit four museums of military sexual slavery in Korea with a Korea Institute Graduate Summer Research Travel Grant.

The four...

The Ewha-Harvard Summer School exchange program was an incredible experience that I am grateful to have had the opportunity to participate in. Academically, both courses—the Korean 120A language course and the S-1763 North Korean Government course—were equally interesting and fulfilling. I appreciated taking the Korean course first as it allowed me to become more comfortable speaking the language and better acclimating to living in Korea. The courses were not extremely time-consuming and afforded ample time for weekend trips and exploration around the city.

For me, one of the...

This summer, I had the opportunity to go to Korea for a month for the Seoul National University International Summer Program (SNU ISP). I took two courses (one for credit and one just for fun): International Relations and Peace Building in the Korean Peninsula & Arts, Media, and Culture in the Korean Diaspora. I enjoyed both courses; the former catered explicitly to my interests, especially when exploring North Korean human rights issues and reunification challenges. The latter was also interesting as we explored the global influences of Korea and the Korean diaspora worldwide. These...