#  Mayako Liu 

KI Graduate Student Associate for AY 2026-2027

Ph.D. candidate in EALC-HEAL Japan/Korea, Harvard University

 

 

 



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 email <mayakoliu@g.harvard.edu> 

 



 

Mayako Liu is a third-year PhD candidate in History and East Asian Languages (HEAL), specializing in modern Korean and Japanese history. Her prospective dissertation topic looks at tourism as a lens into cultural representation and identity formation in colonial Korea during wartime mobilization. She approaches these issues through a cultural-historical framework, informed by gender and media studies perspectives. Her interest also extends to contemporary popular culture, where she examines how Japanese K-Pop artists negotiate and construct their transnational identities. Mayako received her BA from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan, and her AM from Regional Studies – East Asia from Harvard University.



 

 

 





 

 

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