Yu Xie
KI Graduate Student Associate for AY 2026-2027
Ph.D. student in History and East Asian Languages and Civilizations-HEAL/Korea, Harvard University
CGIS South Building, Room S454, 1730 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02138
Yu Xie studies the legal history of pre-modern Korea. She received her B.A. in Korean Language and Literature from Peking University and her M.A. in Korean History from Seoul National University. Her master’s thesis focused on death penalty cases involving mental illness in late Chosŏn. Yu aims to further explore the strategic maneuvering between the state and subjects on trial in her future study. She also has a strong interest in Korea’s historical connections with China, particularly the application of Ming code and the legal status of Ming migrants in Chosŏn Korea.