Assistant Professor in Modern Korean History
Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
University of California, Los Angeles
268-A Royce Hall
Los Angeles CA 90095-1540
(310) 794-2666
nlee@humnet.ucla.edu

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Modern Korean History, University of Chicago, June 2001
M.A., Modern Korean History, University of Chicago, December 1990
B.A., Modern European History, University of Chicago, June 1984

PUBLICATIONS

"Y|ksa, iron mit minjok kukka: Asia hak¡i ch|eg¡n ¡i ironj|k tonghyang" [History, Theory, and Nation: The Recent Theoretical Development in the Asian Field], forthcoming in Ji-Hyun Lim, ed., Kuksa ¡i hach'aer¡l hyanghay| [Deconstructing national history] (Seoul: Hyum|nist, 2004).

"Between Indeterminacy and Radical Critique: Madang-g¡k, Ritual, and Protest," in Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique (Winter 2003).

"Anti-Communism, North Korea, and Human Rights in South Korea: 'Orientalist' Discourse and Construction of South Korean Identity," in Mark Bradley, editor, Truth Claims: Representation and Human Rights (New Directions in International Studies, Rutgers University Press, 2002).

"The South Korean Student Movement: 'Undongkw|n' as a Counterpublic Space,"
in Charles Armstrong, editor, Civil Society in South Korea (New York: Routledge, 2002).

"Making Minjung Subjectivity: Crisis of Subjectivity and Rewriting History, 1960-1988," (Ph.D. diss., University of Chicago, 2001).

COURSES TAUGHT AT UCLA

180C. Cultural History of Korea: Since 1876. (4)
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 50. Knowledge of Korean not required. Examination of evolution of Korean culture and society within context of political and institutional industry. Consideration of both higher and popular culture. P/NP or letter grading.

197B. Seminar: Contemporary Korean Society and Culture. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 177 or 180C. Selected topics in modern Korean history. Letter grading.

198. Honors Research in East Asian Languages and Cultures. (4)
(Formerly numbered 199H.) Tutorial, to be arranged. Preparation: one undergraduate departmental seminar. Limited to juniors/seniors. Tutorial in which students develop and write honors theses under direction of faculty member. Individual contract required. Letter grading.

211. Thought and Society in Modern Korea. (4)
Discussion, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of Korean. Designed for graduate students. Critical examination of list of books central to field of modern Korean history, including such topics as Korean capitalism and communism, intellectual history, social movements, and the Korean War.

296A. Seminar: Topics in Modern Korean Cultural History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of Korean. Designed for graduate students. Graduate research seminar on selected topics in modern Korean history. In Progress grading.

296B. Seminar: Topics in Modern Korean Cultural History. (4)
Seminar, three hours. Preparation: reading knowledge of Korean. Designed for graduate students. Graduate research seminar on selected topics in modern Korean history. Letter grading.

596. Directed Individual Studies . (2 to 4)
S/U grading.

597. Preparation for M.A. Comprehensive Examination or Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations . (4 to 8)
S/U grading.

599. Research for and Preparation of Ph.D. Dissertation . (4 to 8)
S/U grading.