Seungyeon Lee

Contact

• workRoom EA09 Building E
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• Seungyeon.Lee@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Dr. Seungyeon Lee is a passionate language teacher and scholar researching Korean culture. She teaches Korean language modules in the Language Centre. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dr. Lee serves as the Director of the Language Centre, where she leads, oversees and manages the development and implementation of language programs, cultural activities and other initiatives. She is also a member of Malaysian Scholars on Korea (MASK) Network.

Dr. Lee successfully defended her dissertation titled: "Social Dynamics of Desire in Contemporary South Korea: An Analysis of The Handmaiden and Burning," earning her Ph.D. at the Department of English Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Seoul. Prior to her doctoral studies, she earned her MA in International Studies at the same university. Dr. Lee holds a certificate for teaching Korean as a foreign language (Level 3), and a certificate for teaching English at secondary schools in South Korea (Level 2). Her passion for language teaching was ignited during her undergraduate studies in English Language and Literature at the Catholic University of Daegu.

Teaching Summary

She convenes Korean language modules.

Research Summary

Her research interest lies in cultural studies: postcolonialism, psychoanalysis, and the link between language/culture and identity.

Selected Publications

• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2018. From Victorian England to Colonial Korea: Desire and Subversion in Chan-wook Park’s Ah-ga-ssi (The Handmaiden). In: SHARMANI PATRICIA GABRIEL and NICHOLAS O. PAGAN, eds., Literature, Memory, Hegemony. Palgrave Macmillan. 77-89
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2017. DAMUNHWA (MULTICULTURALISM) AND SEGYEHWA (GLOBALIZATION) IN SOUTH KOREA: AN UNEQUAL EXCHANGE SARJANA. 32(1), 37-45
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2015. Rhetoric of Tradition in Multicultural/Globalized Societies 동서비교문학저널. 247-266
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2014. Rhetoric of the Korean Diaspora: Critical Reflection on the Analysis of Grain in Ear and Desert Dream. 인문연구. 203-226

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• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2018. From Victorian England to Colonial Korea: Desire and Subversion in Chan-wook Park’s Ah-ga-ssi (The Handmaiden). In: SHARMANI PATRICIA GABRIEL and NICHOLAS O. PAGAN, eds., Literature, Memory, Hegemony. Palgrave Macmillan. 77-89
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2017. DAMUNHWA (MULTICULTURALISM) AND SEGYEHWA (GLOBALIZATION) IN SOUTH KOREA: AN UNEQUAL EXCHANGE SARJANA. 32(1), 37-45
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2015. Rhetoric of Tradition in Multicultural/Globalized Societies 동서비교문학저널. 247-266
• LEE, SEUNG YEON, 2014. Oriental Imagery and Female Victimhood in Nora Okja Kellers Comfort Woman 영어영문학 21. 27(2), 333-349
• LEE, SEUNGYEON, 2014. Rhetoric of the Korean Diaspora: Critical Reflection on the Analysis of Grain in Ear and Desert Dream. 인문연구. 203-226