Below is a list of academic activities which I have accomplished.
Published Papers
Transgression within limitations: The increasing agency of the female athlete in DPRK video, East Asian Journal of Popular Culture, 2026.
Masters Thesis: The Evolution of Basketball in the DPRK: Factors of Ascendancy and Decline/북조선 농구의 발전: 우월성과 감소의 요인, Korea University, 2023. Download Below:
Lectures
Football in the DPR Korea: Propaganda vs. Practicality (Lecture for the European Centre of North Korean Studies), University of Vienna, June 2025
Academic Conferences
조선민주주의인민공화국 체육교육 정책 담론 -시대 구분 중심으로 (Presentation for The 16th ISKS International Conference of Korean Studies), National University of Mongolia, August 2025
Reflecting on the Chollima Movement: How Landmark Athletics Reforms Boosted Mass Mobilisation (Presentation for Reflections on the North Conference at the University of Sheffield), March 2025
The Birth of North Korean Women’s Football: Focusing on Historical Factors and International Influence (Presentation for 2025 IKSU Annual International Conference: The Korean Peninsula and Other Divided Nations), University of Central Lancashire, February 2025
Finding Similarities and Differences between Athletics in Korea under Japanese Rule and Early North Korea (Presentation for Annual Conference on Asian Studies 2024 at Palacky University Olomouc), November 2024
Transgression within Limitations: The Increasing Agency of the Female Athlete in North Korean Video (Presentation for Transgressive Women in East Asian Screen Cultures), University of Cardiff, May 2024