Talks and Conferences
Invited Presentations:
2019 “Treaties of 1882-1899 between Choson Koraa and Qing China: How the Qing’s domestic crisis affected the use of International Law,” University of Arizona, School of Sociology Colloquium speaker
2014 “Gender Inequality in Work and Income,” Bard High School Early College-Newark
2014 “Gender in East Asia,” University of Southern California, East Asian Studies course
2013 “The Korean Exception: How Sovereignty led to Colonization,” University of Southern California, Department of Sociology
2013 “Varieties of Imperialism in 19th century Korea: Presenting law in colonial studies through treaty relations with the United States, China, and Japan,” University of Southern California Rising Stars of Korean Studies Conference
2008 "Geopolitical Networks and Religious Conversion in Early Twentieth Century East Asia," (with Danielle Kane) Cornell Colloquium East Asian Studies
Selected Conference Presentations:
“Interpreting the Maritime and Overland Trade Regulations of 1882 between Chosŏn and the Qing: How the Qing’s Domestic Crisis affected the Use of International Law,” Social Science History Association, paper session, Phoenix, AZ November 2018
"Varieties of Cultural Imperialism in 19th century Korea,” Social Science History Association, paper session, Chicago, IL November 2013
“Varieties of Imperialism,” American Sociological Association, Denver, CO August 2012
“Korean Treaty Ports in the 19th century,” Social Science History Association, Chicago, IL November 2011
"Treaty ports Open for Trade: 19th Century Changes in East Asia” American Sociological Association, refereed roundtable, annual meeting Atlanta, GA August 2010
“Treaty Ports Open for Trade” Social Science History Association, paper session, annual meeting Long Beach, CA November 2009 and Chicago, CA November 2010
“From Suzerainty to Sovereignty,” American Sociological Association annual meetings, historical sociology regular session, San Francisco, CA, August 2009
“Treaties as an Event,” Social Science History Association, paper session, annual meeting Miami, FL, October 2008
“The Geopolitical Context of the Rise of Christianity: The Case of Korea," (with Danielle Kane) Cornell University Sociology Mini-Conference, Ithaca, NY, October 2007
“Musical Theater as a High Art,” 2006. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings, cultures roundtable, also presided over student roundtable on “When Competing Interests Collide: Reconstructing Humanitarianism, Religion, and Capitalism” in Montreal, Canada, August 2006.
“The Geopolitical Context of the Rise of Christianity: The Case of Korea," (paper written with Danielle Kane) Columbia Graduate Students’ East Asia Conference, New York, NY, February 2006
“The Geopolitical Context of the Rise of Christianity: The Case of Korea," 2005 (with Danielle Kane). Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society annual meetings, religion section panel session, Washington D.C., March 2005. Also presented at the 15th annual graduate student conference on East Asia, New York, NY, February 2006.
“Value and Money in Simmelian Formulation,” 2004. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings, economic cultures roundtable, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005.
“Recorder Playing and Reifying Status: How Amateur Musicians Form Symbolic Boundaries,” 2003 Paper presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings, student session panel, San Francisco, CA, August 2004