Doctoral Research Assistants
Tanja Eydam
Her doctoral thesis examines how the intersecting concepts of gender, race and class function to construct a national South Korean identity in a globalized, yet hierarchical world. Her analytical focus lies on public discourses on and with migrants, especially in popular multicultural television shows.
Mikah Lee
Her doctoral thesis explores contemporary online representations of South Korea, specifically on social media platforms that use English as their language medium. The research aims to shed light on the banal orientalism and underlying biases that come into play in ongoing online intercultural discourse.
Marion Wambold
Her doctoral thesis analyses the public discourse on refugees in South Korea by examining newspapers on a macro and micro level in order to detect possible shifts in relation to several notable incidents.
Ruixin Wei
Her doctoral thesis focuses on the mobility of the Korean-Chinese students (mainly the third generation) in both China and South Korea. The purpose of the research is to further the understanding of a young Korean Chinese generation, their cultural capital and the potential social mobility.