Email: yewonh2@illinois.edu
Research Interests
Cuteness, aesthetics, affect, game, critical theory, cultural studies, cultural analysis
Recent Publications/Presentations
Puzar, Aljosa and Yewon Hong. 鈥淜orean Cuties: Understanding the Performed Winsomeness (Aegyo) of South Korean Women.鈥� Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, vol.19, no. 4, 2018: pp. 333 – 349.
Hong, Yewon and Dustin Hellberg. 鈥淭ransient Labor: Past and Present of Young Female White-collar Work Force in South Korea.鈥� The Journal of Human Studies, vol. 42, 2017, pp. 39 – 60.
“Cultural Geography of Dating in South Korea鈥檚 Urban Landscape,” 9th East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography, Daegu, South Korea.
“The End of Boredom: Introducing Fun in Workspaces in South Korea,鈥� Politics of Boredom, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Awards and Honors
Illinois Distinguished Fellowship, 2023
Fulbright Graduate Student Program Award, 2023
Horizon Fund, University of Amsterdam, 2018
What Most People Don鈥檛 Know about Me
I鈥檓 an early bird and I鈥檓 a night owl. So I鈥檓 wise and I have worms.
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