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Jaehyuk Lee
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Jaehyuk Lee is a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chinese and Japanese. His research examines the interplay between memory and political power, with a particular focus on the functions of literary writing within that dynamic. He investigates diverse premodern East Asian contexts, including China during the Three Kingdoms period, under Mongol rule, and late Joseon Korea. He is currently expanding his research to explore the use of premodern historical memory in contemporary media.
Education and Degrees
Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Literatures, Ohio State University (2025)
M.A. Chinese Literature, Seoul National University (2015)
B.A. Chinese Literature, Seoul National University (2013)
Selected Publications
“Romanticizing the Enforced Freedom in Qiao Ji’s ‘Songs of the Fisherman.’” Journal of Song-Yuan Studies 54, forthcoming.
“Rewriting the Symbol: Yŏngjo’s Appropriation of Guan Yu Worship in Chosŏn Court Politics.” Acta Koreana 28, no. 1 (June 2025): 25-52.
“Chaengt’uŭi changŭrosŏŭi akpusi: ‘Kohanhaeng’ŭl chungsimŭro” 의&Բ;장으롵ӄ의&Բ;악부시: 고한행을&Բ;중심으로 [Yuefu Poetry as a Field of Power Games: A Case Study of “Kuhanxing”]. ܲԲܲŏܲԳ쳦 [The Journal of Chinese Language and Literature] 84 (September 2023): 7-37.
“A Dialectic between Genres and Extension of Poetic Functions: Zhang Kejiu’s ‘Regulated Songs.’” The Journal of Chinese Literature and Culture 8, no. 1 (April 2021): 89-112.
Kangmurŭn hŭrŭgo: Lee Jaehyuk hansijip 강물읶&Բ;흐르고: 이재혁 한시집 [A River Flows: Collection of Classical Chinese Poems of Jaehyuk Lee]. P’aju: P’urŭnsasang, 2017.