About Leslie Hickman

I am a writer and graduate of Yonsei University’s Graduate School of International Studies, which is located in Seoul, South Korea. I hold an MA in Korean Studies and a BA in Anthropology, and I am preparing for Ph.D. applications in Anthropology with a geographic focus on the Korean peninsula. I worked for Yonsei’s student-run magazine as a writer, during which I wrote articles about various issues in Korea, conducted interviews, and participated in podcasts, and I currently co-host a podcast called Mix Coffee wherein a friend and I discuss Korean culture and our experiences living abroad.

Leslie Hickman is a translator and writer who earned her MA in Korean Studies from Yonsei University. On Twitter.

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NBN Episodes hosted by Leslie:

Youngna Kim, "Korean Art Since 1945: Challenges and Changes" (Brill, 2024)

June 8, 2024

Korean Art Since 1945: Challenges and Changes

Youngna Kim
Hosted by Leslie Hickman

In this beautiful new book, Dr. Youngna Kim draws on her vast understanding of Korean art to provide an overview of the peninsula’s contemporary art s…

SunAh M. Laybourn, "Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants" (NYU Press, 2024)

March 27, 2024

Out of Place

SunAh M. Laybourn
Hosted by Leslie Hickman

Dr. SunAh M. Laybourn’s Out of Place: The Lives of Korean Adoptee Immigrants (NYU Press, 2024) explores the experiences of Korean adoptees, the larges…

Andrew David Jackson, "The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea" (Edinburgh UP, 2023)

January 30, 2024

The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea

Andrew David Jackson
Hosted by Leslie Hickman

Dr. Andy Jackson’s The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea (Edinburgh University Press, 2024) examines an unexplo…

Stephanie K. Kim, "Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul" (MIT Press, 2023)

November 12, 2023

Constructing Student Mobility

Stephanie K. Kim
Hosted by Leslie Hickman

Constructing Student Mobility: How Universities Recruit Students and Shape Pathways between Berkeley and Seoul (MIT Press, 2023) challenges the popul…

Chuyun Oh, "K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social Media" (Routledge, 2022)

August 28, 2023

K-pop Dance

Chuyun Oh
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
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K-pop Dance: Fandoming Yourself on Social Media (Routledge, 2022) is about K-pop dance and the evolution and presence of its dance fandom on social me…

Olga Fedorenko, "Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads" (U Hawaii Press, 2022)

August 5, 2023

Flower of Capitalism

Olga Fedorenko
Hosted by Leslie Hickman

An ethnography of advertising in postmillennial South Korea, Flower of Capitalism: South Korean Advertising at a Crossroads (U Hawaii Press, 2022) det…

Suk-Young Kim, "Surviving Squid Game: A Guide to K-Drama, Netflix, and Global Streaming Wars" (Applause Books, 2023)

July 5, 2023

Surviving Squid Game

Suk-Young Kim
Hosted by Leslie Hickman
Listen:

In Surviving Squid Game: A Guide to K-Drama, Netflix, and Global Streaming Wars (Applause Books, 2023), scholar Suk-Young Kim reflects on Netflix's mo…