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:

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
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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…