Biography
-born and raised in Republic of Korea
-BA in Archaeology, Seoul National University, 2017
-MA in Archaeology, Seoul National University, 2020
-MPhil in Archaeology (European Prehistory track), Peterhouse, University of Cambridge, 2022
-PhD student in Archaeology at Peterhouse, University of Cambridge since October 2022
-Pony Chung Overseas Doctorate Scholarship recipient
Research
-pre-literate societies at the margins of ancient civilisations
-how prehistoric people made society and history with reference to the material and historical conditions they inhabited
-discussing long-term and large-scale trajectories, seamlessly with trivial, intimate moments of everyday practices
-employing the ideas from phenomenology, semiotics, post-structuralism and social theory for archaeological research
-making use of historical sources for archaeological research
-Hallstatt and La Tène cultures, and their relations with the Mediterranean region
-conceptualising the essence of city and urbanism
-understanding Iron Age urbanism north of the Alps (mainly in south Germany), in terms of the tension between city’s inherent centrifugal tendency and centripetal conditions
Teaching and Supervisions
Supervisor: Prof Simon Stoddart
Advisor: Prof John Robb
Other Professional Activities
-Ministry of National Defence Agency for Killed-in-action Recovery and Identification, Republic of Korea (2013-14, for military duty)
