CV

Books: Riding the Korean Wave in China: The Afterlives of Korean Screen Culture (under contract with University of Michigan Press); The Spectral Screen: Media, Law, and the Historical Transformation of Screen Justice (book manuscript in progress).

Articles, chapters, reviews, translations, and public writing are listed in full on the Publications page.

• 2021–2022
  American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship
• 2020–2021
  Korea Foundation–Korea Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship
• 2019
  Association for Asian Studies Graduate Student Stipends
• 2019
  UC Irvine Office of Graduate Study External Fellowship Fee Coverage Grant
• 2018
  Korea Foundation Graduate Dissertation Fellowship
• 2018
  Conference Fellowship, International Federation of Research in Women’s History
• 2018
  Summer Dissertation Fellowship, UC Irvine
• 2017–2019
  Center for Asian Studies Graduate Research Grant, UC Irvine
• 2017
  Graduate Research Fellowship, Humanities Commons, UC Irvine
• 2017
  Summer Fellowship Award, Center for Critical Korean Studies, UC Irvine
• 2017
  Conference Travel Award, Nam Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan
• 2013
  Regents Year Scholarship, UC Irvine
• 2007–2011
  Art Major Asian Scholarship, Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism
• 2005
  Top Marks Distinguished Students Scholarship, Communication University of China

• 2023
  Poorvu Center Instructional Enhancement Award, Yale
• 2022
  ACLS Yvette and William Kirby Centennial Fellow in Chinese Studies
• 2021
  Teaching Excellence Award, Office of Undergraduate Education, Harvard
• 2019
  Modern Language Association Travel Grant Award
• 2018
  Stanford University Institute for International Studies Travel Grant Award
• 2017
  Yonsei University Most Distinguished Student Prize (Advanced-level Language Program)
• 2017
  Graduate Student Spotlight, Center for Critical Korean Studies Annual Report
• 2017
  Humanities Commons Research and Travel Award, UC Irvine
• 2010
  Seoul G20 Summit Service Award
• 2008
  Beijing Olympic Games Service Award

Selected invited talks, guest lectures, and conference presentations are listed on the Events page.

Courses at Korea University, Yale, Harvard, Stanford, and UC Irvine are listed on the Teaching page.

• 2011–2012
  Planning Executive, Hong Kong International Media Group
• 2008
  Manager Assistant & Translator, Beijing Olympic Press & Media Center

See Professional Service. Additional: co-organizer of film screening and discussion series, book talks, and workshops at UC Irvine (2014–2018); coordinator and translator, Seoul International Art Seminar (2010).

Chinese (native) · Classical Chinese (native proficiency) · Korean (near-native) · English (near-native) · Japanese (professional working proficiency)

Association for Asian Studies · Modern Language Association · Society for Cinema and Media Studies

A complete, current CV is available on request: esthertianli@gmail.com.