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Professor, poet, scholar, parent Work on global 19th c. lit, romanticism, Asian American lit, K-culture 🇰🇷, and creative writing Books: Romanticism and the Poetics of Orientation, Body Facts: Poems www.joeyskim.com
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Book Reviewers for the JAEH Needed If you are interested in reviewing books for the Journal of American Ethnic History, please complete the volunteer reviewer form (iehs.org/review-books...) or send your contact information and areas of expertise to Omar Valerio-Jiménez at [email protected].

Channeling my rage into Korean American research today 😡

Each of us can do what we can.

“Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure, does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity and fear.” -James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

We’re hiring! Apply to join our team as the new Marketing & Events Manager by the end of this month. Learn more: www.carcanet.co.uk/careers/

And we're back! My latest in the Chronicle is now live: "How to Promote Your Scholarly Book," ft Libra-coded advice such as "use social media" & "or don't use social media." No doubt other publishers will have lots of tidbits to add. Pls share/reach out for a PDF. www.chronicle.com/article/how-...

SAVE THE DATE! BARS Digital Symposium: Expanding Queer Romanticisms 25th July 2025, 3pm - 6.15pm BST View the programme at the link below ⤵️ www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6045

Lee Jae-myung, leader of South Korea's main liberal party, has won the country's presidential election, following months of political turmoil after the last president was impeached.

A FUNNY THING will be out this Thursday, June 5! Ask your libraries to order it! If you read it, tell me which parts made you laugh!!

My friend Patrick G. Lee is seeking funding to finish his amazing feature-length documentary of queer trans life in Seoul. I've been talking about it with him for years, it is exciting to see it so close to done. Please consider a pledge. seedandspark.com/fund/kqt#story

I’m co-organizing this proposed panel, “The Latinx-Asian Commons,” for @c19americanists.bsky.social 2026 conference with @ayendy.bsky.social! Please consider submitting, and please share widely! Due 8/1

Excited to be presenting my paper, “Satire and Complicity in Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Disorientation” tomorrow at the American Comparative Literature Association conference! Thank you to Shirl Yang & Jennifer Y Pan for organizing our seminar, “Complicit Figures, Complicit Forms.” 🙏🏼

I’m co-organizing this proposed panel, “The Latinx-Asian Commons,” for @c19americanists.bsky.social 2026 conference with @ayendy.bsky.social! Please consider submitting, and please share widely! Due 8/1

Can’t wait for the Toledo references!

My book is now out in paperback! You can get an additional 30% off with code PAPER30, too! edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-romanti...

The National Association for Black Engagement with Asia #NABEA has officially launched in South Korea! 🇰🇷 If you’re Black expat looking for community in Korea, check out usnabea.org to learn about our network and opportunities!

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

150% TARIFFS ON ALL MEETINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL

Tenure looks good on you @ayendy.bsky.social! Celebrating you today and always 🥳🙏🏼❤️

In an executive order, President Trump directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS, the nation's primary public broadcasters.

Today ACLS, AHA, and MLA filed a lawsuit in federal district court seeking to reverse the recent actions to devastate the National Endowment for the Humanities, including the elimination of grant programs, staff, and entire divisions and programs. bit.ly/4lWubq5

South Korean politics is eventful to begin with, people say “dynamic Korea” for a reason. But even by those standards, things have been wild. The past few months, Korean friends have been joking to me that the events since December could be a riveting Netflix series. I’d binge it, honestly

Ryan Coogler's “Sinners” is a supernatural celebration of Black history, music, culture all taking place in Smoke and Stack's juke joint. But did you know “juke” comes from the Gullah word “jug” or “juk” meaning rowdy or disorderly? #Sinners #Gullah #Geechee # BlackHistory

Finally updated my Blackademics starter pack, now including Katherine McKittrick, Imani Perry and others. Grad students and other scholars: follow the #Blackademics feed to participate in the conversation. Thanks as always to @rudyfraser.com for hosting us on Blacksky!!! go.bsky.app/SSc7tNL

The Senate Faculty Council at Ohio State have voted to join the Big Ten Mutual Defense Compact. 💪

Congrats, my love!!!!!! 🎉🥳🙏🏼😍

Friends, I'm excited to share that my book, Romanticism and the Poetics of Orientation, is now available to preorder in paperback! You can get an additional 30% off with code PAPER30, and the book comes out next month 🙏🏼: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-romanti...

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The paid version of ChatGPT will happily make Studio Ghibli images. The free version tells you it can't because it's copyrighted. Doesn't seem great! www.businessinsider.com/openai-studi...

Lovely birthday surprise to see my poemas in the new issue of Latino Literatures - A Cultural and Literary Journal: www.latinoliteratures.org/archives/2359

Join us! It’d be great to have you as a colleague. careers.utoledo.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Happy birthday to my one and only @ayendy.bsky.social! Grateful for your continued health, support, brilliance, care, and fortitude. 🙏🏼❤️

I'm excited to announce that my dept. is hiring a Comp/ELL Lecturer with a start date of fall 2025! DM me with any questions. Review begins immediately, and you can apply here: bit.ly/41MsH8q

A 21-year-old Columbia University student who has lived in the United States since she was a child sued President Trump and other high-ranking administration officials on Monday after immigration officials tried to arrest and deport her. Yunseo Chung participated in a Barnard sit-in this month.

Look what I got in the mail today! Congrats and thank you @zarielle.bsky.social!

Tao on Tour Part Two! My book is out in the world and taking me on an amazing journey.

Gaza death toll breaks 50,000 mark : NPR www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...

Today, March 20, UToledo students protested against Ohio Senate Bill 1 and House Bill 6 on Centennial Mall at the UT main campus.

My dear friend Steven Trasher, author of the VIRAL success The Viral Underclass, was denied tenure at Northwestern. This is after he was found innocent of all the false accusations against him. This act of political oppression should horrify us all. I stand with Steven!

Yi Hwaja (이화자) was a Korean singer active during the colonial era, who was known for her contributions to early popular music influenced by modern styles, particularly by jazz and western popular music, introduced through Japan's modernization efforts.

🚨 URGENT ACTION🚨 Protest SB1 on March 19 at 1:30 pm SB1 is going to the House for a vote if it's reported out of committee after the 9 a.m. proponent hearing on Wednesday. A full Ohio House debate is expected at the 2 pm session. Read about the bill at www.legislature.ohio.gov/legislation/....