Sung Soo Lee

Sung Soo Lee

First Name: 
Sung Soo
Last Name: 
Lee
Title: 
PhD Candidate
Office Location : 
Robarts Library, #14-222A
Biography : 

Sung Soo Lee is a PhD student in modern Korean history. She received her M.A. in North Korean Studies from Ewha Womans University (2016) and B.A. in English Language and Literature from Yonsei University (2013). Her research focuses on the postcolonial socialist projects of electrical infrastructure in North Korea during the early Cold War, with allied interests in everyday life, material culture, women and gender, and urban space. Her work has been supported by the Connaught International Scholarship and Pony Chung Humanities Scholarship.

Education: 
MA, North Korean Studies, Ewha Womans University
BA, English Language and Literature, Yonsei University

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Areas of Interest: 
  • Modern Korean History and North Korea
  • Global Cold War and Postcolonial East Asia
  • Science and Technology, and Energy Infrastructure

Program:

Dissertation Supervisors: 
Andre Schmid
Presentations: 
“Towards Socialist Cultural Village!: Rural Electrification in Cold War North Korea” at New Perspectives in Energy History Conference, Environmental History at Yale, Yale University, USA, March 2, 2024.
“Conquering Nature with Electrical Infrastructure: Irrigation System in Cold War North Korea” at Graduate Student Research and Publication Workshop, GW Institute for Korean Studies, The George Washington University, USA, February 9-10, 2024.
“The Promise of Electrical Infrastructure: Sup’ung Hydroelectric Power Plant in Cold War North Korea” at Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Boston, USA, March 16-19, 2023.