Areum Jeong 정아름
@areum.bsky.social
👩🏻🏫 Korean film, pop culture, theatre & performance @arizonastateuni.bsky.social
📚 Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sept 2025) & K-Pop Fandom (@uofmpress.bsky.social, Feb 2026)
📧 [email protected]
📚 Beyond the Sewol (U of Hawaii Press, Sept 2025) & K-Pop Fandom (@uofmpress.bsky.social, Feb 2026)
📧 [email protected]
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Areum Jeong 정아름
@areum.bsky.social
· Aug 2
Both my books are available for pre-order now! 📚🎗️💚
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/beyond...
(All royalties will be donated to Sewol non-profits.)
press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Po...
(All royalties will be donated to non-profits focused on animal rights, environmental issues, or human rights.)
uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/beyond...
(All royalties will be donated to Sewol non-profits.)
press.umich.edu/Books/K/K-Po...
(All royalties will be donated to non-profits focused on animal rights, environmental issues, or human rights.)
Many thanks to Rebekah Buchanan for taking the time to read my K-pop book and interview me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻
The podcast episode is now available via newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-fandom
The podcast episode is now available via newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-fandom
February 11, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Many thanks to Rebekah Buchanan for taking the time to read my K-pop book and interview me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻
The podcast episode is now available via newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-fandom
The podcast episode is now available via newbooksnetwork.com/k-pop-fandom
See you soon! 🙌🏻
I will join the Korean Studies Seminar at Columbia University on February 13, 5:30 pm. If you are in the area, I would love to see you! 🙌🏻
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
See you soon! 🙌🏻
See you soon! 🙌🏻
I will give a hybrid talk on my K-pop book on February 12, 18:30 EST at The Korea Society. Hope to see you there!
For more info, please see:
www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture...
For more info, please see:
www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture...
K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today with Areum Jeong
Promoting understanding & cooperation between the U.S. & Korea, The Korea Society offers programs, events, & resources on Korean culture, policy & education
www.koreasociety.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
See you soon! 🙌🏻
See you soon! 🙌🏻
I will give a talk on my Sewol book at Rutgers University on February 10. Please feel free to drop by if you are in the area!🎗️
February 9, 2026 at 8:45 AM
See you soon! 🙌🏻
Many thanks to Rebekah Buchanan for taking the time to read and respond to my K-pop book on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! The podcast episode will be available soon. 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻
February 4, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Many thanks to Rebekah Buchanan for taking the time to read and respond to my K-pop book on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! The podcast episode will be available soon. 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻
I will join the Korean Studies Seminar at Columbia University on February 13, 5:30 pm. If you are in the area, I would love to see you! 🙌🏻
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
February 3, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I will join the Korean Studies Seminar at Columbia University on February 13, 5:30 pm. If you are in the area, I would love to see you! 🙌🏻
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
universityseminars.columbia.edu/seminar/kore...
I will present on K-pop 1st gen fan fiction at the Association for Asian Studies Pre-Conference on Korean Studies on March 11, 2026 -- if you happen to arrive in Vancouver a bit early for the main conference, feel free to drop by and listen to these fascinating talks! 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻@asianstudies.org
February 2, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I will present on K-pop 1st gen fan fiction at the Association for Asian Studies Pre-Conference on Korean Studies on March 11, 2026 -- if you happen to arrive in Vancouver a bit early for the main conference, feel free to drop by and listen to these fascinating talks! 🫶🏻🙌🏻🫰🏻@asianstudies.org
Next week!
I will give a hybrid talk on my K-pop book on February 12, 18:30 EST at The Korea Society. Hope to see you there!
For more info, please see:
www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture...
For more info, please see:
www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture...
K-Pop Fandom: Performing Deokhu from the 1990s to Today with Areum Jeong
Promoting understanding & cooperation between the U.S. & Korea, The Korea Society offers programs, events, & resources on Korean culture, policy & education
www.koreasociety.org
February 2, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Next week!
Next week!
I will give a talk on my Sewol book at Rutgers University on February 10. Please feel free to drop by if you are in the area!🎗️
February 2, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Next week!
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for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
‘Backing down isn’t an option’: Minnesota ICE shootings mobilize Americans to join ICE observer groups
The killings of Minneapolis residents Renee Good and Alex Pretti have inspired people across the US to document federal agents’ activities in their communities
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:18 PM
for over 3 weeks, I've spoken to ICE watchers and organizers across the country: first right after Renee Good's killing — then 2 weeks into my reporting, Alex Pretti was killed.
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
ICE watchers are being detained and harassed — but they're also stopping ICE abductions and inspiring others to join them
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"If the murder of Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings, turning the ultimate moral transgression upside down..." www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Crime of Witness | Fintan O’Toole
Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
www.nybooks.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"If the murder of Alex Pretti on the streets of Minneapolis cannot be called murder, an authoritarian regime has passed one of its crucial tests: it can reverse all meanings, turning the ultimate moral transgression upside down..." www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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12 Feb 6:30 eastern
Dr. #JeongAreum #정아름 is brilliant. This #booktalk discusses #Kpop #fandom and is STRONGLY recommended.
#koreasociety
info and zoom reg: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dr. #JeongAreum #정아름 is brilliant. This #booktalk discusses #Kpop #fandom and is STRONGLY recommended.
#koreasociety
info and zoom reg: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 30, 2026 at 1:04 AM
12 Feb 6:30 eastern
Dr. #JeongAreum #정아름 is brilliant. This #booktalk discusses #Kpop #fandom and is STRONGLY recommended.
#koreasociety
info and zoom reg: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Dr. #JeongAreum #정아름 is brilliant. This #booktalk discusses #Kpop #fandom and is STRONGLY recommended.
#koreasociety
info and zoom reg: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Another must read by Fintan O'Toole:
"Watchfulness is the most dangerous form of resistance because it obstructs the Trump regime’s project of habituation...(of) making the threat of arbitrary state violence routine, stitching it into the fabric of daily urban life."
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
"Watchfulness is the most dangerous form of resistance because it obstructs the Trump regime’s project of habituation...(of) making the threat of arbitrary state violence routine, stitching it into the fabric of daily urban life."
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
The Crime of Witness | Fintan O’Toole
Renée Good and Alex Pretti were murdered for daring to interfere with the Trump administration’s efforts to normalize abductions and state violence.
www.nybooks.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Another must read by Fintan O'Toole:
"Watchfulness is the most dangerous form of resistance because it obstructs the Trump regime’s project of habituation...(of) making the threat of arbitrary state violence routine, stitching it into the fabric of daily urban life."
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
"Watchfulness is the most dangerous form of resistance because it obstructs the Trump regime’s project of habituation...(of) making the threat of arbitrary state violence routine, stitching it into the fabric of daily urban life."
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
January 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Street art memorializing Alex Pretti in Seattle. Per r/Seattle, it was painted on a building facing Swedish Hospital in the First Hill neighborhood www.reddit.com/r/nursing/co...
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Many thanks to everyone who attended! And a big thank you to the discussants who took the time to read and respond to my book! 💛
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Many thanks to everyone who attended! And a big thank you to the discussants who took the time to read and respond to my book! 💛
Reposted by Areum Jeong 정아름
January 27, 2026 at 11:08 PM
주말에 서울 갔다온 김에 책 두 권 데려옴 📚
문화예술계 블랙리스트 사태의 전말, 한번 물면 살점 떨어질 때까지 / 김미도
그날은 못 갔는데 오늘은 가야겠다 - 엑스 세대와 엑스 쓰는 세대가 함께 쓴 광장 연대기 / 임은경
문화예술계 블랙리스트 사태의 전말, 한번 물면 살점 떨어질 때까지 / 김미도
그날은 못 갔는데 오늘은 가야겠다 - 엑스 세대와 엑스 쓰는 세대가 함께 쓴 광장 연대기 / 임은경
January 27, 2026 at 5:24 PM
주말에 서울 갔다온 김에 책 두 권 데려옴 📚
문화예술계 블랙리스트 사태의 전말, 한번 물면 살점 떨어질 때까지 / 김미도
그날은 못 갔는데 오늘은 가야겠다 - 엑스 세대와 엑스 쓰는 세대가 함께 쓴 광장 연대기 / 임은경
문화예술계 블랙리스트 사태의 전말, 한번 물면 살점 떨어질 때까지 / 김미도
그날은 못 갔는데 오늘은 가야겠다 - 엑스 세대와 엑스 쓰는 세대가 함께 쓴 광장 연대기 / 임은경
In a few hours!🎗️
I will give a talk on my Sewol book on January 27, 21:00 UTC via the Memory Studies Association's online event series. Very grateful to have Dr. Juyeon Bae and Dr. Ksenia Chmutina as the discussants!
For more info, please see: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/event/beyond...
For more info, please see: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/event/beyond...
Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in South Korea and the Diaspora
On April 16, 2014, the Sewol ferry capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea, killing 304 people, including 250 students. The helplessness that many Koreans and others felt at the sinking was...
www.memorystudiesassociation.org
January 27, 2026 at 5:08 PM
In a few hours!🎗️
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January 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
I will give a talk on my Sewol book at Rutgers University on February 10. Please feel free to drop by if you are in the area!🎗️
January 23, 2026 at 8:40 PM
I will give a talk on my Sewol book at Rutgers University on February 10. Please feel free to drop by if you are in the area!🎗️
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제주4·3사건 당시 행방불명된 희생자 7명이 70여년 만에 이름을 되찾았습니다. 대구형무소에 수감됐다가 한국전쟁 시기 경북 경산 코발트광산에서 학살당한 희생자의 신원도 처음으로 확인됐습니다.
70여년 만에 이름 찾은 4·3희생자…제주도, 7명 신원 확인
제주4·3사건 당시 행방불명된 희생자 7명이 70여년 만에 이름을 되찾았다. 대구형무소에 수감됐다가 한국전쟁 시기 경북 경산 코발트광산에서 학살당한 희생자의 신원도 처음으로 확인됐다. 제주도는 지난해 유해발굴·유전자감식 사업을 통해 육지 형무소에서 행방불명된 희생자 5
www.hani.co.kr
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
제주4·3사건 당시 행방불명된 희생자 7명이 70여년 만에 이름을 되찾았습니다. 대구형무소에 수감됐다가 한국전쟁 시기 경북 경산 코발트광산에서 학살당한 희생자의 신원도 처음으로 확인됐습니다.
Next week!🎗️
I will give a talk on my Sewol book on January 27, 21:00 UTC via the Memory Studies Association's online event series. Very grateful to have Dr. Juyeon Bae and Dr. Ksenia Chmutina as the discussants!
For more info, please see: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/event/beyond...
For more info, please see: www.memorystudiesassociation.org/event/beyond...
Beyond the Sewol: Activist Theatre and Performance in South Korea and the Diaspora
On April 16, 2014, the Sewol ferry capsized off the southwestern coast of South Korea, killing 304 people, including 250 students. The helplessness that many Koreans and others felt at the sinking was...
www.memorystudiesassociation.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Next week!🎗️
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Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)