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Se-Mi Oh is an Associate Professor specializing in Modern Korean History, located at the University of Michigan. Holding a Ph.D. from Columbia University, her research spans cultural history and visual studies, particularly focusing on the ways history interacts with space. She investigates urban humanities and the visual/textual manifestations of cities as reflections of historical reality. Her latest monograph, "City Sediments: History of Seoul in the Age of Colonialism" published by Stanford University Press in 2023, delves into the complex dynamics of Japanese colonialism in Seoul, exploring how its architectural and sensory environments articulate a new model of modernity while constructing a sedimentary historical narrative. Se-Mi's forthcoming project, "Han River: Story of Urban Planning Ecology," critically engages with the ecological transformations of the Han River, a central hydrological feature in Seoul, linking it with broader national developmental narratives that aim to rewrite and restore historical and ecological landscapes. In her teaching, Professor Oh emphasizes cultural studies of modern and contemporary Korea, offering undergraduate and graduate courses that incorporate both textual and non-textual materials, exploring urban practices and visual cultures in Korea and North Korea.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science