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Todd Henry is a specialist in modern Korea, focusing on the period of Japanese rule (1910-1945) and the postcolonial afterlives from 1945 onward. He is a social and cultural historian who examines how global forces shape lived spaces and studies cross-border processes linking South Korea, North Korea, and Japan. His academic work critiques Euro-American-centric approaches to queerness and explores the historical and contemporary dynamics of gender, sexuality, and capitalism in these contexts. Henry's book 'Assimilating Seoul' won the 2020 Sejong Book Prize and analyzes the contested role of public spaces in colonial Korea. He is currently working on monographs that explore queer media, medical citizenship, and the ideologies surrounding gender variance in South Korea. As an instructor at UCSD, he teaches courses in various locations globally and is dedicated to collaborating with students and scholars to foster historical understanding in contemporary contexts. Henry's research appears in various journals and edited volumes, and he has produced films documenting queer culture in South Korea.
University of California San Diego • La Jolla, CA, USA
Teaching and conducting research in modern Korean history, Critical Gender Studies, and Cultural Studies.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).