Introduction

• Educational
• 1987. 02 Bachelor of German Language and Literature, Ewha Womans University
• 1994.02 Master of Philosophy, Ewha Womans University
• 2005. 10 Doctor of Philosophy, Frankfurt Goethe University
• Career
• Since 2008, Professor in the Institute for Urban Humanities
• Research
• social philosophy/ feminist philosophy

Academic activities

• Prof. Hyun-Jae Lee received her doctorate in philosophy from Frankfurt Goethe University in 2005. Her doctoral thesis was to analyze the concept of identity from the perspective of feminism and recognition theory. As professor in the Institute for Urban Humanities at University of Seoul, she has focused her studies on contemporary urbanism and new materialism from gender perspective. Recently, she writes and lectures extensively on the Korean Feminism. Previous publications include Women's Identity (2007) and After Misogyny, The Abject We Met (2016).