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Laam Hae

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Department of Politics

Associate Professor
MA coordinator, Graduate Program in Politics (polsma@yorku.ca)

Office: Ross Building, S604
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 30081
Email: lhae@yorku.ca; polsma@yorku.ca (for inquiries related to the MA program in Politics)

Accepting New Graduate Students

Degrees

PhD, Syracuse University
MA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research Interests

, Radical urban politics and social movements in North America and South Korea, Urban political economy, Neoliberal urbanization, Gentrification, Decolonial thoughts, Socialist feminism, Critical geographic thoughts

Current Research Projects


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Childcare Co-ops and Participatory Community Planning in South Korea

    Summary:

    This project interrogates the transformative possibility of childcare co-op projects that some progressive faction in South Korea have developed as part of their community based activism. I will examine how issues of social reproduction and gender division of labor are contested and reconciled in these projects.

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Books

Publication
Year

Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), 2019, On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. 2012. *The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York City*. Routledge

2012

Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Hae, L. and R. Orzeck, 2024, “Nicholas Blomley,” in Hubbard, P., Rob Kitchin, and Gill Valentine (eds.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place. Sage Publications.

2024

Hae, L., 2019, "Against the Construction State: Korean Pro-Greenbelt Activism as Method," in Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Locations as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. and Song, J. 2019, "Introduction: Core Location, Asia as Method and a Relational Understanding of Places," in Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. 2018, "Translating a Fast Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Critical Urban Studies in South Korea." in Doucette, J. and BG Park (eds.), Developmentalist Cities? Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia. Brill.

2018

Hae, L., 2007, “Dancing in New York City: The Cabaret Law, Alternative Cultures and Neoliberal Urbanism,” in Morgan, B. (ed.) , The Intersection of Rights and Regulation: New Directions in Sociolegal Scholarship, New York: Ashgate

2007

Book Reviews

Publication
Year

Hae, L., 2022, “Book Review of Stitching the 24 hour City: Life, Labour, and the Problem of Speed in Seoul,” Urban Studies, 59 (14): 3035–3038.

2022

Hae, L., 2017, “Review of Shanghai Nightlife: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(1)

2017

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Doucette, J. & L. Hae. "The politics of post-developmentalist expertise: Progressive movements, strategic localism, and urban governance in Seoul." Urban Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.2003587

2021

Orzeck, R. and L. Hae, 2019, "Restructuring Legal Geography." Progress in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519848637

2019

Hae, L., 2018, Traveling Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Urban Studies in South Korea. Critical Sociology, 44 (3): 533–546.

2018

Hae, L. 2013, “Seeing Cities Through Dialectics: Social Mix.” Walkable City. November/December, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: the Broken Windows theory and CPTED.” Walkable City. September/October, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: Introduction.” Walkable City, July/August, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L. 2011. "Dilemmas of the Nightlife Fix: Post-Industrialization and the Gentrification of Nightlife in New York City." Urban Studies. 48(16): 3444 - 3460.

2011

Hae, L., 2011, "Gentrification and Politicization of Nightlife in New York City" Acme: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 10(3)

2011

Hae, L., 2011, “Rights to Spaces for Social Dancing in New York City: A Question of Urban Rights,” Urban Geography. 32(1)

2011

Hae, L., 2010, “Privatization of Public Space, and Why We Should Rethink Introducing Montreal’s Underground City to Seoul” Sustainable City, September/October, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean)

2010

Hae, L., 2008, “Who is Imagining Pan-East Asian Culture?” Relay: A Socialist Project Review 94: 40-43.

2008

Hae, L., 2006, “Arts in the Hands of Real Estate Development in New York City,” Sustainable City, March/April, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean)

2006


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6000 3.0 A M.A. Colloquium SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/POLS4185 6.0 A Culture and Communication SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6999 6.0 A M.A. Major Research Paper ONLN


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/POLS4185 6.0 A Culture and Communication SEMR
Winter 2025 GS/POLS6404 3.0 M Critical Urban Theory SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6999 6.0 A M.A. Major Research Paper ONLN
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6000 3.0 A M.A. Colloquium SEMR

Degrees

PhD, Syracuse University
MA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University

Appointments

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Research Interests

, Radical urban politics and social movements in North America and South Korea, Urban political economy, Neoliberal urbanization, Gentrification, Decolonial thoughts, Socialist feminism, Critical geographic thoughts

Current Research Projects


Childcare Co-ops and Participatory Community Planning in South Korea

    Summary:

    This project interrogates the transformative possibility of childcare co-op projects that some progressive faction in South Korea have developed as part of their community based activism. I will examine how issues of social reproduction and gender division of labor are contested and reconciled in these projects.

All Publications


Book Chapters

Publication
Year

Hae, L. and R. Orzeck, 2024, “Nicholas Blomley,” in Hubbard, P., Rob Kitchin, and Gill Valentine (eds.), Key Thinkers on Space and Place. Sage Publications.

2024

Hae, L., 2019, "Against the Construction State: Korean Pro-Greenbelt Activism as Method," in Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Locations as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. and Song, J. 2019, "Introduction: Core Location, Asia as Method and a Relational Understanding of Places," in Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. 2018, "Translating a Fast Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Critical Urban Studies in South Korea." in Doucette, J. and BG Park (eds.), Developmentalist Cities? Interrogating Urban Developmentalism in East Asia. Brill.

2018

Hae, L., 2007, “Dancing in New York City: The Cabaret Law, Alternative Cultures and Neoliberal Urbanism,” in Morgan, B. (ed.) , The Intersection of Rights and Regulation: New Directions in Sociolegal Scholarship, New York: Ashgate

2007

Book Reviews

Publication
Year

Hae, L., 2022, “Book Review of Stitching the 24 hour City: Life, Labour, and the Problem of Speed in Seoul,” Urban Studies, 59 (14): 3035–3038.

2022

Hae, L., 2017, “Review of Shanghai Nightlife: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(1)

2017

Books

Publication
Year

Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), 2019, On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.

2019

Hae, L. 2012. *The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York City*. Routledge

2012

Journal Articles

Publication
Year

Doucette, J. & L. Hae. "The politics of post-developmentalist expertise: Progressive movements, strategic localism, and urban governance in Seoul." Urban Geography. https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.2003587

2021

Orzeck, R. and L. Hae, 2019, "Restructuring Legal Geography." Progress in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519848637

2019

Hae, L., 2018, Traveling Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Urban Studies in South Korea. Critical Sociology, 44 (3): 533–546.

2018

Hae, L. 2013, “Seeing Cities Through Dialectics: Social Mix.” Walkable City. November/December, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: the Broken Windows theory and CPTED.” Walkable City. September/October, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: Introduction.” Walkable City, July/August, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).

2013

Hae, L. 2011. "Dilemmas of the Nightlife Fix: Post-Industrialization and the Gentrification of Nightlife in New York City." Urban Studies. 48(16): 3444 - 3460.

2011

Hae, L., 2011, "Gentrification and Politicization of Nightlife in New York City" Acme: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 10(3)

2011

Hae, L., 2011, “Rights to Spaces for Social Dancing in New York City: A Question of Urban Rights,” Urban Geography. 32(1)

2011

Hae, L., 2010, “Privatization of Public Space, and Why We Should Rethink Introducing Montreal’s Underground City to Seoul” Sustainable City, September/October, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean)

2010

Hae, L., 2008, “Who is Imagining Pan-East Asian Culture?” Relay: A Socialist Project Review 94: 40-43.

2008

Hae, L., 2006, “Arts in the Hands of Real Estate Development in New York City,” Sustainable City, March/April, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean)

2006


Current Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6000 3.0 A M.A. Colloquium SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/POLS4185 6.0 A Culture and Communication SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6999 6.0 A M.A. Major Research Paper ONLN


Upcoming Courses

Term Course Number Section Title Type
Fall/Winter 2024 AP/POLS4185 6.0 A Culture and Communication SEMR
Winter 2025 GS/POLS6404 3.0 M Critical Urban Theory SEMR
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6999 6.0 A M.A. Major Research Paper ONLN
Fall/Winter 2024 GS/POLS6000 3.0 A M.A. Colloquium SEMR