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Laam Hae
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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 UniversityMA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch 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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/POLS6404 3.0 | M | Critical Urban Theory | SEMR |
| 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 |
Degrees
PhD, Syracuse UniversityMA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch 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
lhae
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter 2025 | GS/POLS6404 3.0 | M | Critical Urban Theory | SEMR |
| 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 |
