Laam Hae
Associate Professor
Office: Ross Building, S604
Phone: (416) 736-2100 Ext: 30081
Email: lhae@yorku.ca
Accepting New Graduate Students
Degrees
PhD, Syracuse UniversityMA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
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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.
Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), 2019, On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.
Hae, L. 2012. *The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York City*. Routledge
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Hae, L., 2024, "Book Review of Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-) Colonialism in Transatlantic Context," Urban Studies, 61(7): 1416-1418.
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.
Hae, L., 2017, “Review of Shanghai Nightlife: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(1)
Hae, L. and Doucette, J., forthcoming, "The Construction State Unbound? Struggles over the Seoul Metropolitan Region’s Greenbelt in an Era of Planetary Urbanization." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
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
Orzeck, R. and L. Hae, 2019, "Restructuring Legal Geography." Progress in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519848637
Hae, L., 2018, Traveling Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Urban Studies in South Korea. Critical Sociology, 44 (3): 533–546.
Hae, L. 2013, “Seeing Cities Through Dialectics: Social Mix.” Walkable City. November/December, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).
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).
Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: Introduction.” Walkable City, July/August, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).
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.
Hae, L., 2011, "Gentrification and Politicization of Nightlife in New York City" Acme: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 10(3)
Hae, L., 2011, “Rights to Spaces for Social Dancing in New York City: A Question of Urban Rights,” Urban Geography. 32(1)
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)
Hae, L., 2008, “Who is Imagining Pan-East Asian Culture?” Relay: A Socialist Project Review 94: 40-43.
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)
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | AP/POLS3900 3.0 | A | Local to Global | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/POLS4185 6.0 | A | Culture and Communication | SEMR |
| Winter 2026 | GS/SOCI6745 3.0 | M | Asian Studies: Critical Perspectives | SEMR |
Degrees
PhD, Syracuse UniversityMA, Seoul National University
BA, Seoul National University
Appointments
Faculty of Graduate StudiesResearch Interests
Current Research Projects
-
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Hae, L., 2024, "Book Review of Urban Revolutions: Urbanisation and (Neo-) Colonialism in Transatlantic Context," Urban Studies, 61(7): 1416-1418.
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.
Hae, L., 2017, “Review of Shanghai Nightlife: A Nocturnal Biography of a Global City,” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 41(1)
Song, J. and L. Hae (eds.), 2019, On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis. University of Toronto Press.
Hae, L. 2012. *The Gentrification of Nightlife and the Right to the City: Regulating Spaces of Social Dancing in New York City*. Routledge
Hae, L. and Doucette, J., forthcoming, "The Construction State Unbound? Struggles over the Seoul Metropolitan Region’s Greenbelt in an Era of Planetary Urbanization." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
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
Orzeck, R. and L. Hae, 2019, "Restructuring Legal Geography." Progress in Human Geography. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132519848637
Hae, L., 2018, Traveling Policy: Place Marketing and the Neoliberal Turn of Urban Studies in South Korea. Critical Sociology, 44 (3): 533–546.
Hae, L. 2013, “Seeing Cities Through Dialectics: Social Mix.” Walkable City. November/December, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).
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).
Hae, L., 2013, “Seeing Cities through Dialectics: Introduction.” Walkable City, July/August, Urban Action Network, Seoul, Korea (Written in Korean).
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.
Hae, L., 2011, "Gentrification and Politicization of Nightlife in New York City" Acme: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 10(3)
Hae, L., 2011, “Rights to Spaces for Social Dancing in New York City: A Question of Urban Rights,” Urban Geography. 32(1)
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)
Hae, L., 2008, “Who is Imagining Pan-East Asian Culture?” Relay: A Socialist Project Review 94: 40-43.
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)
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | AP/POLS3900 3.0 | A | Local to Global | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/POLS4185 6.0 | A | Culture and Communication | SEMR |
| Winter 2026 | GS/SOCI6745 3.0 | M | Asian Studies: Critical Perspectives | SEMR |
