한국에서 영문학 박사하기
Doing a PhD in English Literature in Korea
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This essay examines the academic and social significance of pursuing a PhD in English literature in South Korea in relation to contemporary debates on the crisis of the humanities, structural changes in higher education, and the precarious labor conditions faced by graduate students. Taking recent discussions prompted by Rosi Braidotti’s works and lecture on the humanities and Bora Chung’s public commentary as its point of departure, the article situates questions of the public value of the humanities and the conditions of knowledge production within the context of conducting English literary studies in Korea. It critiques reductionist narratives that frame the humanities as obsolete and graduate education as inherently futile, arguing that such perspectives oversimplify the complex realities of academic labor and intellectual practice. Instead, this essay explores alternative possibilities through practices of peer-based collaboration and interdisciplinary research that cross departmental, institutional, and disciplinary boundaries. Focusing on graduate roundtable session organized by the English Language and Literature Association of Korea (ELLAK) graduate student committee and on participation in interdisciplinary academic conferences and workshops, it analyzes how exchanges among early-career researchers can expand research agendas and reshape modes of knowledge production. Finally, the article argues that researching Anglophone literature in Korean constitutes an inherently comparative and decolonial practice, repositioning English literature within the framework of world literature and reaffirming the potential of humanities scholarship to function as a form of public, socially engaged knowledge beyond the confines of academia. Such practices suggest viable pathways for reimagining graduate education, scholarly community, and intellectual responsibility today collectively.
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This essay examines the academic and social significance of pursuing a PhD in English literature in South Korea in relation to contemporary debates on the crisis of the humanities, structural changes in higher education, and the precarious labor conditions faced by graduate students. Taking recent discussions prompted by Rosi Braidotti’s works and lecture on the humanities and Bora Chung’s public commentary as its point of departure, the article situates questions of the public value of the humanities and the conditions of knowledge production within the context of conducting English literary studies in Korea. It critiques reductionist narratives that frame the humanities as obsolete and graduate education as inherently futile, arguing that such perspectives oversimplify the complex realities of academic labor and intellectual practice. Instead, this essay explores alternative possibilities through practices of peer-based collaboration and interdisciplinary research that cross departmental, institutional, and disciplinary boundaries. Focusing on graduate roundtable session organized by the English Language and Literature Association of Korea (ELLAK) graduate student committee and on participation in interdisciplinary academic conferences and workshops, it analyzes how exchanges among early-career researchers can expand research agendas and reshape modes of knowledge production. Finally, the article argues that researching Anglophone literature in Korean constitutes an inherently comparative and decolonial practice, repositioning English literature within the framework of world literature and reaffirming the potential of humanities scholarship to function as a form of public, socially engaged knowledge beyond the confines of academia. Such practices suggest viable pathways for reimagining graduate education, scholarly community, and intellectual responsibility today collectively.