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Yongwook Lee

Yongwook Lee (이용욱) is Professor of Korean Language and Literature at Jeonju University and Director of L-HUSS. His research spans digital narratology, media aesthetics, digital humanities, AI and the humanities, Humanities Engineering, Artificial Nature, and the Mechanocene.

Yongwook Lee researches digital humanities, media aesthetics, AI and the humanities, Humanities Engineering, Artificial Nature, and the Mechanocene in Korea.

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Current affiliation and roles

  1. Professor, Jeonju University

    Department of Korean Language and Literature

  2. Director, L-HUSS

    Jeonju University Humanities and Social Sciences Convergence Talent Development Project

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Research fields

Digital narratology · media aesthetics · digital humanities · AI and the humanities · Humanities Engineering · Artificial Nature · Mechanocene · Eco-Digital.

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Selected education and academic leadership

  1. Ph.D. in Korean Language and Literature (Modern Fiction)

    Hannam University · 2000

  2. Former Dean

    College of Humanities, Jeonju University · 2017-02–2019-01

  3. Former Director

    Institute of Story Culture, Jeonju University · 2018-08–2025-02

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Research journey

Lee began research and writing on cyberliterature in 1995. That inquiry took concrete form in the 1996 book 사이버문학의 도전, published by 토마토.

Cyberliterature → Digital Narratology and Media Aesthetics → Artificial Nature → Mechanocene and the Age of Technological Generation → Eco-Digital and Humanities Engineering

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Selected books and articles

  1. 1996 · 사이버문학의 도전 · 토마토

  2. Media Aesthetics in the Age of Technological Generation - Focusing on Memory, Impulse, and Value -

    2026 · 한국언어문학 133, 319–382

  3. Ontology of Artificial Nature: Focusing on the Four Elements of Basis and Stratum

    2026 · 현대문학이론연구 101, 79–129

  4. Artificial Ecocriticism I: Ecological Inequality in the Mechanocene

    2025 · 국어국문학 213, 285–334

  5. The Role and Practical Strategies of Humanities Education in the Age of the Machinocene — Focusing on the Emotional Competency Development of Adolescents —

    2025 · 현대문학이론연구 99, 147–174

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Current research programs and projects

  1. Principal Investigator — Humanities Writing and Publishing Program

    National Research Foundation of Korea · 2023-06–present

  2. Principal Investigator — Mid-career Researcher Support Program

    National Research Foundation of Korea · 2018-07–2021-06

  3. Principal Investigator — Humanities Writing and Publishing Program

    National Research Foundation of Korea · 2015-08–2018-07

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