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Esther Kim Lee

Frances Hill Fox Professor of Theater Studies
Theater Studies
Box 90680, Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


Asian American theatre, racial representation, theatre history, globalization, Korean diaspora studies

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Graduate School Research and Scholarship Award · 2014 Awarded by: University of Maryland
Research Award · 2011 Awarded by: Research Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Co-Sponsorship Award · 2009 Awarded by: American Society for Theatre Research
Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities Fellowship Award · 2009 Awarded by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amy Ling Memorial Research Grant · 2006 Awarded by: Asian American Studies Program. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Fine and Applied Arts Special Grant · 2005 Awarded by: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Arnold O. Beckman Research Award · 2001 Awarded by: Research Board, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
The Five College Pre-Doctoral Minority Fellowship · 1999 Awarded by: Five College Consortium in Amherst, Massachusetts

External Relationships


  • Yale University

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