Chan Yong Bu is a Ph.D. Candidate studying East Asian Cultural Studies. His main interest is in audiovisual media and literature featuring the imageries of metal in East Asia. He is also interested in Literary Sinitic literature in the Late Chosun Dynasty, especially those written by foreign envoys and travelers. Chan Yong received his B.A. in Korean Language and Literature from Yonsei University in 2016, graduating summa cum laude. He was awarded a Fulbright Graduate Study Award in the same year and is currently a Graduate Fellow in Digital Humanities.

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