Yale’s global hub for the study of East Asia

Hosted by Yale sociologist Grace Kao, the IBM Professor of Sociology and professor of ethnicity, race, and migration in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Wonseok Lee, a postdoctoral associate at the Council on East Asian Studies (CEAS) at Yale’s Macmillan Center for International and Area Studies, the gathering featured scholars studying K-pop’s production, sound, and fans as well as established figures from within the K-pop industry, who offered insights into how the music is made and how the idols are trained.