Jihye Jung is a doctoral candidate at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS), Freie Universität Berlin, and a recipient of the DAAD Graduate School Scholarship Programme. In 2026–2027, she has been awarded a Junior Fellowship at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University, where she will present her research, contribute to the Seoul Journal of Korean Studies, and participate in academic activities. In summer 2026, she will also be a visiting researcher at the University of Tübingen, conducting archival research on Korean diaspora networks in Germany.
Her doctoral research examines the struggles of Korean women workers for social rights during the Cold War and the role of transnational solidarity in shaping their political visibility, with particular attention to Korean women’s diaspora networks in West Germany. She will present her work at the 13th World Congress of Korean Studies (Kyoto, September 2026). Her research interests include democratization, women’s labor history, social rights, transnational solidarity, diaspora activism, and Cold War human rights regimes.
