Kee-Yoon Nahm

Assistant Professor

School of Theatre and Dance

Office

Centennial West - CW 201C

Office Phone

(309) 438-8783office
phone

knahm@ilstu.eduemail

About
Education
Awards & Honors
Research

Biography

Kee-Yoon Nahm, D.F.A. (Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism, Yale School of Drama) is Assistant Professor in Theatre Studies at Illinois State University and Festival Dramaturg of the Illinois Shakespeare Festival. He has published articles in Theater, Performance Research, Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context, and The Journal of American Drama and Theatre, among other academic journals and essay collections. His research interests include the self-conscious appropriation of cultural stereotypes, avant-garde performance, and renegotiations of Korean national and transnational identity in the twenty-first century. Kee-Yoon also works as a production dramaturg, theatre translator, and regional editor for The Theatre Times, where he covers South Korean theatre.

Current Courses

309.011Directed Projects

408.001Directed Projects In Acting And Directing

104.003Fundamentals Of Theatre II

475.001History Of Modern Theatre

299.002Independent Honor Study

499.002Independent Research For The Master's Thesis

400.005Independent Study

477.001Professional Seminar In Theatre Studies

302.003Theatre Practicum

300.002Topics In The Literature Of The Theatre

Other Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism

Yale School of Drama

New Haven, CT

MFA Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism

Yale School of Drama

New Haven, CT

Bachelor of Arts English Language and Literature & Korean Language and Literature

Korea University

Seoul, South Korea

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts Research Initiative Award

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

2021

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts Service Initiative Award

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts College Council

2020

Impact Award

University College, Illinois State University

2020

University Research Grant

Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts

2020

Book Review

Nahm, K. Book review of America in the Round: Capitalism, Race, and Nation at Washington, DC’s Arena Stage. Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism 35.1 (2020)

Book, Chapter

Nahm, K. "Theatrical Border Crossings: Stereotypes against Realism in the Plays of Young Jean Lee". Meerzon, Yana, Dean, David, McNeil, Daniel (EDs), Migration and Stereotypes in Performance and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan (2020): 57-75.

Journal Article

Nahm, K. Mapping Translation and Performance. Terrence Murphy, Kee-Yoon Nahm (EDs). Situations: Cultural Studies in the Asian Context 14.2 (2021): 1-22.

Nahm, K. "What Kind of Theatre to Return To?: COVID-19 and the Realignment of American Theatre". Mihee Kim (EDs). Theatre Forum [Yeoneuk Porum] 2021 (2021)

Nahm, K. "American Theatre after 9/11". Mihee Kim (EDs). Theatre Forum [Yeoneuk Porum] (2020): 62-76.

Presentations

Codemakers: Jennifer Koh, Davóne Tines, Ken Ueno, and Kee-Yoon Nahm. Codemakers: Jennifer Koh, Davóne Tines, Ken Ueno, and Kee-Yoon Nahm. University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center. (2021)

Romance of the Two Kingdoms: U.S.-China Relations and Trans-Pacific Criticism in Chinglish and Soft Power. Mid-America Theatre Conference. (2020)

Translating Characters across Language, Culture, and Gender: Yellow Inn and King Lear. Mid-America Theatre Conference. (2020)

“‘Why’d You Change Your Name?’:Diaspora, Translation, and Historiography in the Work of Mo Bahc/Bahc Yiso”. American Society for Theatre Research. (2020)

Grants & Contracts

FY21 University Research Grant (Archival Research on the Work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha). Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2020)