Minju Bae

Minju Bae is a historian whose research examines how Asian Americans navigated the politics of work, racial difference, and the radical restructuring of the urban-based global economy. She earned her Ph.D. in history from Temple University.

Publications:

• Forthcoming. Co-authored book chapter with Vivian Truong, “A Movement to Stay: The Grassroots Archive of CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities in an Era of Displacement,” in Asian American Contemporary Activism: Movement Moments and New Visions for the 21st Century, eds. Diane Wong and Mark Tseng-Putterman (New York: New York University, 2021).
• “Demilitarization in the Time of Police Abolition: Korean A-bomb Survivors Demand Justice,” positions politics: praxis (5 Aug 2020).  
• Co-authored essay with Mark Tseng-Putterman, “Reviving the History of Radical Black-Asian Internationalism,” ROAR Magazine (21 Jul 2020).

Media Appearances/Speaking Engagements:

• Co-Organizer and Invited Moderator, “The Women Outside and Camp Arirang: Anti-Asian Misogyny and War,” Third World Newsreel, July 29, 2021.
• Invited Speaker, “Labels & Meanings in Asian America,” Harvard Graduate School of Education, Pan-Asian Coalition for Education, Roundtable, November 19, 2020.
• Invited Speaker, “The Unended Korean War: 70 Years,” Third World Newsreel, July 28, 2020.

Previous Organizations: 

• New York University

Accomplishments:

• Dissertation Fellowship, Center for Engaged Scholarship, Oakland, CA
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship in History Education, The Museum of the City of New York
• Agnese N. Haury Dissertation Fellowship Center for the US and Cold War, New York University