Yeongik studies the medieval Japanese art, with a particular focus on the screen paintings in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. He earned his M.A. in Art History from Seoul National University, with a thesis titled “A Study of Willows, Bridge, and Waterwheel Screens,” and his B.A. in Sociology and Korean History from Yonsei University, Korea. Prior to joining Columbia’s Ph.D. program in 2018, Yeongik worked for the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation as a research assistant, and for the Association of Art History and Visual Culture as an assistant administrator.
