Dr Eldin Milak

Dr Eldin Milak is an AKS Core Grant Lecturer and Korean Studies Major Coordinator at the School of Media, Creative Arts, and Social Inquiry at Curtin University. Eldin joined the KRC in 2023, as the Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow for research in Australia and New Zealand. He completed his PhD in sociolinguistics at Sungkyunkwan University as a Global Korea Scholar (GKS). At Sungkyunkwan, Eldin also served as lead researcher in the Brain Korea 21+ (BK21) research group.  

His work explores the intersection of language and society in contemporary South Korea, with a particular focus on script and writing practices and policies in the country, as well as other sociolinguistic issues, including naming and addressing, public spaces and landscapes, and pop culture. 

Eldin is a Fulbright Alumnus (Montclair State University, NJ), and the 2022 International Research Foundation for English Language Education (TIRF) Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG) recipient.