About Me

Hi, I'm Donghyeok Choi. My research lies at the intersection of technology and historical studies, focusing on quantitative history, network science, and data visualization, particularly in the context of the Joseon Dynasty.

Research Interests

Digital humanities & computational methodologies
Social network analysis in historical studies
Data visualization for historical insights
East Asian history, focus on the Joseon dynasty
NLP applied to historical texts

Recent Publications

Total Success Index and the Longitudinal Dynamics of Bureaucratic Stratification in Joseon Korea

Physica A (Elsevier), 688, 131353 · 2026

Finetuning Vision-Language Models as OCR Systems for Low-Resource Languages: A Case Study of Manchu

Journal of Chinese Historical Review (Cambridge UP) · Accepted

Meritocracy in Civil Service Examinations: The Role of Special Exams in Reproducing Privilege in Joseon Korea

Social Science History (Cambridge UP) · Accepted

A Prosopographical Analysis of Yangban Lifespans and Career Trajectories in Joseon Dynasty

Review of Korean Studies (AKS) · Under Revision


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