Young-Hoon Kim Professor
Department of Korean Studies/Global Korean Studies
KIM Young Hoon is Professor and Chair of Department of Korean Studies at the Graduate School of International Studies and the Director of the Research Institute of Korean Culture at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, Korea). KIM Young Hoon is a cultural anthropologist, conducting research in the visual representation of Korea, Korean Aesthetics, and various issues in Contemporary Korean culture. He received his Ph.D in anthropology from University Southern California(USC). With unique combination of academic backgrounds of cultural and visual anthropology, he has been carrying out both writing and producing visual works on the various issues of Korean culture.. Before joining Ewha Womans University, he worked at the National Research Institute of Cultural Properties and was responsible for the documentary series on Korean Intangible Cultural Properties from 1997 to 1999. His own film works includes Vegas Bliss (1996), Yong Su Han, A North Korean Defector (1997), and others. He is the author of From Dolmen Tombs to Heaven’s Gate (2013) Culture and Image (2002) and has published articles in the areas of Korean cultural studies, visual studies, and Korean aesthetics.
- Department Chair, East Asian Studies
- Humanities Building #508
- 02-3277-3335
- Office hours
- 월 10-11시, 수 10-13시
- Research Interests
Research Record
- <기생충>에 나타난 감각적 요소와 한국적 맥락 문화와 융합, 2021, v.43 no.4, 461-479
- 역사와 정체성의 시각적 재현－대한민국역사박물관을 어떻게 볼 것인가－ 한국문화연구, 2016, v.31, 113
- [학술지논문] <기생충>에 나타난 감각적 요소와 한국적 맥락 문화와 융합, 2021, v.43 no.4 , 461-479
- [저역서] 韓國.朝鮮の美を讀む 쿠온 출판사(일본), 2021, 341
- [저역서] 밖에서 본 아시아 미 서해문집, 2020, 303
- [저역서] 아름다움을 감각하다 서해문집, 2020, 255
Courses
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2024-1st
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Seminar in the Korean Studies I
- Subject No KS504Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-103)
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Understanding Korean Aesthetics
- Subject No KS675Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-103)
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2023-2nd
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Comparative Studies of the East Asian Cultures
- Subject No KS506Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-103)
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Advanced Study in Korean Popular Culture
- Subject No KS666Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-103)
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2023-1st
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Seminar in Korean Visual Image
- Subject No KS555Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-103)
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Reading Korean Consumer Culture through Media Advertisements I
- Subject No KS617Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-103)
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2022-2nd
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Seminar in the Korean Studies II
- Subject No KS505Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-103)
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Understanding Korean Cultural Heritages II
- Subject No KS544Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-103)
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2022-1st
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Exploring Korean Urban Landscape I
- Subject No KS554Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-103)
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Seminar in Korean Aesthetics
- Subject No KS668Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-103)
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2021-2nd
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Seminar in the Korean Studies I
- Subject No KS504Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (HUM-101)
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Understanding Korean Aesthetics
- Subject No KS675Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (HUM-101)
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2021-1st
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Comparative Studies of the East Asian Cultures
- Subject No KS506Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Tue 6~7 (-)
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Advanced Study in Korean Popular Culture
- Subject No KS666Class No 01
- Year ( 3Credit , 3Hour) Thu 6~7 (-)
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Academic Background
University of Southern California Ph.D.(인류학과)