Professor Kim, Youn
Professor Kim, Youn
Youn KIM obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University and taught at Seoul National University prior to joining HKU. Her research interests include history of music theory, psychology of music, theory and analysis, history of listening, and in particular, the interrelationship between music theory and the science of the mind. Kim’s previous publications include a monograph, History of Western Music Theory (2006; awarded as "Outstanding Books in the Field of Basic Sciences" in 2008 by The National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Korea), and a number of articles and reviews in Psychology of Music, Journal of Musicological Research, Music and Letters, and Current Musicology, among others. She has presented papers at various international conferences, including International Musicological Society, International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory, Royal Musical Association, and Congress of the Gesellschaft für Musiktheorie, and her work has been supported by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong under the General Research Fund (2011/12 and 2017/18). Recently, she coedited (with Sander Gilman) and contributed to the Oxford Handbook of Music and the Body (OUP, forthcoming in 2017). She is currently working on a monograph tentatively entitled Body and Force in Music: Metaphoric Constructions in Early Music Psychology.
| Awardees | Award Date | Honours / Awards / Prizes | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-08-01 | Music Theory and Analysis (Seoul: Simsuldang, 2005), the book I edited, was awarded “Best Academic Publication of the Year” by the Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2005.: Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism | Research Achievement | |
| 2008-10-01 | My book, "History of Western Music Theory" (Seoul: Simsuldang, 2006) is awarded “Outstanding Book in the Field of Basic Sciences” by The National Academy of Sciences(NAS), Republic of Korea.: The National Academy of Sciences(NAS), Republic of Korea | Research Achievement |
| Term Period | Position | Professional Societies |
|---|---|---|
| 2011- | Member | International Musicological Society |
| 12/2009- | Member | American Musicological Society |
| 03/2005- | Executive Board and lifetime member | The Musicological Society of Korea (MSK) |
| 2017- | Member of the Steering Committee | International Musicological Society, Regional Association for East Asia |
| 2022- | Chair of the Steering Committee | International Musicological Society, Regional Association for East Asia |
| 10/2004- | Member | Society for Music Theory |
| 02/2006- | Executive Board and lifetime member | The Korean Society for Music Theory (KSMT) |
| 04/2006-02/2008 | Vice President | Korean Society for Music Perception and Cognition (KSMPC) |
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