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Professor Su Yun Kim

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Associate Professor

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Professor Su Yun Kim

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Associate Professor

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S. KIM

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
University of California San DiegoPh.D. Literature
Biography

I specialize in modern Korean literature and culture. My interests include imperialism and colonialism in East Asia (former Japanese Empire); colonialism and race; gender and sexuality; popular literature (middlebrow and lowbrow literature); romance fiction and detective fiction; transwar Korean cinema. My forthcoming monograph, Imperial Romance: Fictions of Colonial Intimacy in Korea, 1905–1945 examines discourses of romance and marriage between Koreans and Japanese by critically analyzing print culture, including literary texts, popular media, and film from the colonial era in Korea. My current research explores the production of popular fiction and romance in 20th Century Korea supported by HKU (Seed Fund for Basic Research) and Early Career Scheme of the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, SAR. Meanwhile, I have co-edited a book on the transwar culture of Korea and Taiwan. East Asian Transwar Popular Culture: Literature and Film from Taiwan and Korea (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) explores the shared experience of colonialism and post-colonialism of Korea and Taiwan through analysis of literature and film. This project was supported by Louis Cha Fund and China-West Strategic Research Theme Fund of HKU.

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2019-03-01Harvard-Yenching Institute fellowship: Harvard-Yenching Institute
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
01/2006 - presentmemberAssociation of Asian Studies
2002 - presentmemberModern Language Association
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Popular narrative and popular culture in the postcolonial era
Modern Korean literature and culture
Japanese empire and race
Gender and sexuality in Korea
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
Korean, English韓語、英語
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
Korean, English, Japanese韓文、英文、日文
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