■ Education (학력)
Ph.D. University of Leicester, Museum Studies (Cultural Diplomacy) 2020
Thesis Title: Curating Culture, Exhibiting Nation: The Development of South Korea’s Cultural Diplomacy and Korean Exhibitions in ‘Universal’ Museums
M.A. University of Manchester, Museum Studies 2012
B.A. University of California Berkeley, History (Culture) 2010
■ Fields of Interest (연구 관심분야)
Cultural Diplomacy/International Cultural Relations, K-Culture, Global Content Convergence
■ Experience (경력)
2024–present Hanyang University, Assistant Professor
2020–2024 Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, 세계문화예술경영학과, 국제지역대학원(국제학과, 한국학과 2022-2024), Adjunct Professor
2012–2014 Curatorial fields: The Manchester Museum, National Folk Museum of Korea, National Museum of Korean Contemporary History
■ Selected Articles (주요 논문)
2024
Kim, S. (forthcoming). Interpreting Africa in South Korea: A Review of a Permanent Exhibition at the Museum of African Art. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, 12.
Kim, S. The British Museum’s Korean Gallery: A Space Embodying South Korean Cultural Diplomacy in the 1990s. Cultural Trends, 33(1), 52–67. DOI: 10.1080/09548963.2022.2115338
2022
Kim, S. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Korean Collection: Historical Changes in Collecting, Exhibition, and Management. World History and Culture, 64, 305–328.
2021
Kim, S. Analysis of Hybe Insight’s BTS Exhibition Content from the New Museology Perspective. Journal of the Korean Entertainment Industry Association, 15(8), 193–202.
Kim, S. Changes in the Curatorial Agent and Interpretation of Korean Objects in Overseas Museums: A Case Study of a Moon Jar at the British Museum. Journal of Museum Studies, 41, 77–99.
Kim, S. The “Inbetween-ness” of the Korean Gallery at the Musée Guimet, Paris. Museum Worlds: Advances in Research, 9, 203–207.
Working papers (international):
KF XR Gallery; Hallyu in cultural branding; K-pop in heritage and content industry policies; user-generated K-content on social media.
■ Book Publication (저서)
Kim, S. 2025 (forthcoming). Cultural Diplomacy in South Korea, Routledge.
Kim, S. 2025 (forthcoming). From Korean Identity to K-Identity: The Interpretation of K-ness in Global K-Culture Exhibitions (Chapter in Lee, S. ed., From Koreanness to K-ness: Contemporary Korean Language, Culture and Society, Routledge).
■ Selected Project (주요 산학협력)
2024–2027 Digital Governance and Management of Inclusive Museums for Social Sustainability in US, UK, France, Italy (National Research Foundation of Korea, 인문사회공동연구)
