Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
After graduating from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, he obtained degrees in Cultural Anthropology and Communication Studies from the State University of New York (Buffalo) and the University of Oklahoma, respectively. For the following 10 years, he taught media and communication courses at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. In 2022, he joined Monash University Malaysia, where he currently serves as the course director of its Master’s Program in the School of Arts and Social Sciences, teaching courses related to digital media communication. His primary research interests centre on discursive urban landscapes, changes in communication practices amid human mobility, and visually represented urban and media cultures. He has recently published studies analyzing the discursive urban landscapes in Daerim-dong and Seongsu-dong. Currently, he is conducting research on the changing urban landscapes in Malaysia influenced by Korean media while simultaneously exploring the topic of Korean education migration in Malaysia.
Transnational Connections and Asian Visions of Global Expansion
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)
Distinction: Cultural Currency of Contemporary Korean-ness in Malaysian Commercial Landscapes
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)