Biography
- PhD Candidate in Heritage Studies (10. 2021 - present)
Thesis title: The Role of Museums in the Practice of Reconciliation: the Case of South Korea
- MA in Public Archaeology, UCL
Thesis: Examining the rhetoric of representation of Korean culture in European museums- Case studies: Musée Guimet and Volkenkunde Museum
- Field Archaeologist (2018-2020)
Excavations and post-excavation research at bronze age and Joseon Dynasty settlements, burial sites in South Korea
- BA in Archaeology, Peking University
Thesis: A Study on Han Dynasty Mortuary Model Pig Sties and Latrines
Research
My PhD thesis explores the role of museums in the process of reconciliation. I am using exhibitions on the Korean War in South Korea as case studies to study the impact of museums on how the present society negotiates its relationship with the conflicting past.
I use visual analysis methods (textual analysis, image analysis, object analysis) to explore the narrative construction and visual communications in museums.
Key Publications
Kim, G., 2024. Museum representation of the Korean War and their role in the practice of reconciliation. NEPCAP Policy Brief 1, 10–12.
Robbeets, M., Hudson, M., Ning, C., Bouckaert, R., Savelyev, A., Kim, G., Li, T., Oskolskaya, S., Gruntov, I., Mazo, O., 2022. Triangulation reduces the polygon of error for the history of Transeurasian. bioRxiv 2010–2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.05.510045
Robbeets, M., Bouckaert, R., Conte, M., Savelyev, A., Li, T., An, D.-I., Shinoda, K., Cui, Y., Kawashima, T., Kim, G., Uchiyama, J., Dolińska, J., Oskolskaya, S., Yamano, K.-Y., Seguchi, N., Tomita, H., Takamiya, H., Kanzawa-Kiriyama, H., Oota, H., Ishida, H., Kimura, R., Sato, T., Kim, J.-H., Deng, B., Bjørn, R., Rhee, S., Ahn, K.-D., Gruntov, I., Mazo, O., Bentley, J.R., Fernandes, R., Roberts, P., Bausch, I.R., Gilaizeau, L., Yoneda, M., Kugai, M., Bianco, R.A., Zhang, F., Himmel, M., Hudson, M.J., Ning, C., 2021. Triangulation supports agricultural spread of the Transeurasian languages. Nature 599, 616–621. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04108-8
Tourigny, E., Newstead, S., Kim, G., Fusco Zambetogliris, N., Corvo, V.P., 2020. Global post-medieval/historical archaeology: what’s happening around the world 2020? Post-Medieval Archaeology 54, 371–382. https://doi.org/10.1080/00794236.2020.1812899
Kim, G. (2024). ‘AAHG (Asia’s Archaeology and Heritage Group) hosts first event’, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre Bulletin, 5th March 2024, pp.3-4.
Teaching and Supervisions
- 2024-2025 Academic Year: Teaching Assiastant G24: Special Topics in Heritage; Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- 2023-2024 Academic Year: Teaching Assiastant G24: Special Topics in Heritage; Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- 10 June, 17 June 2024: Guest lecture, G24: Special Topics in Heritage; Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge
- 24 May 2024: Guest lecture, GKSS403: Korean Cultural Diplomacy (Undergraduate); College of International Studies, Korea University
Supervisor: Dr Liliana Janik
Advisor: Dr Andreas Pantazatos
Other Professional Activities
- 2024 Cambridge Korean Studies Graduate Workshop (Organiser) - ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professional Group (2022- 2024) (Co-organiser) - Cambridge Asia’s Archaeology and Heritage Group (2023-2025) (Convener) - The fifth Cambridge Annual Student Archaeology Conference (2022), (Committee member) - Korean Researchers in the UK (2023, 2024) (Chair of sub-committee)
