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Geonyoung Kim

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.

From 2025, I am leading a reserach project titled "Heritage beyond Borders: Inclusive Approaches to Heritage Governance and Equity – the Case of Korean Collections outside of Korea" funded by Korean National Commission for UNESCO.

Key Publications

Key publications

Kim, G. (2026) Making Bottom-up Narratives in the Korean War Heritage: The Case of the Jeju 4.3 Peace Park. Heritage, Memory and Conflict, 1(1), 34-58. Availiable at: https://doi.org/10.5117/HMC2026.1.003.GKIM

Kim, G. (2026) ‘Examining the Impact of South Korea’s Involvement in North Korea’s Archaeological Site Management: The Case of Inter-Korea Joint Excavation at the Manwoldae Site’, Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/13505033.2026.2619839 

Kim, G. (2026, in press) ‘Practising and performing semi-colonial heritage in China: the case of Shanghai and Qingdao’, in Asia's Colonial Heritage: Legacies of Empire, Singapore: Springer

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
 
Other publications

Kim, G. (2025). ‘Archaeology and Heritage Group - A Journey to Healing and Justice through Art: Brothers Home and Transitional Justice in South Korea’, Cambridge Heritage Research Centre Bulletin, 7th April 2025, pp.3-4. 

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

Teaching

- 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

Research supervision

Supervisor: Dr Liliana Janik
Advisor: Dr Andreas Pantazatos

Other Professional Activities

- Cambridge Asia’s Archaeology and Heritage Group (2023-2026) (Convenor) 

- 2024 Cambridge Korean Studies Graduate Workshop (Organiser) 

- ICOM UK Student and Emerging Professional Group (2022- 2024) (Co-organiser) 

- Korean Researchers in the UK (2023, 2024) (Chair of sub-committee)

Job Titles

PhD Student in Archaeology

General Info

Not available for consultancy
Research Expertise / Fields of study
Museum Studies
Cultural Heritage

Contact Details

gyk20 [at] cam.ac.uk
Academia.edu

Affiliations

Subjects
Heritage Studies
Themes
Heritage
Geographical areas
East Asia

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