Sunglim Kim
Associate Professor of Art History
Sunglim Kim's scholarship focuses on pre-modern and early 20th-century Korean art and culture. Her research interests include the rise of consumer culture in late Chosŏn dynasty and the role of the professional nouveau riche, the so-called chungin (middle people) in the production, distribution, collection, and consumption of art in 18th and 19th century Korea; artistic exchanges among China, Korea, and Japan; the shaping of images of Korea and her people during the Japanese colonial period; and the use of visual space as political tool in modern and contemporary Korea.
Sunglim Kim also teaches AMES courses on Korean cultural history from prehistory to the contemporary period.
Selected Publications
Kim Chŏng-hŭi (1786-1856) and Sehando : The Evolution of a Late Chosŏn Korean Masterpiece, Archives of Asian Art , Vol. 56, (2006), pp. 31-60.
Catalogue entries on calligraphy in The Art of Korea: Highlights from the Collection of San Franciscos Asian Art Museum (Hong Kong: Stacy Quinn of Quinn Essentials Books and Printing, Inc., 2006).
Catalogue entries on Buddhist Paintings and translations of essays on metal crafts and ceramics in Goryeo Dynasty: Koreas Age of Englightenment 918-1393 (San Francisco Asian Art MuseumChong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, in cooperation with the National Museum of Korea and the Nara National Museum, 2003).
Works in progress
From Middlemen to Center Stage: The Chungin Contribution to the Rise of Consumer Culture in the Late Chosŏn Dynasty (working title)