Jina Kim

Jina E. Kim, is Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies at Smith College. Her research focuses on the cultural history of the early 20th century East Asia with primary concentrations in Korean and global modernisms, urban literature and history, comparative colonialism & post-colonialism. Her other research interests include material and popular culture from the late 19th century to the present. She is currently completing a book manuscript tentatively entitled “Urban Modernity in Colonial Korea and Taiwan”.

Professor Kim’s course offerings include:
EAS 100: Introduction to Modern East Asia
EAS 214: Korean Film & Culture
EAS 215: Pre-modern Korean History
EAS 219: Modern Korean History
EAS 216: Urban Modernity and Colonial Cities
EAS 217: Contemporary Pop Culture (colloquium)
EAS 200: Methods and Approaches to East Asian Studies (colloquium)
EAS 350: Modern Girls and Marxist Boys: Consumerism, Colonialism, and Gender in Early 20th Century East Asia (seminar)

Phone: 413-585-3306
Office: Seelye 309
Email: jkim@smith.edu