Hyangjin Lee

Teaches at The Korea Society

Hyangjin Lee is a Professor in the College of Intercultural Communication at
Rikkyo University in Tokyo, where she teaches courses on Korean and Japanese cinema and cultural studies. She received both her B.A. and
M.A. in Sociology from Yonsei University, where she also completed her
doctoral coursework. Lee completed her dissertation, a comparative study
of North and South Korean film, at the University of Leeds in the UK,
and earned her Ph.D. in Communication Studies there in 1998. In addition
to her extensive teaching experience, she has served as the Director of
the UK Korean Film Festival (2000-2006), and is currently a member of
the editorial board of New Cinemas, Journal of Contemporary Film. Lee’s latest book, Sociology of Korean Wave: Fandom, Family and Multiculturalism
(Iwanami, 2008), explores the popularity of Korean television dramas
and their stars among Japanese consumers of entertainment, and its
implications for transnational cultural exchange. More recently, she has
contributed chapters to volumes on Korean and Asian Film, focusing on
representations of war, death, and family in Korean cinema.