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Head, Korean Studies Program
Department of Asian Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Irina (Ira) Lyan
I’m a sociologist fascinated by South Korea's economic and cultural miracles. My dissertation delved into the relations between "Start-up Nation" vs. the "Republic of Samsung," and I have published multiple papers on the fans and fandom of Korean popular culture. Currently, I’m engaged in the book project titled "ImagiNation: South Korea’s Developmental Miracles, Utopias, and Dreams."
Photo: Bruno Charbit
NEWS & EVENTS
Interview:
"Hebrew University students travel to Korea to explore musical landscape" to Korea Times
September 2023
New Publication:
"A tale of two cities: Revisiting compressed modernity(ies) and their logic(s)." Essay for the Special Book Symposium on Chang Kyung-Sup’s The Logic of Compressed Modernity (2022), Korea Europe Review
December 2023
Report:
"Representation of Korea in the Israeli Textbooks" for the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the State of Israel
December 2023
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