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Head, Korean Studies Program
Department of Asian Studies
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Irina (Ira) Lyan

I’m a sociologist interested in South Korea's economic and cultural miracles. I wrote my dissertation on Start-up Nation vs. the Republic of Samsung and published several papers on the fans and fandom of Korean popular culture. At present I’m working on the book project ImagiNation of Korea in the post-miracle era.
Photo: Bruno Charbit
NEWS & EVENTS

Published:
Shock and Surprise: Theorization of the Korean Wave through mediatized emotions" was published in the special issue on "Theorizing the Korean Wave" at International Journal of Communication
January 2023

Workshop Talk:
I was probably Korean in the previous life”: Transracial jokes and fantasies of the Hallyu fans at the workshop organized by K-Culture and Story Contents Research Institute at KyungHee University
February 2023

Forthcoming:
"Ex-periphery: South Korea in the development discourse" in the edited Routledge volume Korea and the Global Society: Engagement and Reciprocity
February 2023
Workshop Talk:
"Fandom makes the world go round: Institutional grassroots of Hallyu fan-
entrepreneurship in Israel" at the Korean popular culture and public diplomacy/soft power workshop organized by the Centre for
Korean Research, University of British Columbia, and the journal Pacific Affairs
March 2023
Conference Talk:
"Roundtable on South Korean Soft Power and Public Diplomacy" at the Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Boston with Dal Yong Jin, Kyong Yoon, Sarah Son, and Hyung-Gu Lynn
March 2023
Seminar Talk
"Fandom makes the world go round: Institutional grassroots of Hallyu fan-entrepreneurship in Israel" at the Cultural Studies Program's Seminar, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
April 2023
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