PLEASE NOTE: For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus 24 hours prior to the event. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, April 8 for campus access.
Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event and subsequently reviewed. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event.
Speaker: Minjee Kim, Adjunct Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology
Minjee Kim is an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, where she teaches the History of East Asian Dress. She earned her PhD from Seoul National University and is the co-editor of Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2023). Her research focuses on the historiography of Korean dress and fashion, research methodology, fashion history pedagogy, and archival practices. More information can be found atwww.kimminjee.com.
Dr. Kim will deliver her lecture Korean Civilization through the Lens of Dress and Fashion on Thurday, April 9 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET in Room 604 at Kent Hall.
In this talk, Dr. Kim introduces dress and fashion as powerful analytical tools for examining the history of civilizations. Focusing on Korea, she explores the complex and long-term development of ethnic dress within a broader Pan-Asian context. She considers how clothing reflects cultural identity, social values, and historical change across time.
The lecture also examines the forces that have shaped and transformed collective sartorial practices. These include civilizational discourses of civility and barbarity rooted in Sinocentrism and Confucianism, as well as the impacts of warfare, regional hegemony, and state systems. Through this lens, Dr. Kim demonstrates how fashion provides insight into broader cultural, political, and intellectual histories in Korea and beyond.
This event is hosted in partnership with The Korean Studies Group (Paeumt’ŏ).
Registration:
- To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
- To attend this event online, please register HERE.