{"id":3901,"date":"2022-03-10T15:50:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T06:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snuac-hk.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/?p=3901"},"modified":"2025-10-27T10:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T01:13:36","slug":"gi-yeon-koo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/snuac-hk.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/?p=3901","title":{"rendered":"Gi Yeon Koo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Researcher Bio<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

Gi Yeon Koo, HK Professor at Seoul National University Asia Center, is a cultural anthropologist specializing in the social and cultural aspects of West Asia, primarily focusing on the dynamics and generational changes within Iranian society, the study of Muslim women, and the Korean Wave (Hallyu) in the MENA region. Additionally, her research delves into the religious diversity of Korean society and issues surrounding Islamophobia. Through her studies, she aims to cover the research on West Asia within the broader context of Asia, examining the international political dynamics within the region. Particularly, her research on Muslim immigrants in Korea seeks to contribute to one of the goals of the HK+ Mega-Asia Research Project, which is to establish a framework that connects Asia within Korea and Korea within Asia.
\nSince joining the HK+ Mega-Asia Research Project in September 2020, She has engaged in agenda research, focusing on comparative studies among Asian regions that form \u2018Mega-Asia\u2019 and tracing the dynamic relevance of West Asia in connecting Mega-Asia. This effort aims to expand the framework of comparative Asian studies. She also oversaw the planning and launching of the webzine Diversity+Asia \u2013 a platform for pieces on comparative Asian studies that intersect various themes and regional research \u2013 which she continues to be involved in as a key coordinator.<\/p>\n

Key Publications<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

2024, \u201cThe Dilemma Between \u2018Settlement\u2019 and \u2018Onward Migration\u2019: Cultural Adaptation and Transnational Mobility Strategies among Iranian International Female Students in South Korea\u201d, Space and Environment 34(3). (in Korean)
\n2024, \u201cWavering theocratic ideology and the politicization of Shia identity: Iran\u2019s ideological rifts amid geopolitical maneuvers.\u201d Asian Journal of Political Science 32(2)
\n2023, \u201cRiding the Korean wave in Iran: Cyberfeminism and pop culture among young Iranian women.\u201d In (SooJin Lee, Kate Korroch, and Kai Khiun Liew eds.) Women We Love: Femininities and the Korean Wave. Hong Kong University Press
\n2023, \u201cThe Choice for the \u201cZendegie Normal (Normal Life)\u201d: Changes Among Iranian Young Immigrants.\u201d Social Change in the Gulf Region: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 249-267
\n2023, Asian Women Persist: Anthropologists Answer Feminist Questions, Main Editor, Seoul National University Press.
\n2023, The Geography of Asia: Nations and Cities-West Asia & Central Asia, Zininzin
\n2023, Restructuring Asia and Asian Identity in the Post-Cold War Era, Main Editor, Zininzin
\n2022, The Arab Spring and Ten Years Thereafter, Main Editor, Seoul National University Press.
\n2022, Introduction to Mega-Asia Studies: History, Perspective, and Method, Zininzin
\n2022, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Asia, Zininzin
\n2021, \u201cAsian Youth Generation\u201d, Gi Yeon Koo ed., CIR Press.
\n2020, \u201cThe Exchange Between the Republic of Korea and Middle East: Focusing on the Advancement of Korean Construction Companies in the Middle East\u201d in IRCICA(Organization of Islamic Cooperation Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture) ed., Korean and the Muslim World: Historical and Cultural Encounters, Sources and Studies on the History of Islamic Civilization Series, 41.
\n2018, \u201cMaking their own public: emotion and self among the urban Iranian youth\u201d, Seoul National University Press. (Monograph)
\n2018, \u201cUrban Iranian youths as the pivotal subjects of social movements in Iran\u201d in Lenze, Nele, and Charlotte Schriwer, eds. Participation Culture in the Gulf: Networks, Politics and Identity. Routledge.
\n2017, \u201cConstructing an Alternative Public Sphere: The Cultural Significance of Social Media in Iran\u201d in Nele Lenze et al. eds. Media in the Middle East: Activism, Politics, and Culture, Springer<\/p>\n

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Articles<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

2024, “The Dilemma Between \u2018Settlement\u2019 and \u2018Onward Migration\u2019: Cultural Adaptation and Transnational Mobility Strategies among Iranian International Female Students in South Korea\u201d, Space and Environment 34(3).(in Korean), \u201cWavering theocratic ideology and the politicization of Shia identity: Iran\u2019s ideological rifts amid geopolitical maneuvers.\u201d Asian Journal of Political Science 32(2).
\n2023, \u201cImpact of Middle Eastern Government Policy Changes on the Acceptance of Korean Wave: Focusing on the cases of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey. Asia Review, 13(3), 111-156 (in Korean, Co-authored).
\n2023, \u201cMuslim refugees in South Korean society through the hospitality: A Comparative Study of Yemen refugees and Afghanistan Special Contributors\u201d, Space and Environment (in Korean, Co-authored).
\n2022, \u201cIran\u2019s Satellite Media as a Heterotopic Space of Resistance and Competing Identities\u201d, Journal of Middle Eastern Affairs, 21(20), The Institute of Middle East. (in Korean)
\n2022, \u201cThe International Norms of Women\u2019s Human Rights and Feministic Trends in the Islamic Region: Focusing on Cases of Afghanistan and Iran\u201d, Asia Review, 12(1), pp.67-98. (in Korean)
\n2021, Gi Yeon Koo, Yuihyun Hwang, The Journey to the Formation of Regional Identity in West Asia beyond Otherness, Asia Review 11(2). (in Korean, Co-authored).
\n2020, \u201cRiding the Korean Wave in Iran: Cyber-Feminism and Pop Culture among Young Iranian Women\u201d Journal of Middle East Women\u2019s Studies 16(2).
\nYilsoon Paek, Gi Yeon Koo, 2021, \u201cThe Changes in Refugee Issues in Korea through Domestic Newspapers\u201d, Journal of the Korean Geographical Society56(2). (in Korean)
\n2020, \u201cAn Analysis of the Changes in the Historical Meanings and Performativity in Iranian Hijab Practice\u201d, Journal of Middle Eastern Affairs 19(3) (in Korean)
\n2020, Unfinished Revolutions and Precarious Lives:Ten Years after the Iranian Green Movement and the Tunisian Revolution, Asia Review 9(2). (in Korean, Co-authored)
\n2019, #GirlsofRevolutionStreet: Iranian Womens Social Movement through Hashtag Politics. Cross-Cultural Studies 25(1). (in Korean)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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