Research Bio

Jinsoo An is a scholar of modern Korean film and visual culture whose research examines the relationship between aesthetics, politics, and memory in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Korea. His work explores how cinema reflects experiences of colonialism, war, and modernization, and how artistic forms have shaped collective identity in South Korea. He is best known for his analysis of postwar Korean film and visual culture. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at UC Berkeley, where he teaches courses on Korean literature, film, and popular culture and contributes to the study of East Asian modernity and transnational media.

Research Expertise and Interest

Korean cinema, Korean culture