As an Instructional Assistant Professor, Dr. Kim teaches Intro Art History courses and several 300-level Asian Art courses.
Biography
Bokyung Kim is Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Mississippi. Her research involves Indonesia's Hindu-Buddhist art and architecture and the early interactions between Java and the mainland of Southeast Asia. She has published articles on the controversial two-dynasty theory of the Central Javanese period, the ancient Indonesian art, especially in the pedagogical context of teaching Southeast Asian art. She co-edited Teaching South and Southeast Asian Art: Multiethnicity, Cross-Racial Interaction, and Nationalism (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023). She received her Ph.D. in Southeast Asian art history from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Courses Taught
- AH101 Introduction to Art History
- AH102 Art Beyond the West
- AH201 History of Art I
- AH330 Medieval Art (Art of Silk Roads)
- AH381 Art of China
- AH382 Art of Japan
- AH383 Art of India
- AH384 Art of Korea
Education
Ph.D. Art History, University of California-Los Angeles (2016)