Bokyung Kim

Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History

Bokyung Kim

Dr. Bokyung Kim is an Instructional Assistant Professor of Art History in the Department of Art & Art History at the University of Mississippi,

Research Interests

Dr. Bokyung Kim's 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). 

Courses Taught

  • ARTH 1010 Introduction to Western Art
  • ARTH 1020 Art Beyond the West
  • ARTH 201 History of Art I
  • ARTH 3300 Medieval Art (Art of Silk Roads)
  • ARTH 3810 Art of China
  • ARTH 3820 Art of Japan
  • ARTH 3830 Art of South Asia
  • ARTH 3840 Art of Korea

Education

Ph.D. Art History, University of California-Los Angeles (2016)