Research Output per year
Personal profile
Biography
In my own institution I am the Deputy Head of School of Social Sciences with the responsibility for the Teaching & Learning portfolio, and serve in a number of committees, including the Academic Board at UWA, the School of Social Sciences School Executive Committee, the University Board of Discipline, Salary Progression Committee (VC’s nominee), and Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education Curriculum Committee and the Faculty Teaching & Learning Committee.
Roles and responsibilities
Deputy Head of School (Social Sciences, Teaching & Learning Portfolio)
Member of the Academic Board (since 2015)
Member of the Faculty Teaching and Learning & Curriculum Committees (since 2014)
Salary Progression Committee (Professional Staff), VC's nominee, since 2015
Previous Roles:
Discipline Chair (Asian Studies)
Convenor of Korean Studies
Graduate Research Coordinator (Social Sciences)
Research expertise:
Cosmetic surgery and beauty cultures in Korea
Gender and popular culture in Korea
Korean literature and cinema
Korean cultural diplomacy and popular culture
Korean Official Development Assistance and Cultural Engagement in Africa
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS OR SYMPOSIA ORGANISED:
Co-curator of the "Transcending Borders" Korean art exhibition (Berndt Museum, May-July 2014: http://www.lwgallery.uwa.edu.au/exhibitions/transcendingborders
Member of the organising committee for the Australian Sociological Association (TASA) conference in 2017: https://conference.tasa.org.au/
Member of the organising committee for the ASAA 2014 conference: www.asaa2014.com
Workshop "The Present and Future of Korean Literature in Translation – How to Translate Literature“ ("한국문학 번역의 현실과 전망-문화번역을 어떻게 할 것인가") (October 10-11, 2011), Frankfurt University (organised in collaboration with Korean Literature Translation Institute): main conference organiser
Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Symposium in July 2009
Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy (Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning) Poster Exhibition in January 2009
Graduate studies conference at Sheffield University in February 2004: Main organiser
Future research
Funding overview
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade - Australia Korea Competitive Grant, UWA, 2017 ($15,000), Associate Professor Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Mr Iain Watt, Professor Wendy Erber, Professor Leonard Collard, Professor Ian McArthur, 'Promoting Australia in Korea: The Second UWA-SKKU Partnership Forum'
UWA Research Collaboration Awards, UWA, 2016 ($20,000): Professor Loretta Baldassar, Dr Raelene Wilding, Associate Professor Christopher Etherton-Beer, Dr Judy Esmond, Associate Professor Joanna Elfving-Hwang, Dr Helen Manchester, Dr Ivalyo Vassilev, Professor Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Dr Sanetta Du Toit, Dr Majella Kilkey, Professor Hengjin Dong, Professor Cornelia Schweppe, Professor Paolo Boccagni, Dr Jyotsna Kalavar, Associate Professor Leng Thang, Associate Professor Elaine Ho, 2016: 'Ageing and New Media'
'What Does an Australian Look Like? Pilot Study on Understanding Asian-Australian Perceptions of ‘Australian Appearance’ in Multicultural Australia', Teaching Relief for UWA Academic Staff (2016)
Academy of Korean Studies (Seoul, South Korea) competitive reearch grant: "Elderly Korean Women's Somatic Subjectivities and Technologies of Self in an Image-Conscious Society" (2014-2015)
Associate Professor Robert Ian Cover, Associate Professor Farida Fozdar, Associate Professor Loretta Baldassar, Associate Professor Joanna Elfving-Hwang 2014, 'Community, Popular and Digital Media in Migrant Settlement, Integration and Resilience: Mobilities and Belonging', UWA Research Collaboration Awards
BMBF Grant (Federal Ministry for Education and Research, Germany): “Korean Cultural Policy in Africa”, 2012-2016 (Collaborative grant, total €3.98 million)
Frankfurt University QSL (Enhancing Quality in Teaching and Learning) Grant - 2011
Korean Literature Translation Institute Workshop Grant - 2011
Korean Literature Translation Institute Residential Program Grant - 2011
Frankfurt University QSL (Enhancing Quality in Teaching and Learning) Grant - 2011
Korean Literature Translation Institute International Exchange Grant - 2010
Daesan Foundation Field Research Grant for Korean Literature - 2009
Korean Literature Translation Institute International Exchange Grant - 2009
Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship 2007/2008 - 2007
Peter Carnell Memorial Award - 2002
Learned Society Travel Grant - 2002
Daesan Foundation Postgraduate Grant for Korean Studies - 2001
Previous positions
Academic Developer and Researcher (Sheffield Hallam University Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, UK)
Korea Foundation Postdoc Research Fellowship (Leeds University, UK)
Visiting Lecturer in Korean Literature (Sheffield University, UK)
Industrial relevance
Teaching overview
KORE2811 Readings in Korean Language and Culture
GEND3903 Screening Gender
ASIA2004 Asian Popular Culture
KORE2401 and KORE2402(Intermediate Korean)
HERI5105 Heritage and Development in Asia
ASIA5002 Critical Cultural Engagement in Asia
Courses taught previously:
Contemporary Korean Society
Colonial Korean Literature
Contemporary Korean Literature (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Korean Culture and Society though Critical Feminist Theory (postgraduate)
North and South Korean Cultural Politics (undergraduate and postgraduate)
Introduction to Korean Studies (undergraduate)
Disciplining the Body: A Critical Theory Course (postgraduate)
Modern Korean Literature (1910-1950s)
Research
My current Academy of Korean Studies funded research project (2017-20180 focuses on analysing how beauty is consumed in every day contexts by less obvious consumers of beauty (such as older women over 65 and middle aged men) and what social meanings are attached to appropriate presentation of self and maintaining attractive appearance.
Languages
Finnish
Korean
Swedish
Keywords
- Beauty
- Cosmetic Surgery
- Popular Culture In Asia
- Korean Cinema
- Ageing
- South Korea
- North Korea
- Cosmetic surgery in Korea
- Korean literature
- South Korean pop culture and gender
- Korean cultural diplomacy
- Korean overseas development in Africa
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Research Output 2003 2020
Competency as an Embodied Social Practice: Clothing, Presentation of Self and Corporate Masculinity in South Korea
Elfving-Hwang, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) Making It Like Man: Men, Masculinities and the Modern Career. Hoegaerds, J. & Aarvik, K. (eds.). Walter de GruyterResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Media, Cosmetic Surgery and Aspirational Beauty Aesthetics of the Ageing Body in South Korea
Elfving-Hwang, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Asian Studies Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The Body, Cosmetic Surgery and the Discourse of Westernization of Korean Bodies
Elfving-Hwang, J., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Companion to Politics of Beauty. Craig, M. (ed.). 2 ed. RoutledgeResearch output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
K-pop fans are creative, dedicated and social - we should take them seriously
Elfving-Hwang, J., 2 Jul 2019, The Conversation.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article
K-Pop Idols, Artificial Beauty and Affective Fan Relationships in South Korea
Elfving-Hwang, J. K., 5 Mar 2018, Handbook of Celebrity Studies. Elliot, A. (ed.). London: Routledge, p. 190-201Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference paper › Chapter
Projects 2014 2019
Social Research on Health: Addressing Anti-Health Messaging in a Digital Era
Cover, R., Fozdar, F., Elfving-Hwang, J., Han, S., Attwell, K., Bartlett, A., Carr, S., Mavaddat, N. & Atkins, M.
University of Western Australia
1/01/19 → 13/12/19
Project: Research
Promoting Australia in Korea: The Second UWA-SKKU Partnership Forum
Elfving-Hwang, J., Watt, I., Erber, W., Collard, L. & McArthur, I.
Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade
1/07/17 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
Ageing and New Media
Baldassar, L., Etherton-Beer, C., Esmond, J., Elfving-Hwang, J., Wilding, R., Manchester, H., Vassilev, I., Bacigalupe, G., Du Toit, S., Kilkey, M., Dong, H., Schweppe, C., Boccagni, P., Kalavar, J., Thang, L. & Ho, E.
University of Western Australia
1/01/17 → 31/12/17
Project: Research
Prizes
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Education Excellence in Teaching Award (Lecturers) 2019
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Recipient), 17 Apr 2019
Prize: Award
UWA Student Guild Student Choice Award (Teaching Excellence)
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Award
UWA Student Guild Student Choice Award (Teaching Excellence)
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Award
Activities 2014 2018
- 3 Membership of board/school board or association
Korean Studies Association of Australasia (External organisation)
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Chair)Activity: Memberships › Membership of board/school board or association
Australia Korea Business Council of Western Australia (External organisation)
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Member)Activity: Memberships › Membership of board/school board or association
Korean Studies Association of Australasia (External organisation)
Jo Elfving-Hwang (Member)Activity: Memberships › Membership of board/school board or association
Courses
Press / Media
As BTS continues its global music domination, K-pop is sometimes misunderstood
24/11/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Superstar Sulli's death sparks conversation about South Korea's high-pressure K-Pop industry
20/10/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Hvor problematisk er det at skjønnhetsbransjen sikter seg inn mot barn?
4/04/19
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media