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Hyunjin Kim serves as a Visiting Lecturer in the Film and Media Studies Program within the Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Her academic role focuses on interdisciplinary film scholarship, specifically examining French and Francophone cinematic traditions through the lens of bodily representation and technological transformation of human identity.
Dr. Kim recently completed her doctoral studies, successfully defending her dissertation "From Méliès to Ducournau: Transhumanist Bodies in French Cinema" in July 2024. This foundational work establishes her expertise in tracing transhumanist narratives across French cinematic history.
Her research centers on 20th and 21st century French and Francophone cinema, with specialized attention to corporeality and nonhumanness. She investigates how filmmakers from Georges Méliès to Julia Ducournau have depicted boundaries between human and nonhuman entities, bridging film theory, cultural studies, and philosophy of technology. This work reveals consistent engagement with bodily transformation across eras of French cinematic production.
Dr. Kim's scholarly output demonstrates a cohesive trajectory in transhumanist film studies, evidenced by her published article on Ducournau's Titane in Études Francophones and forthcoming Méliès research in Early Popular Visual Culture. These works collectively map the evolution of nonhuman body representation from early silent film to contemporary horror and science fiction.
No scientific awards or honors were documented in the source material.
Information regarding student advising, grant funding, or research team leadership was not specified in available documentation. Her current academic activities appear centered on teaching within the Film and Media Studies curriculum and completing pending publications.
