Research Fields
- Korean economic miracle
- Korean cultural miracle
- Critical Management Studies
- Innovation and industrial espionage
- Fandom Studies
About
Irina Lyan is an Assistant Professor and the Chair of the Korean Studies Program at the Department of Asian Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is the recipient of prestigious scholarships and awards, including visiting postdoctoral fellowships at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Freie Universität Berlin, and the University of Oxford. Her research deals with South Korea’s economic miracle, known as “the Miracle on the Han River,” and the cultural miracle, known as “the Korean Wave,” or Hallyu. Irina has published several articles and book chapters on national images, imagery, and imagination, and their impact on the global positioning of Korea.
Selected Publications
Lyan, Irina (2021). “Koreans are the Israelis of the East”: A postcolonial reading of cultural similarities in cross-cultural management. Culture and Organization (link).
Lyan, Irina (2021).” ‘Start-up Nation’ vs. ‘The Republic of Samsung:’ Power and politics in the partner choice discourse in Israeli-Korean business collaboration.” Critical Perspectives in International Business (link).
Lyan, Irina (2021). "Between two homelands: Diasporic nationalism and academic pilgrimage of the Korean Christian Community in Jerusalem.” S/N Korean Humanities, 7(1), 37-70. (link).
Lyan, Irina and Frenkel, Michal (2020). “Industrial espionage revisited: Host country-foreign MNC legal disputes and the postcolonial imagery.” Organization (link).
Lyan, Irina (2019). “Welcome to Korea Day: From diasporic to fan-nationalism.” International Journal of Communication, 13, 3764-3780 (link).
Selected Awards
2021-2025 Israeli Science Foundation (ISF) Grant No. 1067/21 (32,400$/4 years)
2020 Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship Grant
2019 Research Grant, St Antony’s College Committee in Israel, Tel Aviv University (20,000$)
Teaching
Modern Korea
Pre-modern Korea
Korean economic miracle
Popular culture in South Korea
Gender and sexuality in Korean cinema and literature
Forum of East Asian Economies
Asia in International Arena