HEE SOOK LEE-NIINIOJA, PHD
SCHOLAR, JOURNALIST, ARTIST, DESIGNER
EDUCATION
2003-2006: PhD, DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, UK
1998-2000: MA, DEPT. OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE, SYRACUSE, USA
1975-1984: MA & BA, DEPTS. OF FINE ART/ INTERIOR/ GRAPHIC DESIGN, NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, OSLO, NORWAY
1968-1972: BA, DEPT. OF JOURNALISM, EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE (KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, KUWAIT), COLOUR HISTORY (CAMBRIDGE SUMMER UNIVERSITY, UK), COMPUTER GRAPHIC ART/DESIGN (ST. MARTINS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ART, UK), THEOLOGY (OSLO UNIVERSITY, NORWAY), ARCHITECTURE (KENT ART AND DESIGN GRADUATE SCHOOL, UK), MANY COURSES (FINLAND, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA, USA, ETC.)
SCHOLARSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP: GOETHE INSTITUTE (GERMANY), TURKISH GOVERNMENT (TURKEY), NORWEGIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER (NORWAY), THE BEST STUDENT OF EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY (SOUTH KOREA), WEIMAR CLASSIC FOUNDATION (GERMANY)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
SUMMER PAPER ART RESIDENCE (BULGARIA), SUMMER ART RESIDENCY (YUGOSLAVIA), BANFF ART CENTER (CANADA), SUMMER ART RESIDENCY (IRELAND)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
1976-08: INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION (USA, AUSTRIA, NORWAY 1976-78)
2003-05: INTERNATIONAL COLOUR ASSOCIATION (THAILAND, BRAZIL, SPAIN 2003-04), ISLAMIC BUILT-ENVIRONMENT (MALAYSIA 2004), CULTURE (AUSTRIA 2005)
2008: WORLD HERITAGE (PORTUGAL), VIOLENCE (FINLAND)
2009: RITUAL (LITHUANIA), EDUCATION (KUWAIT), ISLAMIC ART (POLAND), CULTURAL HERITAGE (GERMANY), IBERIAN STUDIES (GERMANY)
2010: ANTHROPOLOGY (FINLAND), ART (CHINA), WORD & IMAGE (UK), HERITAGE (PORTUGAL). BAROQUE (SWISS)
2011: ASIAN STUDY (INDIA), TOURISM, TEXT & IMAGE (SOUTH KOREA), SSEASR (BHUTAN), DIALOGUE (POLAND), MEDIEVAL (SLOVENIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), SHAMANISM (POLAND), ICOMOS (FRANCE), CULTURE & RELIGION (VATICAN), ARCHAEOLOGY (NORWAY)
2012: GOETHE (S. KOREA), STRZYGOWSKI (POLAND), CREATIVITY (INDONESIA), LITERATURE (UK), CULTURE (LITHUANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), GOETHE (GERMANY), ARCHAEOLOGY (IRELAND), KOREA (POLAND),
2013: INDONESIA (USA), HERITAGE (UK), RITUAL (HUNGARY), GOETHE (S. KOREA), HERITAGE (TAIWAN), MEDIEVAL (UK), ETHNOMUSICOLOGY (SWISS), MEDITERRANEAN (SWISS), SCANDINAVIA (GERMANY), ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN)
2014: RELIGION (UK), ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN), MEDIEVAL (UK), ART HISTORY (HUNGARY), FOLKLORE (GEORGIA), ICOMOS (ITALY)
2015: MEDIEVAL (UK), SEMIOTICS (BULGARIA), SHAMANISTIC STUDY (GREECE), HERITAGE (MEXICO), MEDIEVAL (IRELAND), MEDITERRANEAN (S. KOREA)
2016: MEDITERRANEAN (ITALY), SEMIOTICS (POLAND), ART EDUCATION (S. KOREA)
2017: BYZANTINE (CYPRUS), SIEF (GERMANY), MIGRATION (ARGENTINA), SEMIOTICS (LITHUANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), THEOLOGY (SPAIN), ASIAN ART-ARCHAEOLOGY (SWISS), UNESCO-OWHC (S. KOREA), MEDITERRANEAN (TURKEY), MONUMENT (HUNGARY), UNESCO-ICH (S. KOREA)
2018: SEMIOTIC LAW (FRANCE), HERITAGE (PHILLIPPINE), PATA TOURISM (S. KOREA), SEMIOTICS (ROMANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), INDIAN OCEAN (UK), CULTURE (S. KOREA), MUSIC (SLOVAKIA), UNESCO (MAURITIUS)
2019: INDIAN OCEAN (OMAN), UNESCO (FRANCE), TOURISM (UK), CULTURAL HERITAGE (KOREA), WATER (TAIWAN), MEDITERRANEAN (SPAIN), MEDIEVAL (UK), SEMIOTICS (ARGENTINA), ICOMOS (MOROCCO), LANDSCAPE (S. KOREA)
2020: CANCEL-EXTENT CONFERENCES. COVID-19
2021:(ONLINE) ARCHITECTURE (ISRAEL), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA), IDENTITY (S. AFRICA), BYZANTINE (BRAZIL), ISLAMIC HERITAGE (USA), PERSONALITY (BULGARIA), SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILLIPPINE), MEDIEVAL (USA), SEMIOTICS (ROMANIA), INDONESIA (USA), SEMIOTICS (IASSP+T), MEDIEVAL (LEEDS), INDONESIA (AUSTRALIA), ARCHITECTURE (TURKEY), ART/LITERATURE (USA), ASIAN STUDIES (USA), ART/CULTURE (SLOVENIA), ASIAN RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN), CULTURAL HERITAGE (USA). VISUALITY PAST (RUSSIA), FRAGRANCE (ARGENTINA-SPAIN), COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE (THAILAND)
2022: INDONESIA (USA/ONLINE). FOOD & MEMORY (POLAND/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (USA/ONLINE). INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (SPAIN/ONLINE), HERITAGE (ITALY), MEDIEVAL EMOTIONS (UK/ONLINE), INDONESIAN STUDIES (USA/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (UK), PILGRIMAGE (UK/ONLINE), COURTYARDS (MALAYSIA/ONLINE), EMBLEM STUDIES (PORTUGAL/ONLINE), SEMIOTICS (GREECE), THERMAL WATERS (SPAIN), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA/ONLINE), JERUSALEM (KOREA), INDIAN OCEAN (UK)
2023: MEMORY (POLAND/ONLINE), JOURNALISM (ITALY), NORDIC (NORWAY), AFRICAN STUDIES (GERMANY), SEMIOTICS (FINLAND). ASIA LANDSCAPE (CHINA/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (UK), INDONESIA (USA/ONLINE), ICTM-MUSIC (GHANA/ONLINE), SPIRITUALITY (SLOVENIA/?), RUINS (CZECH/ONLINE), ANIMALS (CROATIA/ONLINE), SENSORY STUDY (NETHERLANDS/ONLINE), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA/ONLINE)
2024: AAS2024/ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES (USA)
SCHOLAR, JOURNALIST, ARTIST, DESIGNER
EDUCATION
2003-2006: PhD, DEPT OF ARCHITECTURE, OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY, OXFORD, UK
1998-2000: MA, DEPT. OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION, UNIVERSITY OF SYRACUSE, SYRACUSE, USA
1975-1984: MA & BA, DEPTS. OF FINE ART/ INTERIOR/ GRAPHIC DESIGN, NATIONAL COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN, OSLO, NORWAY
1968-1972: BA, DEPT. OF JOURNALISM, EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY, SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
ARABIC LANGUAGE & CULTURE (KUWAIT UNIVERSITY, KUWAIT), COLOUR HISTORY (CAMBRIDGE SUMMER UNIVERSITY, UK), COMPUTER GRAPHIC ART/DESIGN (ST. MARTINS GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ART, UK), THEOLOGY (OSLO UNIVERSITY, NORWAY), ARCHITECTURE (KENT ART AND DESIGN GRADUATE SCHOOL, UK), MANY COURSES (FINLAND, GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, SOUTH AFRICA, USA, ETC.)
SCHOLARSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP: GOETHE INSTITUTE (GERMANY), TURKISH GOVERNMENT (TURKEY), NORWEGIAN GRAPHIC DESIGNER (NORWAY), THE BEST STUDENT OF EWHA WOMANS UNIVERSITY (SOUTH KOREA), WEIMAR CLASSIC FOUNDATION (GERMANY)
INTERNATIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY
SUMMER PAPER ART RESIDENCE (BULGARIA), SUMMER ART RESIDENCY (YUGOSLAVIA), BANFF ART CENTER (CANADA), SUMMER ART RESIDENCY (IRELAND)
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
1976-08: INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION (USA, AUSTRIA, NORWAY 1976-78)
2003-05: INTERNATIONAL COLOUR ASSOCIATION (THAILAND, BRAZIL, SPAIN 2003-04), ISLAMIC BUILT-ENVIRONMENT (MALAYSIA 2004), CULTURE (AUSTRIA 2005)
2008: WORLD HERITAGE (PORTUGAL), VIOLENCE (FINLAND)
2009: RITUAL (LITHUANIA), EDUCATION (KUWAIT), ISLAMIC ART (POLAND), CULTURAL HERITAGE (GERMANY), IBERIAN STUDIES (GERMANY)
2010: ANTHROPOLOGY (FINLAND), ART (CHINA), WORD & IMAGE (UK), HERITAGE (PORTUGAL). BAROQUE (SWISS)
2011: ASIAN STUDY (INDIA), TOURISM, TEXT & IMAGE (SOUTH KOREA), SSEASR (BHUTAN), DIALOGUE (POLAND), MEDIEVAL (SLOVENIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), SHAMANISM (POLAND), ICOMOS (FRANCE), CULTURE & RELIGION (VATICAN), ARCHAEOLOGY (NORWAY)
2012: GOETHE (S. KOREA), STRZYGOWSKI (POLAND), CREATIVITY (INDONESIA), LITERATURE (UK), CULTURE (LITHUANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), GOETHE (GERMANY), ARCHAEOLOGY (IRELAND), KOREA (POLAND),
2013: INDONESIA (USA), HERITAGE (UK), RITUAL (HUNGARY), GOETHE (S. KOREA), HERITAGE (TAIWAN), MEDIEVAL (UK), ETHNOMUSICOLOGY (SWISS), MEDITERRANEAN (SWISS), SCANDINAVIA (GERMANY), ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN)
2014: RELIGION (UK), ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN), MEDIEVAL (UK), ART HISTORY (HUNGARY), FOLKLORE (GEORGIA), ICOMOS (ITALY)
2015: MEDIEVAL (UK), SEMIOTICS (BULGARIA), SHAMANISTIC STUDY (GREECE), HERITAGE (MEXICO), MEDIEVAL (IRELAND), MEDITERRANEAN (S. KOREA)
2016: MEDITERRANEAN (ITALY), SEMIOTICS (POLAND), ART EDUCATION (S. KOREA)
2017: BYZANTINE (CYPRUS), SIEF (GERMANY), MIGRATION (ARGENTINA), SEMIOTICS (LITHUANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), THEOLOGY (SPAIN), ASIAN ART-ARCHAEOLOGY (SWISS), UNESCO-OWHC (S. KOREA), MEDITERRANEAN (TURKEY), MONUMENT (HUNGARY), UNESCO-ICH (S. KOREA)
2018: SEMIOTIC LAW (FRANCE), HERITAGE (PHILLIPPINE), PATA TOURISM (S. KOREA), SEMIOTICS (ROMANIA), MEDIEVAL (UK), INDIAN OCEAN (UK), CULTURE (S. KOREA), MUSIC (SLOVAKIA), UNESCO (MAURITIUS)
2019: INDIAN OCEAN (OMAN), UNESCO (FRANCE), TOURISM (UK), CULTURAL HERITAGE (KOREA), WATER (TAIWAN), MEDITERRANEAN (SPAIN), MEDIEVAL (UK), SEMIOTICS (ARGENTINA), ICOMOS (MOROCCO), LANDSCAPE (S. KOREA)
2020: CANCEL-EXTENT CONFERENCES. COVID-19
2021:(ONLINE) ARCHITECTURE (ISRAEL), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA), IDENTITY (S. AFRICA), BYZANTINE (BRAZIL), ISLAMIC HERITAGE (USA), PERSONALITY (BULGARIA), SOUTHEAST ASIA (PHILLIPPINE), MEDIEVAL (USA), SEMIOTICS (ROMANIA), INDONESIA (USA), SEMIOTICS (IASSP+T), MEDIEVAL (LEEDS), INDONESIA (AUSTRALIA), ARCHITECTURE (TURKEY), ART/LITERATURE (USA), ASIAN STUDIES (USA), ART/CULTURE (SLOVENIA), ASIAN RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE (SPAIN), CULTURAL HERITAGE (USA). VISUALITY PAST (RUSSIA), FRAGRANCE (ARGENTINA-SPAIN), COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE (THAILAND)
2022: INDONESIA (USA/ONLINE). FOOD & MEMORY (POLAND/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (USA/ONLINE). INTANGIBLE HERITAGE (SPAIN/ONLINE), HERITAGE (ITALY), MEDIEVAL EMOTIONS (UK/ONLINE), INDONESIAN STUDIES (USA/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (UK), PILGRIMAGE (UK/ONLINE), COURTYARDS (MALAYSIA/ONLINE), EMBLEM STUDIES (PORTUGAL/ONLINE), SEMIOTICS (GREECE), THERMAL WATERS (SPAIN), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA/ONLINE), JERUSALEM (KOREA), INDIAN OCEAN (UK)
2023: MEMORY (POLAND/ONLINE), JOURNALISM (ITALY), NORDIC (NORWAY), AFRICAN STUDIES (GERMANY), SEMIOTICS (FINLAND). ASIA LANDSCAPE (CHINA/ONLINE), MEDIEVAL (UK), INDONESIA (USA/ONLINE), ICTM-MUSIC (GHANA/ONLINE), SPIRITUALITY (SLOVENIA/?), RUINS (CZECH/ONLINE), ANIMALS (CROATIA/ONLINE), SENSORY STUDY (NETHERLANDS/ONLINE), BYZANTINE (NORTH MACEDONIA/ONLINE)
2024: AAS2024/ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN STUDIES (USA)
ACTIVITY
NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS, PROCEEDINGS, BOOK CHAPTERS, DUE- EBOOKS.
INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, TVS IN S. KOREA AS CORRESPONDENT FOR SCANDINAVIA.
ACADEMIC PAPER PEER-REVIEWS IN DIFFERENT JOURNALS (MDPI RELGION, SUSTAINABILITY)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: WATERMUSEUM NETWORK
EDITORIAL ADVERSARY GROUP, EDITORIAL BOARD, ETC.
AWARD
THE ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA (KIM DAE JUNG), APPRECIATIONS/CERTIFICATES FROM FOREIGN MINISTRIES/ORGANIZATIONS FOR LECTURE, WORKSHOP, HUMANITARIAN WORK (AL+SABAH RULING FAMILY IN KUWAIT, ETC)
COMPETENCE
GUEST LECTURER AT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTES, CORRESPONDENT FOR SOUTH KOREA IN SCANDINAVIA, ARTIST, GRAPHIC DESIGNER AT DESIGN STUDIOS/ADVERTISING AGENCIES, PHOTOGRAPHER, PROJECT COORDINATOR IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONS
EXHIBITION
BULGARIA, CANADA, FINLAND, GERMANY, INDONESIA, IRAN, KUWAIT, LITHUANIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, QATAR, SPAIN, YUGOSLAVIA, AS WELL AS GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
INVITED GUEST ARTIST AT DOHA CULTURAL FESTIVAL, QATAR (2003) AND GRANADA EPHEMERAL BIENNALE, SPAIN (2009)
LANGUAGE
KOREAN, ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN (SWEDISH, DANISH), GERMAN, FRENCH, FINNISH, BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ARABIC, INDONESIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE
SPECIAL INTEREST RESEARCH
HINDU-BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN/ISLAMIC CONFLUENCE IN MEDIEVAL SACRED ARCHITECTURE, CULTURAL HERITAGE, COLOUR AND EMOTIONS, VISUAL STUDY
NUMEROUS ARTICLES IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS, PROCEEDINGS, BOOK CHAPTERS, DUE- EBOOKS.
INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES IN NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, TVS IN S. KOREA AS CORRESPONDENT FOR SCANDINAVIA.
ACADEMIC PAPER PEER-REVIEWS IN DIFFERENT JOURNALS (MDPI RELGION, SUSTAINABILITY)
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: WATERMUSEUM NETWORK
EDITORIAL ADVERSARY GROUP, EDITORIAL BOARD, ETC.
AWARD
THE ORDER OF CIVIL MERIT MEDAL FROM PRESIDENT OF SOUTH KOREA (KIM DAE JUNG), APPRECIATIONS/CERTIFICATES FROM FOREIGN MINISTRIES/ORGANIZATIONS FOR LECTURE, WORKSHOP, HUMANITARIAN WORK (AL+SABAH RULING FAMILY IN KUWAIT, ETC)
COMPETENCE
GUEST LECTURER AT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTES, CORRESPONDENT FOR SOUTH KOREA IN SCANDINAVIA, ARTIST, GRAPHIC DESIGNER AT DESIGN STUDIOS/ADVERTISING AGENCIES, PHOTOGRAPHER, PROJECT COORDINATOR IN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATIONS
EXHIBITION
BULGARIA, CANADA, FINLAND, GERMANY, INDONESIA, IRAN, KUWAIT, LITHUANIA, NORWAY, PAKISTAN, QATAR, SPAIN, YUGOSLAVIA, AS WELL AS GROUP EXHIBITIONS.
INVITED GUEST ARTIST AT DOHA CULTURAL FESTIVAL, QATAR (2003) AND GRANADA EPHEMERAL BIENNALE, SPAIN (2009)
LANGUAGE
KOREAN, ENGLISH, NORWEGIAN (SWEDISH, DANISH), GERMAN, FRENCH, FINNISH, BASIC UNDERSTANDING OF ARABIC, INDONESIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE
SPECIAL INTEREST RESEARCH
HINDU-BUDDHIST/CHRISTIAN/ISLAMIC CONFLUENCE IN MEDIEVAL SACRED ARCHITECTURE, CULTURAL HERITAGE, COLOUR AND EMOTIONS, VISUAL STUDY
BOOKS
The Continuity of Pre-Islamic Motifs in Javanee Mosque Ornamentation, Indonesia
KOREAN BOOKS: 한국학술정보 (Korean Studies Information)
EBOOKS Novel&Noble Communications, 2018
ACADEMIA.EDU
RESEARCHGATE.NET
ARTICLES
Edvard Munch on Paper (written in Korean) (magazine, 2014), etc.
The Continuity of Pre-Islamic Motifs in Javanee Mosque Ornamentation, Indonesia
KOREAN BOOKS: 한국학술정보 (Korean Studies Information)
- 나의 스칸디나비아 (My Scandinavia) 2011
- 세계를 감동시킨 스칸디나비아 디자이너 37 (37 Scandinavia Designer) 2013
- 스칸디나비아 예술사 (National Romanticism in Scandinavian Art) 2014
- 이슬람 캘리그라피. 모슬렘 아이덴티티와 아름다움 (Islamic Calligraphy) 2014
- 자바이슬람의 건축문화유산 (Syncretic Architectural Heritage in Javanese Islam) 2015
- 이슬람 건축의 동양과 서양 (Islamic Architecture in the East and West) 2016
- 바이킹 시대의 탄생과 업적 (The Birth of Viking Age and Its Achievement) 2017
- 스칸디나비아 원주민 사미의 사회. 문화, 종교 (Scandinavian Indigenous People Sami. Society, Culture, Religion) 2017
- 중세 승원 회랑의 초목과 꽃 조각 장식 (Vegetal-Floral Ornamentation in Medieval Monastery Cloisters) 2018
- 중세 승원 회랑에 나타난 동물 우화 마뉴스크립의 종교적 상징 (Religious Symbolsim of Medieval Bestiaries on Monastery Cloister Sculptures) 2019
- 중세 승원 회랑의 건축 조각에 재현된 성경적 인물과 그 배경 (Bible Stories and Their Images on Romanesque Sculptural Capitals of Medieval Monastery Cloisters) 2020
EBOOKS Novel&Noble Communications, 2018
- Javanese Mosque Mihrabs & Syncretic Islamic Ornament
- Islamic Calligraphy and Muslim Identity: a Case study of Kuwait
- Islamic Monument of Sendang Duwur: Reflection of Cultural Tolerance, Communication of Cultural Heritage
- Reflecting Scandinavian Design
- Symbolic Sami Drums
- The Death of Acanthus
- Toraja Cultural Heritage of Indonesia in Symbolic-Ornamental Carvings
ACADEMIA.EDU
- A Universal Tradition of Goethe’s Literary Emotions to His Eternal Beauty (The International Comparative Literature Association, 2010)
- Al-Andalus and Java: Still a Sanctuary for Interconnecting Religions and Traditions? (SOTER, 2012)
- Artistic Expressions of the Visual language on Sami Ritual Drums (Akademiai Kiado. Polish Institute of World Art Studies & Tako Publishing House, 2014)
- Colour Consoles My Soul, My Mind, My Heart, and Yours (The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review, 2009)
- Costume Culture of Hanbok as a Living Heritage and Korean Identity (Polish Institute of World Art Studies & Tako Publishing House, 2014)
- Creative Manipulation of Photography as a Religious Means for Sacred Gothic Buildings (inter conference _2016_INTERACCIONES / INTERACTIONS. Servicio Publicaciones Universidad de Navarra, 2016)
- Cultural Tourism as a mediator for Inter-Cultural Dialogues
- Ephemeral Perceptions of Medieval Christians and Muslims on Common Cultural Heritages of the Doge's Palace in Gothic Venice (14-15C) (Conference paper)
- Extending Unique Artistic Otherness in Chinese Islamic Cultural Heritage through Interpretation
- Hindu-Buddhist Scrolls in Islamic Sacred Spaces (SEAMEO Regional Center for Archaology and Fine Arts, 2011)
- Indisputable Tangible-Intangible Values of Chungmugong Yi Sun- Shin's Monument in Korea (Proceedings)
- Islamic calligraphy, re-interpreted by local genius in Javanese mosque ornamentation, Indonesia (fifteenth century CE to present) (Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2020)
- Javanese Muslims’ Tolerance and Flexibility through Syncretic Ornamentation (The SSEASR Journal, 2010)
- Korean Alphabet (Hangul): 1200 to 1900: East and Southeast Asia (Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, 2012)
- Korean Dynasties: Prehistory to 1200: East and Southeast Asia (Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, & Africa: An Encyclopedia, 2000)
- Korean Intangible Cultural Heritage of "Bibimbap" as a Cultural Tourism Strategy in Jeonju City (the Ironbridge International Institute of Cultural Heritage & the National Taiwan University, 2013)
- Multiple Cognitive Signs of the Shaman Drums as Sami's Worldview, Identity, and Cultural Heritage (Conference paper, 2016)
- OTHERNESS of Gestalt Shapes, Semiotic Interpretations and Hierarchical Functions of the Romanesque Cloister Ornamentation in Santillana del Mar
- Perceptive Minds-Eyes on Romanesque Sculpted Capitals through Gestalt-Semiotic Shapes (Conference paper)
- Religious and Intercultural Influence on Mozarabic Capitals in the Saint-Pierre Abbey (SOTER, 2014)
- Shamanic-Mystic-Syncretic Islam and Shadow Puppet Shamans in Javanese Traditions and Beliefs (Hungarian Society for Religious Studies, 2017)
- Shared Mudejar Cultural Heritage in the Old and New World through the Atlantic (Conference paper)
- Syncretic pre-Islamic and Islamic Ornamentation in Sacred Javanese Mihrabs
- Tangible-Intangible Motions in the Mediterranean Siculo-Norman Monreale
- The ‘Arirang’ Folksong as the Emotional Unison Between the Past and the Future in the Korean Peninsular (Traditional Music and Dance in Contemporary Culture(s), 2019)
- The Great Mosque of Cordoba as Al-Andalus Islamic-Christian Culture, Inspired by the Greek Orthodox Tradition (Publications de i'Universite de Balamand, 2015)
- The Green Colour of Paradisal Garden and Metaphoric Water: A Divine Gift and Promise from Allah to His People in the Islamic Religion and Environment (Semiotic)
- The Sami Worldview through Shaman Drums as Intangible Cultural Manifestation and Communication (IASS-AIS Proceedings, 2017)
- The Text-Image Relationship in Goethe's the Sorrows of Young Werther (Koreanische Goethe-Gesellschaft, 2012)
- Toraja’s Wood Carving: A Shared Social Heritage in Cultural Expression for Identity
- South and Southeast Asia Culture and Religion (SSEASR Journal, 2014)
- Transcending Dark Heritage of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) into Bright Future Reunification Tourism through Semiotic Interpretation in Texts-Images (Proceedings)
- Unison with Oneself in God at the Sacred «Kamppi Chapel of Silence» (Actas del Congreso Internacional de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea 3, 2013)
- Viking and Romanesque Flavour on Norwegian Stave Church Ornamentation (1000-1250) (European University Press Verlagsgesellschaft, 2015)
- Visual Narratives of the Midsummer Night in the 19th Century’s Scandinavian Art (Shota Meskhia State Teaching University of Zugdidi, 2014)
- When Intangible Heritage Creates Tangible Heritage: Eternal Acanthus (Green Lines Institute, 2009)
- “Yeongsanjae” as a Religious and Political Ritual, Exercised by Buddhist Monks in Korea (MTA-SZTE Research Group for the Study of Religious Culture - Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, University of Szeged, 2014)
RESEARCHGATE.NET
- Andong Hahoe Village: the Legacy of Joseon's Yangban Culture and Its Heritage Making (EdA journal)
- Collective Memories of the Christian Faith through Saint Martin of Tours in Current European Places and Actions
- Colour Consoles My Soul, My Mind, My Heart, and Yours
- Communication as a Life Process: Volume II . The Holistic Paradigm in Language Sciences
- Communication as a life process: Beyond Human Cognition. January 2017
- Divided Yet Shared Emotions on Semiotic Colours and Shapes Between the Flags of South Korea, North Korea, and Korea Unification
- Historical Protagonists on Tangible-Intangible Architectural Ornament[ation] across Spaces and Times
- Inter-Semiotic Approach to Texts-Images of Food Sealer Zipper Bags
- Islamic calligraphy, re-interpreted by local genius in Javanese mosque ornamentation, Indonesia (fifteenth century CE to present)
- Landscapes in Shaping Nordic National Identity through Ephemeral-Perpetual Green Midsummer and White Winter in Romantic Art
- Medieval Cistercian’s Meditative Minds to Gods with Sacred Spaces and Ornamentation in Simplicity
- Religious and Intercultural Influence on Mozarabic Capitals in the Saint-Pierre Abbey Church Cloister, Moissac (1100)
- Semiotic Interpretation of the Square and the Circle in Religious Cultural Heritage
- Shamanhood and Art: Traditional and Contemporary Arts, Artists, and Shamans
- Tangibility-Intangibility on UNESCO World Heritage Baroque Philippine Churches: the Spirit of Place and Its Collective Memory. The SEAMEO SPAFA International Conference on Southeast Asian Archaeology and Fine Arts (SPAFACON2021)
- The Continuity of Pre-Islamic Motifs in Javanese Mosque Ornamentation, Indonesia
- The Green Colour of Paradisal Garden and Metaphoric Water in the Islamic Religion and Environment
- The Haenyeo Community: Local Expert Facilitator for Tangible-Intangible Cultural Heritage and Its Economic Contributions to the Jeju Society, Korea
- Unison with Oneself in God at the Sacred “Kamppi Chapel of Silence” October 2015. Actas de Arquitectura Religiosa Contemporánea
- Collective Memories of 'Eternal Longevity and Happiness' through Serendipitous Emotional Korean Folk Art, Minhwa
- Multi-Religious and Cultural Regionalism Integrated to Contemporary Sacred Church Buildings in Indonesia
- Archetypal Characters of Sacred Places and Cultural Landscape: Sansa, Korean Buddhist Mountain Monasteries Comparing Cistercian Architecture
- Contribution of Symbolic Pre-Islamic Heritage to Javanese Muslim Cultural Identity, Testified in Regional Architecture and Ornamentation
- Signifying Goethe's Semiotic Words, Sounds, and Colours in My Aesthetic and Visual World
- The Permanence of (In)tangible Byzantine Cultural Heritage in Islamic Sacred Spaces: Early Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and Jerusalem
- St. Olav's Cultural Routes as a Knowledge Platform through Reality and Virtuality of (Im)Material heritage for Nordic Solidarity
ARTICLES
Edvard Munch on Paper (written in Korean) (magazine, 2014), etc.