Bio

Minjee Kim is a historian and lecturer based in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in the history of Korean dress, fashion, and textiles. She earned her Ph.D. from Seoul National University with a dissertation on the dress culture of the Balhae dynasty (698–926), and has taught at institutions in both Korea and the United States, including Seoul National University, Jeonju Kijeon College, and the Academy of Art University.

She has delivered lectures at leading museums and universities such as the J. Paul Getty Museum, V&A Academy, Asian Art Museum, de Young Museum, UCLA, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and Bard Graduate Center. Her research interests include the historiography of Korean dress and fashion, research methodology, fashion history pedagogy, and archival practices.

She is co-editor of Dress History of Korea: Critical Perspectives on Primary Sources (Bloomsbury, 2023) and has been serving as Council Member and Social Media Coordinator for the Western Region of the  Costume Society of America since 2018. 

She is a Research Associate at the Tracing Patterns Foundation and founder of Fashion History Consulting, Inc., through which she provides lectures, consulting, and publications to academic and cultural communities. 

Read more about her story here: Korean; English