Korean Studies: Rebellion, South and North Korean film, Korean screen culture, Korean popular culture, Chŏlla Province history, society and culture, Korean pre-modern and modern history

Andrew David Jackson is Associate Professor in Korean Studies at Monash University. From 2017-2019, he was Convenor of the Korean Studies programme. Prior to his appointment, he was Associate Professor at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2013-2017.

Education

Dr Andrew David Jackson first started in literary studies, and he has a BA (Hons) in French Language and Literature from the University of Kent at Canterbury (1986-1990), and an MSc in Comparative and General Literary Studies from the University of Edinburgh (1991-2). After ten years living in South Korea and Japan, he took an MA in Korean Studies from the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University (2002-5), where he wrote a dissertation on the British Embassy’s response to the 1980 Kwangju Uprising. After returning to the UK, he took an MSt in Korean Studies at the University of Oxford’s Oriental Institute and wrote a dissertation entitled: ‘Popular Unrest and Rural Disturbances in Chŏlla Province, 1674-1800: An Alternative View of 18^th Century Resistance.’ He obtained his PhD in Korean history from the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London in 2011 and his dissertation investigated the links between court factionalism and the initiation of the 1728 Musin Rebellion.  

Teaching
He spent fifteen years teaching English as a foreign language and French as a second language and has taught in Quebec, Canada, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Scotland, Denmark, and England. He also worked as a trainer on the Royal Society of Arts/University of Cambridge Diploma (DELTA) and Certificate (CELTA) for teachers of English as a foreign language.

Current teaching:
Korean Language 1 (elementary)
Courses that he has helped develop and taught include:
Modern Korean History, Society and Culture
Pre-modern Korean History, Society and Culture
North Korean History, Society and Culture
Popular Culture in North and South Korea, Hallyu, and Transnational Cultural Flows
Korean Cinema: A Critical Survey

Employment:
Monash University, Melbourne Australia, Korean Studies Department
Associate Professor: 2017- Present
Convenor of Korean Studies Programme: February 2017- 31 December 2019
University of Copenhagen Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, Korean Studies

Publications (summary):

2 Monographs: The Musin Rebellion: Politics and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Korea, University of Hawai`i Press: January 2016. The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea. Edinburgh University Press, January 2024.

6 Edited collections and textbooks including: Korean Screen Cultures: Interrogating Cinema, TV, Music and Online games. Co-edited with Colette Balmain. Peter Lang Ltd: January 2016.

Organizer of International Conferences:
Founder of the Korean Screen Culture Conference (an annual international conference on Korean film, TV, pop music videos and online gaming now in its fifth year)

Organizer of 5 international conferences, 1 day workshop, and over 50 academic seminars with invited speakers.

Funding:

AKS Core University 5- year Grant Recipient (June 2023)

Project director of a 5-year Core University Grant worth up to AUS$1.25 million by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS) a division of the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea. 2023-2028.

AKS Core University 5- year Grant Recipient (December 2017)

Project director of a 5-year Core University Grant worth up to AUS$1 million (875 million Korean won) by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), Korean Studies Promotion Service (KSPS) a division of the Ministry of Education, Republic of Korea. 2017-22.

Awards:

2025: Received the Prime Minister’s Commendation award (국무총리 표창) from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, Kim Min-seok, at the 2025 Hangul Development Merit Awards (한글발전유공포상) in recognition of contribution to promoting Korean language education and expanding Korean Studies overseas. October 9, 2025. Awarded by Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부)

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2024: The Late and Post-Dictatorship Cinephilia Boom and Art Houses in South Korea. Edinburgh University Press, January 2024. Awarded a Republic of Korea Ministry of Education Prize for academic achievement, November 29, 2024. (교육부 학술연구지원사업 우수 성과 50선).

2017: The Musin Rebellion: Politics and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century Korea, University of Hawai`i Press, January 2016.

Winner of the AKS KSPS Academy of Korean Studies Korean Studies Promotion Service Book Award for 2016. (한국학진흥사업 우수성과 선정 2017.12.15)

History of rebellion in Korea, premodern and modern Korean history, North and South Korean film and Korean popular culture, invented traditions in Korea.