Jie-Hyun Lim

Jie-Hyun Lim, distinguished historian of memory studies and director at Sogang University, explores how nations fashion themselves as victims. He traces victimhood nationalism across Korea, Japan, Poland, Germany, and Israel. Topics include memorial sacralization, Holocaust memory as a global reference, appropriation of suffering, and the politics and limits of forgiveness.

Jie-Hyun Lim, historian and Distinguished Professor from South Korea who founded the Critical Global Studies Institute, discusses how nations frame historical suffering as political capital. He traces memorial sites, Holocaust centrality in global memory, and how perpetrators recast themselves as victims. He argues for transnational approaches to reconciliation and compares diverse memory politics across countries.

Jie-Hyun Lim, historian and memory studies scholar from South Korea, explores how nations use past suffering to claim moral authority. He traces how memories—from the Holocaust to colonial atrocities—are repurposed across Poland, Germany, Israel, Korea, and Japan. Short, sharp discussions cover memorial sites, language shifts, transnational memory flows, and paths toward reconciliation.