Feed Your Mind 2026: Korea Bites with Professor Jo Elfving-Hwang

Is Korean beauty culture just skin deep?

Korea Bites: Behind the K-beauty glow

Join Professor Jo Elfving-Hwang from the Korea Research and Engagement Centre as she looks beyond the cosmetic surgery headlines and “glass skin” trends to examine the social context behind South Korean beauty culture.

Drawing on more than a decade of research into gender and beauty cultures in contemporary South Korean society, she shows how beauty goes beyond surface aesthetics to signify class and status, and navigate social relationships.

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If you can’t make it in person, you can join us online. Please note a link to stream the event will be sent to you via email closer to the date.

A light lunch will be provided.

Attend in person to earn a stamp and go in the draw to win a $100 Guild gift card. Refer to T&C's for more information.

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Feed Your Mind is a lunchtime series dishing up bite-sized talks from Curtin University researchers.

Dig in on the third Thursday of each month and get a taste of how our researchers are translating research into real-world benefits.