Dr. Heesook LEE-NIINIOJA

Dr Hee Sook LEE-NIINIOJA is a scholar/journalist/artist/designer. Being an Asian pioneer student in Scandinavia (1975), she has degrees (BA journalism: South Korea; BA & MA art-design: Norway; MA visual communication: USA; PhD architecture: UK), besides theology, literature, language, cultural studies. Specialising in comparisons of Hindu-Buddhist/Christian/Islamic architecture, cultural heritage, semiotic texts-images, she has executed monographs, Proceedings, articles, peer-reviews, Goethe exhibitions, teaching/lectures at universities/institutes/NGOs worldwide. She received the Order of Civil Merit from the South Korean President for cultural diplomacy and humanitarian work. After representing the Finnish Diplomatic Corps abroad, she engages at ICOMOS-ICICH(Scientific Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage/President 2017-2020), International Press Centre Helsinki, WAMU-NET. https://heesooklee-niinioja.weebly.com/ https://independentresearcher.academia.edu/HeeSookLeeNiinioja