Ju-Hyun Kim
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Biography
Ju-Hyun Kim is a Ph.D. student at the Department of History. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of postcolonial migration of Koreans in the form of repatriation throughout the second half of the twentieth century. She is currently researching the cases of repatriation of Koreans in Japan to North Korea and the repatriation of Sakhalin Koreans to Japan through the lens of human rights, humanitarianism, and gender.
Awards & Grants
- Sasakawa Graduate Fellowship, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, 2023-24.
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA Graduate Division, 2023.
- Kawahara Graduate Fellowship, Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies, 2022-23.
- Graduate Summer Research Mentorship Program, UCLA Graduate Division, 2022.
- CEAS M.A. Continuing Student Academic-year Fellowships, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University, 2018-19.
- East Asia Graduate Summer Grants, Center for East Asian Studies, Stanford University, 2018.
- Hassan and Heikkila Award, Stanford Global Studies, Stanford University, 2018.
- Student Exchange Support Program, Japan Student Services Organization, 2015.
Conference Presentations
- “Knowing the Other: The production of police knowledge about Koreans in interwar Karafuto.” UCLA-Yonsei-Tübingen-USC Korean Studies Graduate Student Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, January 5, 2024
- “The Limits of Humanitarianism: The Repatriations of Koreans in Sakhalin and Japan.” History Graduate Student Association (HGSA) Colloquium Series Spring 2023, Los Angeles, CA, May 25, 2023
- “Reimagning the Memories of the Battle of Okinawa.” The Japan Foundation Summer Institute in Japan, Kanagawa, Japan, July 23, 2018
