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Jisoo Kim
Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of History and International Affairs
Phillips 315
801 22nd Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052
Phone: (202) 994-6761
Fax: (202) 994-6231
E-mail: jsk10@gwu.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Columbia University
Expertise:
Gender and legal history of early modern Korea
Background:
Jisoo Kim received her PhD in History from Columbia University in February 2010. She specializes in the gender and legal history of early modern Korea. She is interested in a broad range of topics in Korean history with a particular focus on female subjectivity, sexuality, crime and justice, diglossia, and the history of emotions. Her dissertation, "Voices Heard: Women's Right to Petition in Late Choson Korea," deals with the issue of women as legal subjects and how women exercised the right to petition to redress grievances. She will join GW in Fall 2010 after serving as a visiting scholar at Seoul National University's Kyujanggak Institute.
Courses Taught:
Hist 101 Modern Korean History
Hist 101 Korean Civilization: Korea's Place in the World
Hist 297 Gender, Subjectivity, and Social Change in East Asia: From 1600 to Present
Hist 297 Graduate seminar: Gender and Sexuality in Korea
Last update: 8/21/2010