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- CV
Nan Kim
- Associate Professor, History
- Public History Co-Director, History
- Affiliated Professor, Anthropology
Education
- PhD, University of California, Berkeley, Sociocultural Anthropology
- MA, University of California, Berkeley, Sociocultural Anthropology
- AB, Princeton University, English Language & Literature
Office Hours
On sabbatical leave, AY 2023-2024
Teaching Schedule
Course Num | Title | Meets |
---|---|---|
ANTHRO 720-001 | History and Theory of Museums | M 5:30pm-7:10pm |
HIST 132-001 | World History Since 1500 | TR 11:30am-12:45pm |
Courses Taught
- HIST 840 History and Anthropology
- HIST 712 Historiography and Theory of History
- HIST 700 Introduction to Public History
- HIST 399 Honors Seminar: The History of Emotions
- HIST 372 Topics in Global History: Water and Environment in the Nuclear Age*
- HIST 372 Topics in Global History: The Korean War
- HIST 176 East Asian Civiliization Since 1600
- HIST 141 History of the Family, Gender, and Sexuality
- HIST 132 World History from 1500
- DAC 788 Practicum in Digital Cultures
- DAC 700 Core Seminar in Digital Cultures
*Course development supported by the Title VI National Resource Center (NRC) for International Studies
Teaching Interests
- Korea in Global History
- Dissent, Social Movements
- Historical Trauma and Emotions in History
- Nuclear History and Environmental Anthropology
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- Digital Humanities
- Research-informed Writing for Broad Audiences
- Public History, Public Anthropology, Oral History, & Museums
Research Interests
- Dissent, Social Movements
- Historical Trauma & Memory Activism
- Korea in Global History
- Environmental History, Critical Nuclear Studies
- Ecofeminism & Anthropology of the Seas
- Science and Technology Studies (STS)
- DH and Social-Justice Advocacy
- Interpreting Historical Controversies for Broad Audiences & Media Analysis of Disinformation
- Public History, Public Anthropology, Oral History
- Memorial Museums
Related Activities
- Regional Editor for Korea, Editorial Board Member, Critical Asian Studies
- Affiliated Professor, Department of Anthropology, Honors College, and Women’s & Gender Studies
- Advisory Council Member, Center for 21st Century Studies
- Advisory Board Member, Graduate Certificates in Museum Studies and in Digital Cultures
Biographical Sketch
Nan Kim is Associate Professor of History and Affiliated Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she serves as Co-Director of Public History. Her research concerns public memory, historical trauma, legacies of war, Korea in global history, peace and environmental activism, visual culture, science and technology studies, oceans, and political-economic controversies over nuclear technology and radiation exposure.
As an interdisciplinary scholar and a former journalist, she has been committed to writing that is accessible to broad audiences about timely issues of public concern. She recently took part in the collaborative STS initiative, “Environmental Injustice: Building a Global Record,” organized by the EcoGovLab at the University of California-Irvine. Among her many publications are chapters in the Routledge Handbook of Trauma in East Asia (2023) and in Forces of Nature: New Perspectives on Korean Environments (Cornell University Press, 2023) and articles in The Journal of Asian Studies and Verge: Studies in Global Asias.
Formally trained as a cultural and political anthropologist, she currently serves on the executive board of the Society for East Asian Anthropology and on the editorial board for Critical Asian Studies, formerly the Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars. She is the author of Memory, Reconciliation, and Reunions in South Korea: Crossing the Divide (Lexington Books, 2017), which narrates a contemporary history of Korea’s ongoing national division by focusing on the families who have been separated, since the mid-20th century, by the divide between North and South. The book was awarded the 2019 Scott Bills Memorial Prize by the Peace History Society, an affiliate of the American Historical Association.
As Co-Director of Public History at UW-Milwaukee, she has consulted on projects for museums, historical societies, and communities in Milwaukee and the region. She is also on the core faculty of the university’s Museum Studies graduate program and helped to establish the Graduate Certificate on Digital Cultures.