Merose Hwang has held positions as a research fellow at the Institute for Korean Studies, Yonsei University and a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Religion, Sogang University, in Seoul, South Korea. They are a two-time recipient of the National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute grant and a three-time recipient of the Korea Foundation field research fellowship.

Education

• B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
• M.A., Yonsei University, Republic of Korea
• Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada

Research Interests

• Modern East Asial social, cultural and gender history, with a particular focus on Cold War genocides and spiritual community restoration

Selected Publications

• “Decolonizing North Korean Studies: Unlearning the History of Enemy States,” for consideration in Asia Shorts book series, “Who is the Asianist: The Politics of Representation in Asian Studies,” Association for Asian Studies Publications (under review).
• “Ritual Specialists in Colonial Drag: Shamanic Interventions in 1920s Korea,” in Queer Korea, edited by Todd Henry (Duke University Press, Perverse Modernities Series, Jan 2020): 55-89.
• “Teaching Non-Violence through Asian History: An Evaluation of the North Korean Threat,” for Centering Korea in the Undergraduate Curriculum, edited by Michael Sprunger, (ASIANetwork Exchange special issue, under review).
• “Shamanism in Korean History,” interview for Korea and the World Podcast on February 14, 2018, hosted by Maël Alan van Beek and Creative Commons, published on October 27, 2018. https://www.koreaandtheworld.org/merose-hwang/
• “The Asian Motherhood Stigma: A Historical Glance at Embedded Women’s Practices in Korean Colonial Media.” East Asian Motherhood: Politics and Practices, edited by Patti Duncan and Gina Wong. Toronto: Demeter Press, August, 2014.
  http://demeterpress.org/books/mothering-in-east-asian-communities-politics-and-practices/
• “Shamans and Superstitious Mothers: Modern Healthcare Discourse in 1920s-30s Korea.” Asian Journal of Women’s Studies 18, no. 1. Ehwa Women’s University Press (2012): 30-61.
  http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/12259276.2012.11666121

Fun Facts

• Hwang loves to hike and tango.