Jungwon Kim

King Sejong Associate Professor of Korean Studies

Office: 402 Kent hall
Office Hours: TBD
Email: jk3638@columbia.edu

Educational Background

MA: Harvard University (’01)
PhD: Harvard University (’07)

Classes Taught

ASCE UN1363 Introduction to East Asian Civilizations: Korea
EAAS UN3412 Conflict & Culture in Korean History
HSEA GR9860 Korean Historical Texts

Research Interests

Early Modern Korean History; Legal History; Women, Gender, Family, and Women’s Writing in Korea

Jungwon Kim is the King Sejong Assistant Professor of Korean Studies. She specializes in gender, family, and legal history of Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910). Her broad research interests include women’s writings, ritual and expression of emotions, and the use of legal archives. She received her Ph.D. from Harvard University, taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and was a member of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ (2012-13) before joining the department in 2013.

Selected Publications

Families in Trials: Local Courts and Legal Culture in Late Chosŏn Korea (forthcoming)

Wrongful Death: Selected Inquest Records from Nineteenth Century Korea (with Sun Joo Kim, Washington, 2014)

“You Must Avenge On My Behalf: Widow Chastity and Honor in Nineteenth-Century Korea”, Gender and History (2014)