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Clare Kim is an Assistant Professor of History and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). Her research focuses on the history of science, technology, and race, with emphases on computational sciences, US-East Asian relations, and critical race studies. Prior to UIC, she held a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis.
Education:
- Ph.D. in History, Anthropology, and Science, Technology, and Society (HASTS), MIT (2019)
- B.A. History with Honors, Brown University (2011)
- Certificate from Digital Traces Summer Laboratory, European University at St. Petersburg (2016)
Research Interests: Kim examines how computational practices intersect with racial hierarchies, Cold War geopolitics, and sociotechnical systems. Her first book project analyzes post-WWII knowledge control through calculation practices and US-East Asian relations, while her second traces cryptanalysis’ evolution from WWI to the Cold War, linking it to military intelligence and security paradigms.
Awards & Grants:
- National Science Foundation
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study
Advising & Grants: Kim’s work bridges interdisciplinary scholarship, combining historical analysis with contemporary debates on technology and race. Her research has been published in Osiris, IEEE Annals of Computing, and featured in PRI’s The World.
