معرفی
H. Yumi Kim is an Associate Professor of East Asian History at the University of California, Berkeley. Previously, she served as Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on cultural and social histories of women, gender, medicine, religion, and colonialism in Japan, Korea, and the Asian diaspora during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Her first major work, Madness in the Family: Women, Care, and Illness in Japan (Oxford UP, 2022), won the 2023 John K. Fairbank Prize for best book in East Asian history post-1800. Current projects include a second book analyzing the persecution of female shamans across Okinawa, Tōhoku, and Cheju Island, examining their spiritual practices amid colonialism and wartime conditions.
Key awards include the Fairbank Prize, underscoring her contributions to understanding gendered power structures in medical and colonial contexts. Her work bridges historical analysis with interdisciplinary themes like intersectionality and community resilience.
