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Dr. Hohee Cho serves as a Research Associate at the Pandemic Sciences Institute, University of Oxford, within the Faculty of History and Department of History. Her research centers on the global history of medicine under British imperial structures in the South Pacific, with specific focus on inter-colonial medical institutions during the 19th-20th centuries and World War II, alongside contemporary analysis of Lever's Pacific Plantations Limited in the Solomon Islands.
Her academic credentials include:
- DPhil in History, St. Hugh's College, University of Oxford (2023)
- MA in Western History, Korea University
- BA in History and BIS in International Studies, Korea University
Dr. Cho's scholarship critically examines how imperial agendas unified colonial healthcare systems across Oceania, emphasizing indigenous perspectives within medical, imperial, and Pacific historical discourses. Her current plantation ecology research investigates disease patterns and welfare conditions under colonial resource extraction, positioning these within broader environmental and imperial history frameworks through extensive multinational archival work.
She has published in the Western History Review and Asia Pacific Education Review, with a forthcoming research article in a Medical History Special Issue (2024) she is co-editing. Her publications consistently explore intersections of race, medicine, and identity within British imperial contexts.
Teaching responsibilities span Oxford's academic programs:
- BA History: 'Imperial and Global History, 1750-1930' and 'Imperial Pathologies: Race, Medicine, and Identity in the British Empire'
- Graduate instruction: MSt/DPhil Global and Imperial History seminars and MSc History of Science, Medicine, and Technology courses
- Visiting student tutorials in history and medical humanities
Dr. Cho actively contributes to the Oxford Centre for Global History and Oxford Centre for History of Science, Medicine and Technology, advancing interdisciplinary research in environmental history, race studies, and Pacific military history through these institutional frameworks.
