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Dr. Hyun Kyong Hannah Chang serves as Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies within the East Asian Studies department at the University of Sheffield's School of Languages, Arts and Societies. A musicologist and historian specializing in trans-Pacific Korea, her work examines vocal practices at the intersection of empire, religion, and identity formation from the colonial period to contemporary diasporas.
Her educational background includes a BA from Cornell University and PhD from UCLA, where her doctoral research explored Korean Protestant church singing across Pyongyang and California communities. Current projects center on her book manuscript A Vocal Interior: Korean Hymns and Prayers between US and Japanese Empires, incorporating multilingual archives from Yale and Ewha Womans University.
Chang's research bridges musicology and East Asian studies through transnational frameworks, analyzing how hymnody and prayer shaped modern Korean subjectivities under US and Japanese imperial influence. Her forthcoming work investigates Japan-educated Korean leftist composers and proletarian movement networks in 1930s East Asia, examining intersections of political ideology, modernist techniques, and pedagogical relationships.
Her publications reveal consistent engagement with Cold War memory, colonial pedagogy, and diasporic soundscapes, with increasing emphasis on global music history methodologies and decolonial approaches to archival research. Recent special issues she co-edited demonstrate leadership in reshaping musicological pedagogy through transnational perspectives.
Scientific recognition includes prestigious fellowships from:
- Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- American Musicological Society
As an educator, Chang teaches History of Korean Popular Music (EAS21006), East Asian religions, and global musicology courses. Her pedagogy emphasizes critical source analysis and recovering marginalized histories, encouraging students to interrogate knowledge production about Korea. She previously taught at New York University before joining Sheffield.
Chang actively contributes to the Centre for Korean Studies and maintains research networks with institutions in Korea, Japan, and the United States, positioning her at the forefront of interdisciplinary Korean studies.
