Janice C. H. (鄭喜載) Kim is a historian of modern Korea, specializing in gender, labor, war, and migration in the twentieth century. She is author of several articles including: “Pusan at War: Refuge, Relief, and Resettlement in the Temporary Capital, 1950–1953,” “The Pacific War and Working Women in Late-Colonial Korea;” and book: To Live to Work: Factory Women in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009). She is Associate Professor of History at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Janice C. H. (鄭喜載) Kim is a historian of modern Korea, specializing in gender, labor, war, and migration in the twentieth century. She is author of several articles including: “Pusan at War: Refuge, Relief, and Resettlement in the Temporary Capital, 1950–1953,” “The Pacific War and Working Women in Late-Colonial Korea;” and book: To Live to Work: Factory Women in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945 (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2009). She is Associate Professor of History at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Degrees

Professional Leadership

“Women’s Work during the Pacific War: the Labor Volunteer Corps in Late-Colonial Korea,” La Jolla, California, University of California at San Diego, (January 28, 2011).

Book Talk for the Department of East Asian Studies, ‘To Live to Work: Factory Women in Colonial Korea, 1910-1945,’ Berkeley, California, University of California at Berkeley, (October 13, 2010).

Introductory Lecture for North Korean Film Day, York Centre for Asian Research, York University, Toronto, Canada, (May 13, 2009).

Luncheon Lecture for the East Asian Studies Students Association at York and the East Asian Students Community Service Group, “The Flowers of Japanese-Korean Unity: the Labor Volunteer Corps, 1937-1945,” York University, Toronto, Canada, (March 28, 2008).

Lecture for the Center for Korean Studies, “From Kitchen Raids to General Strikes: Women Workers’ Activism in Colonial Korea,” University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (February 13, 2008).

Lecture for the Department of History, “The Refugees of June 25th,” York University, Toronto, Canada (January 31, 2008).

Abstract Reviewer, Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada (May-August, 2007).

Discussant, Panel on “Korea-Japan Relations,” Japan Studies Association of Canada Conference, York University, Toronto, Canada (August16-19, 2007).

Lecture for the Center for Korean Studies, “The Flowers of Japanese-Korean Unity: the Women’s Labor Volunteer Corps in Late-Colonial Korea,” University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, (March 9, 2007).

Facilitator/Facilitateur, “Session 34. Confrontation and the End of Empire in Southeast Asia: New Perspectives Nouvelles perspectives sur les conflits et la fin de l’Empire en Asie du Sud-Est,” Canadian Historical Association 85th Annual Meeting, Toronto, York University (May 29, 2006).

Lecture for the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and Center for Women’s Studies, ‘More than Comfort Women: the ‘Body-Offering’ Volunteer Corps and Labor Mobilization in Wartime Korea, 1937-1945,’ Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (May 28, 2004).

Discussant, ‘Faces of Imperialism,’ Panel 4, The Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, Fourth Annual Graduate Conference (October 4, 2003).

Interviewer and Author, “Martina Deuchler: Europe Han’gukhak ?i s?n’guja” [Martina Deuchler: A Founder of Korean Studies in Europe], Ch?ngsin munhwa y?n’gu, 3:22, (Fall 1999), 193-217, reprinted in English in The Review of Korean Studies, 4:1 (June 2001), 135-160. Also reprinted in Kim Ky?ngil, ed., Pioneers of Korean Studies (Seoul: Academy of Korean Studies, 2004).

Reviewer, Acta Koreana, Kyemy?ng University, Taegu, South Korea (2004-Present)

Reviewer, Review of Korean Studies, Academy of Korean Studies, Seoul, South Korea (1999-Present)

Contributing Editor, Korea Journal, Korean National Commission for UNESCO, Seoul, Korea, (October 1998 - June 1999)

Assistant Editor, Korean Shamanism: Revivals, Survivals and Change, London, England, (October 1997 - November 1997)

Nominated for membership into the Association for Korean Studies, Committee for Korean Studies (2011-2013)
Member of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea
Member of the Association for Asian Studies
Member of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe
Member of York Center for Asian Research (YCAR)
Member of the Centre for the Study of Korea, University of Toronto

Community Contributions

Internet Radio Interview, Technology Today on Voice America at www.business.voiceamerica.com., “Technology in Education: Is it Helping or Hindering the Learning Process,” March 1, 2010, 1:00 pm EST.

Interview on Fairchild TV, “Nanjing Massacre and Chinese-Japanese Relations,” February 2005.

Roundtable Discussant, “A View from Here,” Discussion of Brian McKenna’s Documentary “Korea: The Unfinished War,” Ontario Public Television (TVO), November 6, 2003.

Interviews, Canada Editions of Chungang ilbo (Korea Central Daily) and Han’guk ilbo (Korea Daily), On Korean Language and History at York University, December 5, 2003.

Interview on Arirang TV on OMNI2, On Korean Language and History at York University, December 5, 2003.

Research Interests

Current Courses