T. Yejoo Kim

T. Yejoo Kim

Graduate Student

Biography

Dissertation: “Peace, Pacified: Frontier Futures and the Debilities of Division at the Korean DMZ”

Research Interests

Political Economy; Militarism; South Korea; Border; Social Movement; Cold War.

Subfield

Sociocultural Anthropology

Publications

2025 Kim, T Yejoo: “Why Do Swallows Fly to the Korean DMZ?” SAPIENS, Wenner-Gren Foundation (https://www.sapiens.org/culture/korean-dmz-estuary-politics-war-borders-diaspora/)
2025 Kim, T Yejoo. “Ceasefire from the Sky and Earth” for SAPIENS, Wenner-Gren Foundation (https://www.sapiens.org/culture/ceasefire-from-earth-sky/)
2021 Kim, T Yejoo. “Somewhere Between North and South.” EastEast. Cultural Creative Agency. (https://easteast.world/en/posts/227)

Awards & Grants

American Anthropological Association (AAA) Dissertation Award
SAPIENS / Wenner-Gren Foundation Public Scholar Fellowship
Korea Foundation Graduate Studies Scholarship
Fulbright Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Award
Graduate Research Mentorship (GRM) Award
Fulbright US Student Award

Degrees

MA in Anthropology, University of Chicago
BA in Film Studies and Comparative Literature, Cornell University

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