Kyung Hee Ha

Bio

Informed by critical scholarship in ethnic studies, Japanese cultural studies and postcolonial feminism, Ha’s research engages with subaltern knowledge production among Zainichi Koreans (Korean postcolonial exiles and their descendants in Japan) at the crossroads of North Korea, South Korea, Japan and the United States. As a critical ethnographer, Ha strives to expand and transform the existing theory and praxis for social justice by focusing on the intersection of race, gender and colonialism.

COURSES TAUGHT

Cultural and Ethnic Diversity in Japan
Introduction to Ethnic Studies
Migration and Diaspora
Race, Class and Gender
Ethnographic Methods
Transnational Feminism
Race and Ethnicity in Japan
Gender and Sexuality in Japan
Contemporary Asian/American History
Advanced Japanese
Academic English Writing/Communication

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

2020 “Dilemma of Multicultural Coexistence: Korean Schools in Japanese Society.” Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia for the special issue, “Friends and Foes of Multicultural East Asia” eds. Naoto Higuchi and Yuki Asahina. Vol. 19, 2 (2020): 20-39.

2020 “Intasekushonariti ni hirakareta ba no tameni” [“For Intersectional Feminism.”] Gendai Shiso. Feb. 18, 2020: 147-159. (Japanese)

2018 “Cultural Politics of Transgressive Living: Socialism Meets Neoliberalism in Pro-North Korean Schools in Japan.” Social Identities for the special issue, “Postsocialist Landscapes, Revolutionary Times: On the Politics and Ethics of Protest” eds. Kalindi Vora and Neda Atanasoski. Vol. 24, 2 (2018): 189-205.

2016 “Zainichi Koreans [Koreans from Japan] in the U.S.: Negotiating Multiple Displacement and Statelessness.” PAN JAPAN: The International Journal of the Japanese Diaspora for the special issue, “Conjecturing Communities: The Ebbs and Flows of Japanese America.” ed. Lane Ryo Hirabayashi. Vol. 11, 1 & 2 (2016): 41-67.

Book Chapters

2024 “Transpacific Feminist Movement: Challenging Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery System.” Transpacific, Undisciplined. eds. Lily Wong, Christopher B. Patterson, and Chien-ting Lin. (University of Washington Press)

2024  “Introduction” Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory. (translation into Japanese)  (Keiso Shobo) (Japanese)

2024  “‘Shojozo’ de tsunagaru Amerika to Ajia” [“‘The Statue of Peace’ connects America and Asia”]. Amerika wo shiru 50 no kiward [50 Keywords to Know the United States] ed. Rika Lee. (Akashi Shoten) (Japanese)

2019 “Of Transgression: Zainichi Korean Immigrants’ Search for Home(s) and Belonging.” (pp. 137-151) Japanese American Millennials: Identity, Community, and Culture. eds. Michael Omi, Jeffrey T. Yamashita, and Dana Y. Nakano. (Temple University Press, 2019)

Other Journal Articles

2022 “Onlain de jenda to tayosei wo tsunagu: femizemi no torikumi” [“Bridging Gender and Diversity Online: Femi-zemi’s case”] Le Simone. Vol. 6 (July 2022): 93-99. (Japanese)

2021 “Senbetsu sareru jinken to mainoriti no seiji” [“Human Rights Classified, Minority Politics in the Olympics] f visions. No. 4 (Dec 2021): 32-34. (Japanese)

2018 “Kantaiheiyo Shakaiundo no Kanosei: San Furansisuko no ‘Ianfu’ Memoriau ga nagekakerumono” [“Transnational Justice Movement: In the Case of San Francisco’s Comfort Women Column of Strength.”] The Report on Japan’s War Responsibility. No. 90 (Summer 2018): 2-7. (Japanese)

2018 Introduction and translation of “The Comfort Women were ‘Prostitutes’: The Japanese consul general in Atlanta’s remarks cause repercussions.” The Japan Focus: Asia Pacific Journal. Feb 15, 2018. Vol. 16, Issue 4, No. 2.

2012 “Kankoku Zaigai Tohyo no Jitsugen ga Zainichi Chosenjin ni imisurumonoha” [“What it Means for Zainichi Koreans to Have Voting Rights in South Korea.”] Women in the 21st Century. No. 72 (2012): 4. (Japanese)

2010 “Shimonounatsu ni kansuru Ichikosastu: ‘Zaibei’ suru ‘Zainichi’ no shiten kara” [“Thinking the Fingerprinting in the 21st Century: From the Perspective of Transnational Zainichi.”] The Bulletin of the Institute of Japanese Studies. Osaka University. No. 29 (2010): 75-77. (Japanese)