Do Won Khym
Do Won Khym
Education
BA, UC Berkeley Geography 2022
Highest Distinction in General Scholarship, Departmental Highest Honors, Departmental Citation
Research
Historical-cultural geography: history of Korean migration to Brazil and Paraguay; re-migration to the US and Korea; Confederates in Brazil
Selected Publications
The Vision and Disillusionment of Confederate Settlement in Southeastern Brazil: A Case Study of Santa Bárbara d’Oeste and Americana (MA Thesis), https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1wd358dd#metrics
The World Wanderer Meets the Hermit: The First Encounters of the Koreans and the Portuguese through Jesuit Papers, in The 12th Annual Korea University Graduate Student Conference: Heritage Meets Hallyu—The Past, Present, and Future of Korean Culture (Seoul: Korea University, 2025)
Identity Issues of Brazil-Bound North Korean POWs – SKKU ICHKS 2024
Grants & Awards
Seoul National University Kyujanggak Junior Fellow 2026
UCLA GRM 2025
SKKU IUC Summer Fellow 2024
Center for Korean Studies Summer Fellowship 2024
Latin American Institute Research Grant 2024
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Summer 2024, Academic Year 2024-25
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS) Summer 2023, Academic Year 2023-24
Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD) archival research grant 2023