Chloe Kwak

Ph.D. Candidate

Education

MA, Institute of French Studies, New York University (2018)
MA, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University (2014)

Subfields: International Relations and Comparative Politics

Chloe M. Kwak examines the comfort women issue in Asia through a feminist lens, focusing on the insights of feminist international law scholars. Her research explores the interplay between communities and states in memory politics, focusing on the construction of diasporic memories, especially concerning the establishment of memorials honoring comfort women.

Awarded an honorable mention by the FTGS committee for the paper I presented at the ISA conference in April 2024.