FAHY Sandra | Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts

FAHY Sandra | Sophia University Faculty of Liberal Arts


•Social and Cultural Anthropology
•Human rights theory and practice; Famine, food security, migration and refugee issues
•Conflict, war, militaries, militarism and military-civilian relations
•Oral and written accounts of collective social suffering, state discourse on same
•Trauma, memory, psycho-social impact of violence; Bio-power, governmentality, discourse analysis
•Impact of structural violence on health and well-being
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GEOGRAPHIC AREA
•North Korea, South Korea, and the region of Northeast Asia
•Field research in Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, London and Los Angeles (2005-present)

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Books

Fahy, Sandra. Marching through Suffering: Loss and Survival in North Korea (New York: Columbia University Press, 2015)

Fahy, Sandra. Without Parallel: Human Rights and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Under Contract with Columbia University Press)

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Journal Articles

Fahy, Sandra. “Internal Migration in North Korea and Governmental Disruption” in Asia Policy (forthcoming) July 2015

Fahy, Sandra. “Famine Talk: communication styles and socio-political awareness in 1990s North Korea ” in Food, Culture and Society: an International Interdisciplinary Journal Volume 15, Issue 4. (December 2012), pp.535-555

Fahy, Sandra. “Like two pieces of the sky: Accessing North Korea though Accounts of Hunger ” in Anthropology Today Volume 27, Issue 5 (October 2011), pp.18-21

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Fahy, Sandra. “Defector Families, Mobile-Phones, and Money: Practices of Unification on the Korean Peninsula” in Korea Economic Institute, Joint US-Korea Academic Studies Volume, July 2015

Fahy, Sandra. “ The People of North Korea: the relationship of behavior and ideas ” in Troubled Transition: North Korea’s Politics Economy, and External Relations, The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Centre, Stanford University Press (2013), pp.77-95

Fahy, Sandra. “Recalling what was Once Unspeakable: Hunger in North Korea” in Jonathan Skinner ed. The Interview: an ethnographic approach. Berg Publishers. (2012), pp. 229-244








ANT462 ADVANCED READINGS IN ANTHROPOLOGY Spring
ANT202 INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY Autumn
ANT365 KOREAN STUDIES: NORTH AND SOUTH Autumn
ANT310 RESEARCH METHODS IN ANTHROPOLOGY Spring