Dr Hyun Jin Kim

University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Classics and Ancient History
School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry (SOPHI)
Quadrangle Building A14
The University of Sydney
NSW 2006 Australia

Office: Room 491A Madsen F09
Phone: +61 2 9114 0933
Fax: +61 2 9351 3918

Field of Expertise

• Ancient Greek Historiography
• Greek Ethnography
• Comparative Literature: Greece and China
• Romans and Barbarians
• Steppe Nomadism

Education

• DPhil Oxford University, University College, Department of Classics and Ancient History (2008)
• MA University of Auckland in Languages and Literature (Latin and Greek), (2004)

Fellowships, Awards and Grants

• University of Sydney Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2009-2012)
• Commonwealth Scholarship to the UK (2004-2007)
• Fulbright Alumni Award to the USA (2004)
• University of Auckland Masters and Honours Scholarship (2002-3)
• Senior Prize in Greek (2001)
• John Mulgan Memorial Prize in Greek (1999,2000)

Books

• Kim, H.J. (2009) Ethnicity and Foreigners in Ancient Greece and China. London (Duckworth)
• Kim, H.J. (forthcoming, under review CUP) Rome and the Empires of the Steppe

Articles

• Kim, H.J. (2010, forthcoming), “Herodotus’ Scythians viewed from a Central Asian perspective: Its Historicity and Significance”, Ancient West and East
• Kim, H.J. (accepted, forthcoming), “The Barbarian Strikes back: Tatian and the Oratio ad Graecos”, book contribution, 8000 words.
• Kim, H.J. (in preparation for MIFT 2010, forthcoming), “The invention of the Barbarian in 6th century BC Ionia”

Reviews

• Academic Review of J. Markley (for publication): Peace and Peril: Sima Qian’s Portrayal of Han-Xiongnu Relations, 2009
• Kim, H.J. (forthcoming 2009), Review of E. Baragwanath: Motivation and Narrative in Herodotus (Oxford, 2008), Prudentia
• Kim, H.J. (2009), Review of W. Scheidel (ed.): Rome and China: Comparative Perspectives on Ancient World Empires. Oxford Studies in Early Empires (Oxford; New York, 2009), Bryn Mawr Classical Review
• Kim, H.J.(2004), Review of J. Mikalson: Herodotus and Religion in the Persian Wars (Chapel Hill, 2003), Prudentia, 36, 2, 175-78

Conferences and Seminars

• ‘The Historical Background to the Formulation of Greek Identity in Late 6th Century BC Ionia’, Mediterranean Identities: Formation and Transformation Conference, University of Leicester, March 2010
• ‘Herodotus’ Scythian Logos reviewed from a Central Asian Perspective’, American Philological Association Conference, January 2010
• ‘Herodotus and Sima Qian, Classical Greek and Early Chinese representation of Foreigners’, Classics Seminar, Department of Classics, Stanford University, January 2010
• ‘Herodotus Book 4 from a Comparative Perspective’, University of Sydney Departmental Seminar, September 2009
• ‘Herodotus on tyrants and non-Greeks’, delivered in the UK Classical Association Conference in Birmingham, April 2007
• ‘Herodotus’ portrayal of Non-Greeks’, delivered in the Second Seminar series on Herodotus, University of Oxford, Hilary, 2006
• ‘The Sedentary Lydians in Greek thought and their representation in Herodotus’, delivered in the Work in Progress Seminar, University of Oxford, Michaelmas, 2005
• ‘Herodotus: the Massagetan Episode’, delivered in the Graduate Seminar series on Herodotus, University of Oxford, Hilary, 2005

Select General Audience

• (2009) Wondrous Antiquities: The Histories of Herodotus, Nicholson Museum Course in a Day (Co-organiser and second speaker)

Teaching Experience

(at Oxford University, University of Sydney, University of Auckland)

• Greek Epic
• Latin 200
• Greek 200