Hannah H. Kim

Hi! I’m Hannah.

I’m an assistant professor at the University of Arizona’s philosophy department and a faculty affiliate with the Center for East Asian Studies. I’m also an editor for the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

I work on aesthetics, metaphysics, and Asian philosophy. My favorite topics are found at their intersections (e.g., fictional truth, fictional time, Confucian aesthetics).

I also freelance and write about philosophy, culture, and the arts for a general audience. I’m a Contributor at Aesthetics for Birds, and my writings have appeared in WIRED, LA Times, USA Today, Public Seminar, and The Philosopher, among other places. My interviews have appeared on PBS and Arizona Public Media (PBS/NPR).

Before joining Arizona, I taught at Macalester College. And before that, I received my PhD in Philosophy and PhD minor in Comparative Literature from Stanford.

news

Sep, 2024	I’m on PBS and Arizona Public Media (PBS/NPR) talking about how I got into philosophy and why philosophy of fiction matters!
Oct, 2024	I’ll give a talk titled “Fiction without Mimesis: A Comparative Philosophy of Fiction” at the New Directions in Philosophy conference at the University of Rhode Island.
Oct, 2024	I’ll give a talk titled “Fiction without Mimesis: A Comparative Philosophy of Fiction” for Literature graduate students at University of Arizona.
Oct, 2024	I’ll give a talk titled “How Fictional Events Can be Past, Present, or Future” at the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetics (Chicago).
Nov, 2024	I’ll give a talk titled “Introducing Korean Aesthetics” at Yale’s Global Philosophy Working Group.
Nov, 2024	I’ll give a talk on the theme “Philosophy and the Arts: East-West” at the Danto at 100– What Comes Next? workshop at Columbia University.
Jan, 2025	I’ll give a colloquium at University of Georgia.
Jan, 2025	I’ll give a keynote at a Aesthetics of Poetry conference at University of Genoa.