Kyuri Kim will receive a D. Kim Foundation Dissertation Fellowship for the 2017-2018 academic year.  The title of her project is, “The (Un) Making of a National Disease: The Driving Forces of Tuberculosis Management Policy and Its Discourses in South Korea, from 1945 to the Present.” Her dissertation will argue that tuberculosis control was more than just a matter of disease and public health, but an effort to promote and secure the national image. She will focus on the interplay of actors—both domestic and international—in order to demonstrate that the design and motivations behind tuberculosis control have been strongly influenced by the global context.  The project intends to contribute to the understanding of international health policies and  politicization of diseases in postcolonial nations.

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