Hyeok Hweon Kang

Raised in China and Guatemala by Korean parents, Hyeok Hweon (Kevin) Kang is a PhD student in History and East Asian Languages at Harvard University. His research interests include environmental history, particularly the Little Ice Age and its impact on historical societies; Korean shamanism and exorcist rites; and the history of gunpowder weapons in early modern East Asia (1500–1800). His work on firearms has been published in professional academic journals such as the Journal of World History, and the Journal of Chinese Military History. As a graduate fellow at S&S, he hopes to share his recent interest in climate history, and re-think sustainability issues in light of historical societies that underwent ecological crises due to aberrant climate.