Loretta Kim Assistant Professor Ph.D. Harvard University M.A. Harvard University B.A. Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges 060-L Social Sciences Department of History University at Albany, SUNY 1400 Washington Avenue Albany, New York 12222 Phone: (518) 442-5292 Fax: (518) 442-5301 lkim@albany.edu

Select Conference Papers and Publications: “Friction on the Fringes: Criminal Behavior Involving Oroquens (Elunchun), 1684-1761” at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Boston, Massachusetts, March 22-25, 2007. “The Banners Unfurled: Shifting Perceptions of the ‘Northern Tribes’ Racial and Ethnic Classification,” at the fourth International Junior Scholars’ Conference on Sinology, Tunghwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, November 18-20, 2005. “Gifted Ladies: The Marriage Draft of Sibe Women, 1700-1701,” at the second North American International Manchu Studies Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 24-27, 2005. “Illumination and Reverence: Language, Identity, and Power in the Prefaces of the Manchu Mirrors.” Stephen Wadley, Carsten Naeher, and Keith Dede, eds. Proceedings of the First North American Conference on Manchu Studies (Portland, OR, May 9-10, 2003). Vol. 2. Tunguso Sibirica 16. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007. Review, Jiang Qiao, Kangxi Qingwen Jian Yanjiu (Beijing: Yanshan Publishing House, 2001), Saksaha 7 (2002): 63-64. Select Honors: Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation Fellowship, Kenyon College, 2007-08 Mellon CLIR Fellowship for Dissertation Research in Original Sources, 2005-06 National Security Education Program (NSEP) Graduate International Fellowship, 2000-2002 Current Research Interests: My main project is a revision of my dissertation into a monograph on the relationship between the Oronchon (Elunchun) people native to the Amur River region and the Latter Jin-Qing dynasties from 1600-1760. I am focusing on the significance of the "tribute" system, whereby the Oronchon and the Latter Jin-Qing exchanged goods, and how such transactions facilitated the modification of two frontiers: one within the Qing empire and another between the Qing and Russian empires. I am also working on two article-length studies, one on Dagur historical memory and another on the introduction of Oronchon and Heje auxiliary forces into the Qing military complex in Northeastern China during the nineteenth century. More generally, I am interested in borderlands and frontiers, hybrid cultures, inter-ethnic relations, and the history of China and Central Asia from the 13th century to the present.