Dr Heewon Kim
- Areas of expertise
- religion and development, communal violence, post-conflict reconstruction, India, equal opportunity policy
- hk12@soas.ac.uk
- School
- SOAS, University of London
- Faculty profile link
- https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff72754.php
Heewon Kim is interested in religion and politics in modern India, with particular reference to the post-1947 management of religious diversity, India’s Muslim community, and the post-9/11 state responses to demands from religious minorities for equal opportunities. Kim’s research interests also include religions and development, communal violence, the role of faith-based organisations in religious conflict, post-conflict reconstruction, and religious nationalism