Kwang Ok Kim, D.Phil. Oxon. is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Seoul National University, Yongje Distinguished Professor at Yonsei University and also Distinguished Chair Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences at Shandong University, China. He has conducted fieldwork on the politics of culture in Korea, the Chinese mainland, and Taiwan. His publications include Ethnicity: Beyond the Myth (2006), Politics of Culture and Power Structure of a Korean Local Society (2012), and China in Everyday Practice (2017).