KATHERINE HONG
CV
EDUCATION

University of Oxford (New College), DPhil in Philosophy
2019 - 2023 | Pass with no corrections
Dissertation: The Metaphysics of Properties and Relations
Supervisors: Professors Timothy Williamson and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra
Examiners: Professors Fraser MacBride (external, University of Manchester) and Nicholas K. Jones (internal)

University of Oxford (Oriel College), BPhil in Philosophy (Master’s degree)
2017 - 2019 | Distinction
Thesis: On Plato's Prisoners
Supervisor: Professor Luca Castagnoli

University of Oxford (Oriel College), BA in Literae Humaniores (Classics)
2013 - 2017 | First Class
Thesis: The Philosopher’s Descent (on Plato’s Republic)
Supervisor: Professor Luca Castagnoli

EXPERIENCE

Postdoctoral Associate of the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2025 - present
Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Oxford (Somerville College), 2024 - 2025

AWARDS

Jacobsen Bursary, Royal Institute of Philosophy, 2023
Research grant awarded to 11 postgraduate students in the UK
Clarendon Scholarship, University of Oxford and New College Oxford, 2019
Full scholarship for the DPhil in Philosophy
College Prize, Oriel College Oxford, 2019
For achieving a Distinction in the BPhil in Philosophy
Gibbs Prize in Philosophy, University of Oxford, 2017
For the best overall performance in Philosophy in the BA in Literae Humaniores
Gibbs Prize in Classics, University of Oxford, 2017
For the best overall performance by a Course II student in the BA in Literae Humaniores
College Prize, Oriel College Oxford, 2017
For achieving a First in the BA in Literae Humaniores

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Peer Reviewer, 2025 - present
Erkenntnis & The Philosophical Quarterly
Mentor, Somerville College Oxford and Oxford Philosophy Faculty, 2024 – 2025
Session chair of the DPhil seminar, Oxford Philosophy Faculty, 2023
Examiner for Lloyd Davies Philosophy Prize, 2022
Organisor of the Oxford Reading Group in Metaphysics, 2018 - 2022
Co-organisor of the Jowett Society, 2018 - 2019
President and Treasurer of the Oriel Classics Society, 2015 - 2019
Founding President and Treasurer of Paideia Productions, 2015 - 2019
Session chair of a Conference on Kant’s Theory of Cognition, 2018
Director and Producer of Hippolytus, the inaugural Oriel Greek Play, 2016

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Developing Inclusive Teaching Practices, Oxford, 2024
Undergraduate Admissions Training, Oxford, 2019
Developing Teaching and Learning Course, Oxford, 2019

LANGUAGES

ModernEnglish (native), Korean (fluent, C2), Spanish (intermediate, B2), French (intermediate, B1)

AncientGreek & Latin (university level)