Anne Hilty, PhD, writes on topics of travel and culture, with an extensive portfolio and always more in progress. From New York City,  Dr Anne has lived abroad since January 2005 — and has solo-travelled to 113 countries on 6 continents. She now lives in Istanbul and maintains a company in Hong Kong.

*Updated 11 March 2023

–> 195 articles (+ 40 reprints) in 20 publications, 8 books, 1 book chapter, 10 columns, 2 essays, a short story, her thesis, & a few blogs — to date

Books:

• Dear Jeju, I love you (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8386661779)
• Love Letters to Seoul: A Year in Korea (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8385538539)
• Jeju Through a Gendered Lens: Collected Works (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8379193539)
• Sisters at Sea: Jeju Haenyeo (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8379078287)
• Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women: Women’s Empowerment Through Goddess Mythology (©2023; ISBN-13: 979-8378936106)
• Jeju Haenyeo, Stewards of the Sea [Books I and II] [Not commercially available] (©2015; Sea Grant Center (Jeju Nat’l Univ), w/ The Jeju Weekly, ROK)
• Jeju Island: Reaching to the Core of Beauty [lead author, with contributors] (©2011; ISBN-10: 8991913830; ISBN-13: 978-8991913837)

Chapter:

• “Sea Women and Sea Urchin Soup: Jeju Island, Korea” in, Taste of Islands (©2012; ISBN-10: 0919013740; ISBN-13: 978-0919013742)

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Articles [widely cross-referenced online]:

In, National Geographic Traveller AU/NZ [Sydney]:

• Shamans, Volcanoes, and Free-diving Grannies (Spring 2015) [Link is to reprint; no longer on NatGeo website.]

In, Yonhap News Agency [Seoul]:

• Beyond tangerines and palm trees: Jeju’s unique culture (11/11/2011) [reprinted in Korea Herald, 11/13/2011]
• Distinct dialect of Jeju threatened with extinction (10/14/2011) [reprinted in Korea Times,10/14/2011]
• Strong Jeju women: yesterday and today (07/01/2011)
• Plans for new base reopen dark chapter in Jeju’s history (04/01/2011)
• Jeju Island aspires to become one of the world’s ‘7 Wonders of Nature’ (01/31/2011)
• The Wind and the Sea: Jeju artist Byun Shi-ji (01/21/2011)
• Chinese-American man promotes ‘slow living’ on Jeju (01/05/2011)

In, Jeju Weekly [Jeju City, ROK]:

• Jeju Haenyeo, Cultural Heritage of Humanity (01/12/2017)
• Novelist Lisa See sets her sights on Jeju (05/09/2016)
• Haenyeo as native marine biologists (06/11/2015)
• Preserving Jeju’s haenyeo traditions (12/23/2014)
• Haenyeo communal bonds (11/19/2014)
• A walk in the woods (10/23/2014)
• More growth and success at film festival (10/21/2014)
• Jeju through fresh eyes (10/06/2014)
• Lee Sunhwa makes Jeju election history (06/05/2014)
• Jeju Forum World Leaders’ Session (05/31/2014)
• Preserving Jeju haenyeo in an age of modernity (04/18/2014)
• Indigenous social enterprise: Jeju haenyeo (03/07/2014, part I / part II)
• Sharing trauma and healing (02/03/2014)
• Haenyeo storytelling through food (01/30/2014)
• Jeju’s seven wonders of architecture (01/13/2014)
• Jeju haenyeo and UNESCO (01/13/2014)
• Father of modern Jeju shamanism (10/04/2013)
• Portrait of a shaman (09/05/2013)
• Shaman Jung Gong Chul dies (06/19/2013)
• Jeju artist Byun Shi-ji has died (06/19/2013)
• Worshiping the snake goddess (05/21/2013)
• Gender equity equals growth (05/16/2013)
• Jeju heroine Kim Mandeok (05/11/2013, part I / part II)
• Jeju’s goddess of the hearth (05/10/2013)
• Boy attendants of Buddhist temples (05/08/2013)
• My Chagall, Your Picasso (05/07/2013)
• Snake goddesses of the granaries – Gopang Halmang and Nulgup Halmang (04/30/2013)
• Maiden goddesses and virgin sacrifice – Marado and Gwancheong Halmang (04/25/2013)
• A century of healing – Insoodang Pharmacy and Dr. Han-joo Kim (04/20/2013)
• ‘The diver’s life is difficult‘ (04/18/2013)
• Samseung Halmang and Choseung Halmang, goddesses of childbirth, and death (04/15/2013)
• ‘Paradigm shift isn’t easy — but I’m going to try’ (04/09/2013)
• Chilmeoridang Yeongdeunggut, Jeju’s UNESCO-protected shamanist rite (04/04/2013)
• Trauma and healing: Jeju’s path toward full recovery (04/02/2013)
• Jeju traditional medicine – plants that can heal (03/28/2013)
• Jeju traditional medicine – the healing biodiversity of the island (03/28/2013)
• Triumph of SeaWomen (03/26/2013, part I / part II)
• Yeongdeung Halmang, goddess of wind and sea (03/25/2013)
• Goddess of fortune, fate, destiny: Gamunjang-agi (03/18/2013)
• Rites, tools and offerings – Jeju shamanist mythology (03/14/2013)
• ‘Strong Jeju women’ and gender equality (03/08/2013)
• The fall of Casa del Agua (03/07/2013)
• Seeking the gods’ blessing for the new year (02/28/2013)
• Geum Baekjo Halmang, mother of all shamanist gods (02/26/2013)
• Jacheongbi, pragmatic and strong (02/25/2013)
• Jacheongbi, goddess of earth — and, love (02/25/2013)
• Gotjawal: Mystery and magic of Jeju (02/20/2013)
• Snake brings wealth and transition for year ahead (02/14/2013)
• Ipchun-gut, the coming of spring (02/13/2013)
• Seolmundae Halmang: Creator Goddess of Jeju (02/13/2013, part I / part II)
• Jeju shamanism: Proper conduct for attending a ritual (01/30/2013)
• Jeju shamanism: A primer (01/30/2013)
• Going to Grandma’s house: Halmang-dang and healing (01/30/2013)
• Ji Geum Jong, cultural activist and visionary (01/15/2013)
• Artwork of Chang Ree-suok at MoA (01/11/2013)
• Gasi Village, model of cultural revitalization (12/22/2012)
• Renowned collector of paper art on Jeju (12/20/2012)
• The Science of Jeju Haenyeo (11/20/2012, part I; 11/22/2012, part II)
• Tales from the Olle path (11/20/2012)
• Global citizenship comes to Jeju (11/19/2012)
• UNITAR-Jeju turns 2 and International United Nations Day celebrated, Oct. 24 (10/31/2012)
• Saving art with art (10/23/2012)
• Solving the euro crisis: A European and Asian perspective (09/21/2012)
• Saving Jeju’s Casa del Agua (09/04/2012)
• Taiwan’s first and only female vice president visits Jeju (03/26/2012)
• Living sounds of the sea (03/20/2012)
• Diving to the heart of the story (03/19/2012)
• Santa Rosa celebrates with sister city Jeju (02/03/2012)
• A look at Jeju women’s lives throughout time (12/09/2011)
• International BPW president visits Jeju (11/28/2011)
• Jeju shamans, healing minds and hearts (11/25/2011)
• Jeju Olle and the Korean psyche (11/12/2011)
• Can folk festivals authentically preserve a culture’s traditions? (10/28/2011)
• 8th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum (10/20/2011)
• The 4th Jeju Haenyeo Festival (10/16/2011)
• Previewing the Haenyeo Culture Festival (10/13/2011)
• ‘Haenyeo culture globalization’ (10/07/2011)
• Folk villages help maintain link to past (09/24/2011)
• Jeju harvest (09/12/2011)
• ‘Passing from freedom to happiness’ (09/01/2011)
• The myths of Jeju (08/27/2011)
• Portrait of a diving woman (08/14/2011)
• Jeju, an island of villages (08/01/2011)
• A portrait of Gangjeong village (07/31/2011)
• ‘Jeju is my dream come true’ (07/31/2011)
• Jungmun Saekdal Beach Festival (07/11/2011)
• Jeju women, present and future (07/11/2011)
• Mythology and artifacts come to life (07/11/2011)
• Snoopy comes to Jeju (07/08/2011)
• Jeju government considers giving foreign residents a voice (07/05/2011)
• Jeju Business and Professional Women members travel to Helsinki congress (07/03/2011)
• Jeju’s ‘sister island’ in eastern Russia pays a visit (06/30/2011)
• US diplomat joins Jeju diving women at work  (06/29/2011)
• ‘Jeju needs many reforms to become international’ (06/24/2011)
• Jeju’s female icon of the Joseon era (06/24/2011)
• Strengthening the ‘strong Jeju woman’ [Part 2] (06/13/2011)
• Gangjeong art exhibition gets underway this week (06/13/2011)
• JDC’s vision of Jeju as a Free International City (06/10/2011)
• The passing of a Jeju Grand Shaman (06/07/2011)
• Behind the shaman’s mask (06/03/2011)
• Feminist leaders visit Jeju (06/02/2011)
• Seeking Jeju’s goddesses (06/01/2011)
• Medical tourism, wave of the future: Is it right for Jeju? (06/01/2011)
• ‘Women, creativity and culture’ (05/31/2011)
• The world’s most famous feminist visits Jeju (05/31/2011)
• Jeju’s ‘endangered’ dialect (5/30/2011)
• An artist’s focus on social causes (05/27/2011)
• Contributing to the well-being of Jeju women (05/22/2011)
• Jeju’s first ‘alternative school’ (05/22/2011)
• Honoring Jeju’s grandmother creator goddess (05/18/2011)
• Single moms of Jeju (05/14/2011)
• ‘4.3 Trauma, Seeking Healing’ (05/13/2011)
• Strengthening the ‘strong Jeju woman’ [Part 1] (05/11/2011)
• ‘Jeju, meet the future’ (05/06/2011)
• Local YWCA ‘goes multicultural’ (05/06/2011)
• Traditional guesthouses at Jeju Stone Park opening soon (05/06/2011)
• N7W team visits Jeju during D-200 celebration (04/28/2011)
• A simple wedding (04/23/2011)
• International Jeju (04/23/2011)
• A literary journey (04/23/2011)
• ‘I just live my life with passion’ (04/23/2011)
• A purpose-filled life (04/23/2011)
• A gathering of grannies (04/22/2011)
• Empowering women of Jeju (04/19/2011)
• First French film fest comes to Jeju (04/18/2011)
• Island of peace? (04/10/2011)
• Healing trauma that ‘dared not speak its name’ (04/10/2011)
• One writer’s dedication to Sasam (04/10/2011)
• ‘Sasam Art’: the artists’ way (03/26/2011)
• The end of a life: Concepts of afterlife [Part 3] (03/26/2011)
• Goddesses and Jeju women (03/11/2011)
• The end of a life: In memorium [Part 2] (03/11/2011)
• Haenyeo, the truth behind the tourism (03/11/2011)
• Traditional Korean medicine (02/24/2011)
• Three-phase health care facility comes to Jeju (02/24/2011)
• The end of a life: Death, burial and bereavement customs of Jeju [Part 1] (02/24/2011)
• The importance of the unique Jeju dialect (02/12/2011)
• Putting the ‘C’ in Jeju’s culture (02/12/2011)
• Jeju shamans welcome spring (02/11/2011)
• Grandmothers of Jeju (02/06/2011)
• Grandfathers of Jeju (02/06/2011)
• Jeju’s narrow road, revisited (01/30/2011)
• Samda: A new look at local culture by psychologist and educator Dr. Anne Hilty (01/16/2011)
• Art and nature collaborate (01/16/2011)
• Jeju’s Narrow Road (01/03/2011)
• Samda, Jeju’s unique culture (01/02/2011)
• Jeju Wordsmiths: Crafting the Written Word (12/20/2010)
• Change is in the Jeju wind (12/16/2010) – available only as reprint

In, Science Donga [Seoul]:

• Jeju Haenyeo: Indigenous Knowledge of the Sea (10/2012) [Korean language only]

In, Seoul Selection [Seoul]:

• Streetwise in Seoul, ongoing column (2005-2006, 10 in total)

In, SEOUL [Seoul]:

• Jeju Island: A Resort-style MICE Destination (05/2012)
• Feminism and Art Collaborate (07/2006)
• A Love Affair with Korea (07/2006)
• Spring Blessings (06/2006)
• Happiest Man on Earth (05/2006)
•  Mad About English (04/2006)
•   A Modern-day Shaman (04/2006)
•   Yongo Ajuma (03/2006)
• Wither the Korean Market (02/2006)

In, Jeju Sori [Jeju City, ROK]:

• 목욕물 버리려다 아기까지 버리지 마라!  (05/09/2014; Korean language only)

In, Dynamic Jeju [Jeju City, ROK] [by Jeju government for IUCN World Conservation Congress, 2012] – print only:

• Jeju haenyeo, matriarchs of the sea
• Tamna and the origin of Jeju people
• Jeju, environmental model to the world
• Jeju’s multi-layered culture of Samda

In, Dream Jeju 21 [Jeju Government Provincial Council, Jeju City, ROK] – print only:

•  The Need for a Foreign Advisory Committee (12/2011)

In, Korean Quarterly [Minneapolis, US]:

• Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women, Part II (Summer 2016)
• Goddesses and Strong Jeju Women, Part I (Spring 2016)
• Spirit-infused: The living tradition of Jeju Island shamanism (Summer 2015)
• Jeju’s Women Divers (Spring 2015)
• Feminism and Art Collaborate (Summer 2007) [reprinted from SEOUL]
• Castles in the Sand (Spring 2007)

In, Destination Deluxe (was, The Source Asia) [Hong Kong SAR]:

• Phoenix Rising (21 MAY 2010)
• Walking in Spirit (14 MAR 2010)
• Creativity as a Spiritual Path (30 JAN 2010)

In, Positive News [Hong Kong edition]:

• Peace Begins at Home (02 JUN 2010)

In, Mensa Means [Hong Kong SAR]:

• BodyMind Intelligence (JUN 2010)
• Emotional Intelligence (APR 2010)
• Consciousness (FEB 2010)

In, Portwatch [Hong Kong SAR]

• Transpersonal Parenting (MAY/JUN 2010)

In, Holistic Asia [Hong Kong SAR] [no longer exists; Peter Lloyd, former editor]:

• Animist-Humanist: Modern-day ‘Shaman’ (06 FEB 2010)
• Western Psychology in Eastern Cultures: Mismatch? (06 FEB 2010)

Articles Reprinted [with permission]

In, Korea Times [Seoul]:

• Distinct dialect of Jeju threatened with extinction (10/14/2011) [reprinted from Yonhap News]

In, Korea Herald  [Seoul]:

• Beyond tangerines and palm trees: Jeju’s unique culture (11/13/2011) [reprinted from Yonhap News]
• Jeju’s goddess of the hearth (06/23/2010) [reprinted from Jeju Weekly]

In, News Jeju [Jeju City, ROK]:

• Trauma and healing: Jeju’s path toward full recovery [in Korean] (04/03/2013)

In, NETKOA [Los Angeles]:

• Jeju Olle and the Korean psyche (Jul-Aug 2012, vol. 10) [reprinted from Jeju Weekly]

In, Headline Jeju [Jeju City, ROK]: [All reprinted from Jeju Weekly]

• International BPW president visits Jeju (12/18/2011)
• Jeju Olle and the Korean psyche (11/27/2011)
• 8th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum (10/23/2011)
• The 4th Jeju Haenyeo Festival (10/23/2011)
• Previewing the Haenyeo Culture Festival (10/23/2011)
• ‘Haenyeo culture globalization’ (10/11/2011)
• Folk villages help maintain link to past (09/26/2011)
• Jeju harvest (09/14/2011)
• The myths of Jeju (09/04/2011)
• A portrait of Gangjeong village (08/03/2011)
• Jeju, an island of villages (08/03/2011)
• Snoopy comes to Jeju (07/19/2011)
• Jeju’s female icon of the Joseon era (07/03/2011)
• Gangjeong art exhibition gets underway this week (06/19/2011)
• The passing of a Jeju Grand Shaman (06/08/2011)
• Behind the shaman’s mask (06/08/2011)
• Feminist leaders visit Jeju (06/08/2011)
• Seeking Jeju’s goddesses (06/08/2011)
• Jeju’s ‘endangered’ dialect (06/08/2011)
• Honoring Jeju’s grandmother creator goddess (05/27/2011)
• N7W team visits Jeju during D-200 celebration (04/30/2011)
• A simple wedding (04/30/2011)
• A purpose-filled life (04/30/2011)
• A gathering of grannies (04/30/2011)
• Empowering women of Jeju (04/30/2011)
• Goddesses and Jeju women (03/15/2011)
• The end of a life: In memorium (03/15/2011))
• The importance of the unique Jeju dialect (02/17/2011)
• Grandmothers of Jeju (02/07/2011)
• Art and nature collaborate (01/24/2011)
• Jeju’s Narrow Road (01/04/2011)
• Samda, Jeju’s unique culture (01/03/2011)
• Jeju Wordsmiths (12/28/2010)
• Change is in the Jeju wind (12/20/2010)

Essays:

• “The Trauma that Dared not Speak its Name” in, Jeju Writers Anthology (Autumn 2011)
• “Goddesses, Shamans, and Diving Grannies” in, Imprint, Hong Kong Women in Publishing Anthology (2016)

Short Story [fiction]:

• “Sea Girl” in, Imprint, Hong Kong Women in Publishing Anthology (2017)

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Blogs:

• Anne Hilty Writer
• EastWest Psyche ltd
• We Blog the World (contributor)

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MEMBERSHIPS

Current: American Mensa / MENSA International; American PEN / PEN International; Business & Professional Women International [Hong Kong, New York chapters]; International Travel Writers Alliance; Prior: Asia-Pacific Writers & Translators; Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society; Korea Writers Assn [Jeju chapter]

Writing samples as above & on request