Park, Hyun Ok

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[V] Program in Interdisciplinary Studies

Field of Study: East Asian Studies

Research Description: Hyun Ok Park is completing an investigation of the ways that the task of rapprochement of the two Koreas has been changed to the formation of ethnic sovereignty in the post–Cold War era. It concerns a democratic politics that imagines the market as a mechanism of reparation, peace, and human rights.

Home Institution: York University

Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]HistSt9/11/20058/15/2006
[V]IS9/1/20068/31/2007
[V]HistSt9/2/201211/16/2012
[V]IS11/17/2012current

Current Homepage: www.arts.yorku.ca/soci/facstaff/people/park.html
Position: Associate Professor
Start year: 2007
Department: Department of Sociology
Institution: York University
Current Field of Study: Historical Sociology, Global Capitalism, Democracy

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
Assistant ProfessorNew York University (East Asian Studies)20032006
Assistant ProfessorNew York University (Sociology; East Asian Studies)19982002
Visiting Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Sociology and International Institute)19951998

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1994University of California, Berkeley
M.A.1986University of Hawaii, Manoa
B.A.1984Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea

Honors

DescriptionYear
American Council of Learned Societies Post-doctoral Fellowship2001-2002
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grant (Program on Global Security and Sustainability)2001-2001
Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor1995-1998