Battelle-Tompkins 115, (202) 885-2919, jypark@american.edu

Areas of specialization
Professor Park specializes in Zen Buddhist philosophy, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist-postmodern comparative philosophy, and Buddhist encounter with modernity in Korea.

Professional activities
Professor Park is the recipient of prestigious grants including Mellon Fellowship, American Academy of Religion Individual Research Grant, and the Korea Foundation Advanced Research Grant. She is the author of the forthcoming volume Buddhism and the Politics of Postmodernity: A Reconsideration of Buddhist Philosophy (Lexington Books) and editor of Buddhisms and Deconstructions (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006). She is currently completing an edited volume entitled Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism and also co-editing a volume Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism (Lexington Books) with Professor Gereon Kopf. Professor Park has published a number of journal articles and book chapters on Zen Buddhism, the problem of ethics in Zen Buddhism and postmodern philosophy, and modern Korean Buddhism, both in English and Korean, and has been working on a book project on Korean Buddhism’s encounter with new intellectualism in modern time supported by the generous grant of the Korea Foundation. Professor Park is the co-chair of Zen Buddhism Seminar at the American Academy of Religion and co-founder and co-chair of the International Society for Buddhist Philosophy. She also held a visiting professorship at Korea University in Seoul, Korea (2005, 2006).

Courses taught
Eastern Religious Traditions
Buddhist Philosophy
Chinese Philosophy
Derrida and Buddhism
Asian Philosophy and Postmodern Thought

Education
Ph. D., SUNY Stony Brook
MA, New York University
BA, Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea)

Curriculum Vitae
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