Jin Park

Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy and Religion

• Additional Positions at AU

  Korea Coordinator, Center for Asian Studies, SIS
  Faculty Fellow, ASEAN Studies Center, SIS
  
• Jin Y. Park specializes in Buddhist philosophy, postmodernism, deconstruction, Buddhist ethics, Buddhist-postmodern comparative philosophy, and Buddhist encounter with modernity in Korea. Park’s research in Buddhism focuses on the Zen and Huayan schools of East Asian Buddhism on language, violence, and ethics. In her comparative study, Park reads Zen and Huayan Buddhism together with postmodern thought in Continental philosophy. Park also has a keen interest in Korean Buddhism's encounters with modernity; how Buddhism has transformed in modern time, how different gender responded differently, and how to conceptualize “Buddhist modernity” have been some of main themes of her inquiry. Park is founding co-chair of International Society for Buddhist Philosophy and co-chair of Korean Religions Group in American Academy of Religion. She is recipients of a number of privileged grants and fellowships. Her book-length publications include: Buddhism and Postmodernity, Buddhisms and Deconstructions, Merleau-Ponty and Buddhism, Comparative Political Theory and Cross-Cultural Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Hwa Yol Jung; Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism.

• Degrees

  PhD, SUNY Stony Brook
  MA, New York University
  MA, Yonsei University
  BA, Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea)