University of Washington Korean Studies Director Clark W. Sorensen discusses Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979, his and Professor Hyung-a Kim's edited volume on development, political thought, democracy, and the cultural influence of the Park era. An important addition to work on this critical period, especially in light of the upcoming national election in Korea, this highly readable volume draws perspectives from across the political spectrum. Professor Sorensen will explore Park's legacy as seen through both historical and contemporary prisms.
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Book Cafe: Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979
with
Dr. Clark W. Sorensen
Chair of Korean Studies, University of Washington
Moderated by Dr. Stephen Noerper
Senior Vice President, The Korea Society
Clark W. Sorensen has been associate professor of international studies at the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington since 1992. He is chair of the Korea Studies Program, and director of the Center for Korean Studies. He has adjunct appointments in Anthropology and Women’s Studies, and is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Korean Studies. He received his BA in Geography in 1970 from the University of California, Berkeley, his MA in Korean Studies in 1974, and his PhD in Anthropology in 1981, both from the University of Washington. He is the author of Over the Mountains are Mountains: Korean Peasant Households and their Adaptations to Rapid Industrialization (University of Washington Press 1988), and has published articles in Journal of Anthropological Research, Anthropos, Comparative Education Review, and other journals. He is the editor of the monograph series Korean Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies published by the University of Washington Press, and also editor of The Center for Korean Studies Publication Series that is distributed by University of Washington Press. The most recent title in the latter series is Reassessing the Park Chung Hee Era, 1961-1979 co-edited with Hyunga Kim of Australian National University.
