EALC Welcomes New Faculty Member Dr. Hyun Suk Park

The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures is pleased to welcome Hyun Suk Park as a new Assistant Professor. Professor Park specializes in Korean literature of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, with research interests that span literary studies, history, and interdisciplinary approaches to culture.

Her current research includes a book project that examines the cultural history of female performers, or kisaeng, in Korea, focusing on the intersections of gender, slavery, and performance. Through this work, Professor Park explores how historical institutions shaped cultural production and social boundaries

Building on these interests, Professor Park has recently launched a new research project that investigates cultural responses to climate disasters and major famines in seventeenth-century East Asia, engaging questions from environmental studies and the humanities. She looks forward to pursuing this research in dialogue with students and fostering critical thinking in the classroom.