PARK, So-jeong
Visiting Professor
BA, MA, Ph.D (Yonsei University) | |
Rm | YIA 1104 |
sojeongpark@cuhk.edu.hk |
Brief Biography
PARK, So-Jeong is a Professor of Korean Philosophy at Sungkyunkwan University and serves as the director of Institute of Korean Philosophy and Culture (IKPC), where she leads the K-Academic Expansion Project (KAEP). Her research interests encompass Korean Philosophy, Comparative Philosophy, and the Philosophy of Music. She has published widely including in Korean, English, and Chinese, including “A Study on Seongho Yi Ik’s Emotional Spectrum ― Focusing on the Analysis of Emotional Vocabulary through Word2Vec” (Korean, 2024, collab.), “On Sound: Reconstructing a Zhuangzian Perspective of Music” (English, 2015), 《流动的音乐思维——先秦诸子音乐论新探》(Chinese, 2016)
Furthermore, she has developed online courses available on Coursera, covering topics such as Introduction to Korean Philosophy and Culture, In Search for the Origins of Korean Philosophy, and Korean Music, A Philosophical Exploration (collab.).
Research Interests
- Korean Philosophy
- Philosophy of Music
- Comparative Philosophy
- Comparative Aesthetics
Selected Publications
- The Dynamic Characteristics of “Jeong 情”: A New Perspective on the Korean Neo-Confucian Four–Seven Debate (2023)
- Korean Aesthetic Ideals: “Jayeon” (2022)
- He (和), the concept cluster of harmony in early China (2021)
- Musical metaphors in Chinese aesthetics (2020)
- Sound and notation: comparative study on musical ontology (2017)
- Philosophizing Jigi 至氣 of Donghak 東學 as an Experienced Ultimate Reality (2016)
- Donghak’s Transformation and Experimentation of Confucian Publicity (2015)
- Musical Thought in the Zhuangzi: A Criticism of the Confucian Discourse on Ritual and Music (2013)
For more publications,
So Jeong Park’s google scholar page