معرفی
Eunhee Park is a Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of Chicago. Her work focuses on modern Korean history, intersecting gender, labor, and capitalism, with a comparative lens on Cold War-era East Asian societies. She has taught at institutions including CSU-Chico, Vytautas Magnus University, Seoul National University, and Soongsil University.
- Ph.D. in modern Korean history, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Postdoctoral fellowship, Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies, Tel Aviv University
- HK research professor, Institute for the Study of Korean Modernity, Yonsei University
Research Interests
Reimagining Cold War domesticity and women's labor in South Korea, with transnational analysis of gender, culture, and economy. Current book project: economic and cultural history of postwar South Korean domesticity. Second book project: transnational dimensions of women's work in Korean diaspora private education industries.
Publication Trends
Her recent publications (2018–2023) explore feminization of labor in the insurance industry, economic authority of housewives, media representations of war, and Yusin-era financial culture. These works emphasize transnational gender dynamics, state-society relations, and intersections of capitalism, family economy, and consumerism in Cold War Korea.
Scientific Awards
- Postdoctoral fellowship at Tel Aviv University's Zvi Yavetz School of Historical Studies
- HK research professor appointment at Yonsei University
Advising and Collaborations
No formal advisees or grants mentioned in the provided text.
