My guest today is Eugene Park. Gene is a historian of East Asia, especially Korean politics and society since the 14th century. He is the Rick and Cathy Trachok Endowed Chair in International Studies and Professor in History at the University of Nevada, and is also the author of Korea: A History, which is today's focus. Korea: A History addresses general readers, providing an up-to-date, accessible overview of Korean history from antiquity, all the way to the present.

 

In this conversation, we cover Korean history, Japan’s colonization of Korea, and a little about the future.

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Eugene Park.

 

For the full show notes, transcript, and links to mentioned content, check out the episode page on  https://compoundingpodcast.com/ep42 

 

------

 

Show Notes:

[00:00:31 ] - [First question] - Eugene’s Background

[00:03:32 ] - Writing Korea: A History

[00:09:44 ] - Advice for young academics looking for tenure

[00:10:56 ] - South Korea’s success story

[00:12:37 ] - Attitudes towards reunification

[00:15:08 ] - South Korean identity and challenges

[00:18:39 ] - Lesson’s from South Korea’s success

[00:21:43 ] - Japan and Korea's relationship

[00:27:37 ] - Most undervalued life experience

[00:28:51 ] - Influential books?

[00:31:15 ] - Plans going forward and wrapping up

 

------

 

Connect with Gene:

Buy Gene’s book - Korea: A History: https://amzn.to/3fYKsh0 

 

------

 

Stay up to date with the podcast by signing up to the Compounding Curiosity Substack, where I’ll email you when the latest episode comes out along with my summary and takeaways, links to mentioned content, graphics and the transcript. Sign up at https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/ 

 

------

 

Stay Connected with Compounding Curiosity:

Visit the Compounding Curiosity PODCAST: https://CompoundingPodcast.com/ 

Sign up for the Compounding Curiosity SUBSTACK: https://compoundingcuriosity.substack.com/ 

Follow Compounding Curiosity on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CompndCuriosity/ 

Follow Kalani Scarrott on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ScarrottKalani/ 

Sign up for the Allocators Asia SUBSTACK: https://AllocatorsAsia.substack.com/  

Join the DISCORD: https://discord.gg/NPVNPVsCYb 

Have some thoughts on the podcast? Leave FEEDBACK: https://forms.gle/Du61UxeJ25BkydH49