MARK SETTON, PhD

Visiting Associate Professor of Korean Philosophy and East Asian Intellectual History
PhD, Oxford University

Office: TBA

Email: TBA

Brief Bio: Mark Setton, D.Phil. has studied and published works on Korean philosophy and East Asian intellectual history for the past 30 years. He earned his B.A. and M.A. at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, and his doctorate at Oxford University. He has taught at SUNY Stony Brook, UC Berkeley, and Oxford University. His fields of interest include Korean Sirhak ("Practical Learning"), as well as East Asian perspectives on the philosophy and psychology of wellbeing.

Publications: Chŏng Yagyong: Korea’s Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism, Confucianism: Tradition and Innovation