Dr. Park Hyondo is the most distinguished Islam Specialst in Korea.
Dr. Park is Professor at Sogang University in Seoul, Korea. He also serves as a Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a Lecturer at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Editor-in-Chief of Religion & Peace, an English-language journal published by the International Peace Corps of Religions.
He received his B.A. in Religious Studies from Sogang University (Seoul, Korea), and his M.A. in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University (Montreal, Canada). He completed his doctoral program (Islamic Studies) at McGill and received his Ph.D. (Islamic Studies) from the University of Tehran in Iran.
As a visiting fellow, he also studied Islam and society in Iran at the Institute of Short Term Education and Sabbaticals of Al-Mustafa International University in Qom, Iran. He has written extensively on Islam and Middle East, including the Korean translation of the Constitutions of Middle Eastern countries.
박현도교수는 서강대 종교학과 학사, 캐나다 맥길대 이슬람학석사 및 박사과정을 수료하고, 이란 테헤란대학교에서 이슬람학 박사학위를 받았다.
이란 알-무스타파국제대학교에서 이란의 이슬람, 정치, 사회를 연구했고, 외교부정책자문위원, 문화체육관광부 공직자 종교차별 예방교육 전문강사, 대외경제정책연구원 중동연구회 전문위원으로 활약 중이다.
유튜브채널<역사를보다>, 14F <10분 토론>, KBS <세계는지금><이슈 픽 쌤과 함께> tv N<벌거벗은 세계사> 등 다수의방송에 출연 중이다.
2회 GG 서머스쿨 "Border" 세션에서 '이슬람교를 위한 변명' 책에 대한 북토크를 GG 프렌즈를 위해 진행할 예정이다.
