Korea, Mongols, and Ming: Integrative Histories of Early Modern Eastern Eurasia

This event is an effort to build a field and a community around histories of early modern Korea that are engaging and exciting to more than fellow specialists. It will be opportunity to exchange ideas, explore new perspectives, and foster collaborative research efforts.

Friday, May 26, 2023
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)

306 Royce Hall

The symposium will focus on Korea and Eurasia from the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries and highlight thematic approaches that resonate with other places and periods. The symposium features scholars interested in integrating early modern Korea into regional and global narratives. Their projects weave together Mongolian, Ming, Koryŏ, and Chosŏn histories or provide interdisciplinary perspectives on comparative issues related to statecraft, diplomacy, and culture.

The morning session is a round table featuring the authors of three new books Korea's interactions with the Eurasian continent. The afternoon session feature presentations on current research by scholars based in the Los Angeles area. 

Please visit event website for details. To join the talk remotely, please register below. For In-Person RSVP, please click here. 

Here are speakers. 

Inho Choi, USC-Berggruen Fellow, University of Southern California & Berggruen Institute 

KOH Choon Hwee, Assistant Professor, Department of History, UCLA 

Yiming Ha, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of history, UCLA 

Lina Nie, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Southern California 

George Kallander, Professor of History, Syracuse University 

David M. Robinson, Robert H.N Ho Professor in Asian Studies & Professor of History, Colgate University 

David C. Kang, Maria Crutcher Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California 

Chelsea Z. Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Claremont McKenna College 

Richard Y. Kim, Ph.D. Student, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA 

Sixiang Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA  

This event is co-sponsored by UCLA's Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA's Center for Korean Studies, and supported by CMRS Center for Early Global Studies. 

Sponsor(s): Center for Korean Studies, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies