Hello:<div><br></div><div>Members of this list who are interested in the topic of Chinese soldiers in early modern Korea may also find Adam Bohnet's 2009 dissertation, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 25px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Migrant and Border Subjects in Late ChosÅn Korea</span>" illuminating.  It offers innovative research concerning these soldiers and their descendants, how their communities fared within the Chos<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Å</span>n polity, and how the government's policies towards such subjects changed over time. </div>
<div><br></div><div>It is great to see growing interest in cross-border interactions and newer work highlighting the transnational flows of bodies and ideas that characterized early modern life in this region.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Saeyoung Park</div><div><br></div><div>Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow</div><div>University of Pennsylvania</div><div><a href="mailto:saeyoung@sas.upenn.edu">saeyoung@sas.upenn.edu</a><br>
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This posting on H-Japan might be of interest to members of the Korean Studies listserve.<br>
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November 3, 2011<br>
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Frank Joseph Shulman<br>
Bibliographer, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian Studies<br>
9225 Limestone Place<br>
College Park, Maryland 20740-3943 (U.S.A.)<br>
E-mail: <a href="mailto:fshulman@umd.edu">fshulman@umd.edu</a><br>
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                November 2, 2011<br>
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From: Hillary Pedersen <<a href="mailto:hillyped@yahoo.com">hillyped@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Dear colleagues,<br>
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The speaker for the November meeting of the Kyoto Asian Studies Group is<br>
Masato Hasegawa, who will present "Searching for a Semblance of Ordinary<br>
Life off the Battlefield: Chinese Soldiers in Late Sixteenth-Century Korea<br>
during the Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-1598" (see abstract below).<br>
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The lecture will be held on Monday, November 14th from 6:30-8:30 in Room<br>
213 of the Fusokan on the Doshisha University Campus (see link below for<br>
access information).<br>
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Abstract<br>
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"Searching for a Semblance of Ordinary Life off the Battlefield: Chinese<br>
Soldiers in Late Sixteenth-Century Korea during the Japanese Invasion of<br>
Korea, 1592-1598"<br>
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In the frigid winter of 1592, over 38,000 Chinese soldiers crossed the<br>
Yalu River and arrived on the Korean peninsula. Their mission was to<br>
provide much-awaited military support for Korea's Choson government and<br>
drive back the invading Japanese armies. For the Choson government, the<br>
arrival of the Chinese expeditionary forces was welcoming news. At the<br>
same time, both Chinese and Korean officials were keenly aware that the<br>
logistical needs of such a large number of Chinese troops would place an<br>
additional burden on Korea's already battered economy. This paper<br>
investigates the little-studied state of wartime society in the<br>
Chinese-Korean borderland from the viewpoint of Chinese soldiers. Paying<br>
special attention to Chinese soldiers' experiences off the battlefield, it<br>
examines the ways in which their long-term presence affected the region's<br>
economy and society. Chinese and Korean documents show that local<br>
residents in Korea often found themselves at the receiving end of violence<br>
and destruction at the hands of Chinese soldiers. Sources also indicate<br>
that Chinese soldiers suffered from extremely harsh living conditions off<br>
the battlefield. The war left a profound impact on the lives of Korean<br>
local residents and Chinese soldiers. This paper's analysis illuminates<br>
the manner in which they experienced the cross-border war in the closing<br>
years of the sixteenth century.<br>
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Masato Hasegawa is currently a PhD Candidate in the History Department at<br>
Yale University and a research student at Kyoto University.<br>
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Sponsored by the Kyoto Consortium for<br>
Japanese Studies. For access information see:<br>
<a href="http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/english/access/ima_campus.html" target="_blank">http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/english/access/ima_campus.html</a><br>
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Contact: Hillary Pedersen, <a href="mailto:hillyped@yahoo.com">hillyped@yahoo.com</a><br>
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