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<span style="margin:0px;font-size:12pt">Please see below for information about <span style="margin:0px">the</span> fifth session of <span style="margin:0px">the</span> 2020-2021 <span style="margin:0px">webinar</span> series of <span style="margin:0px">the</span> "Aftermath
of <span style="margin:0px">the</span> East Asian War of 1592-1598" team at <span style="margin:0px">the</span> Autonomous University of Barcelona.<u></u></span></p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(206, 69, 50)">"Economic Impact of the East Asian War: </span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:20pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:rgb(206, 69, 50)">A Few Thoughts on Models"</span></strong></p>
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<strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">James B. Lewis </span></strong><strong><span style="margin:0px;font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif">(Associate Professor, University of Oxford)</span></strong></p>
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<li><strong><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">February 3, 2021, 3:00 PM (Barcelona, CET) via ZOOM.</span></strong></li><li><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">The</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> talk will be recorded, but not </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">the</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> question
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">This is</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> fifth </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">session
of</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">2020-2021</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">webinar</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">series
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project team, "Aftermath of</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">East
Asian War of 1592-1598". In this session, professor James B. Lewis of</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;">the</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;"> University
of Oxford will share his thoughts on</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;background-color:white"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> the economic impacts of the Japanese invasions of Korea</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><u></u></span><br>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">BACKGROUND</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><u></u></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><u></u></span><br>
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<div style="margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Aftermath
of</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">East
Asian War of 1592-1598” project is a five year, European Research Council Starting Grant project (2018-2023) run by ICREA professor Rebekah Clements at</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Autonomous
University of Barcelona.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">The</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">project
seeks to understand</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">legacy
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Asian War of 1592-1598, also known as</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">Imjin
War and Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s invasions of Korea. Aftermath will be</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">first
large scale investigation to combine Japanese, Korean, and Chinese sources in order to understand, not</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">war
itself, but something which is arguably even more important:</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">aftermath
and its implications for early modern East Asia. Our research focuses on three</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">mes;
Social change / Environment and economy / Diffusion of Technology. </span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">For more information about</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">“Aftermath
of</span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;">the</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">East
Asian War of 1592-1598” project, please go to our website </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px"><a href="https://aftermath.uab.cat/news/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(17, 85, 204)"><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; color: blue; font-size: 11pt;">https://aftermath.uab.cat/news/</span></a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><u></u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><u></u></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><u></u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><u></u></span><br>
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Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 758347) </span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"times new roman", serif"><u></u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></div>
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</font><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",Times,serif; font-size:11pt">Postdoctoral Researcher of ERC Horizon 2020 project "Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598"</span></font></div>
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