<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="" color="#000000">Dear KS list members, please note the following seminar event. Please register using the Google form and a ZOOM link will be sent to you one day prior to the seminar. Hope to see you there.<br><br>All the best,<br>Sandy<u></u><u></u></font></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub (MUKSRH) presents:</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> <u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Monash Beyond Borders Korean Studies Seminar Series 2024</span></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Seminar 4<br><br></span></b><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i style="">'</i><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><i>T</i></span><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px"><i style="">he Anti-Buddhist Movement in Chosŏn (1392–1910) Korea: Historical and Legislative Foundations.</i></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Prof. Gregory Evon (UNSW)</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Room G03, Learning & Teaching Building (LTB), Clayton VIC 3168 & via Zoom</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Friday 6th September, 2-3pm (AEST)</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b><u>Bio</u></b><u></u><u></u></font></p><div style="text-align:justify"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Gregory Evon is Senior Lecturer in the School of Humanities and Languages at UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on premodern Korean religion and literature. He is the co-editor of </span><i style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Premodern Korean Literary Prose</i><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start"> (Columbia University Press, 2018) and author of </span><i style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start">Salvaging Buddhism to Save Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910)</i><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px;text-align:start"> (Cambria Press, 2023), in addition to numerous articles and book chapters.</span><br></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><u></u> <u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><b><u><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Abstract</font></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><span style="letter-spacing:0.2px">The founding of the Chosŏn dynasty marked a radical shift for the Buddhist institution in Korean history. From the sixth through the fourteenth centuries, the commonplace view was that Buddhism and the state supported each other. This idea was central to the successful transmission of Buddhism to the competing states on the Korean peninsula, and it played a crucial role in the kingdom of Silla’s eventual ascendancy and consolidation of rule during Unified Silla (668-935). In the final stages of the Koryŏ (918-1392) dynasty, however, this idea came under attack. This talk begins with a sketch of the historical background to the anti-Buddhist legislation of the Chosŏn dynasty, paying special attention to the connection Buddhism’s critics drew between Buddhist influence and dynastic collapse. It then examines how tensions in the anti-Buddhist program were reflected at the court of Yŏnsan’gun (r. 1494-1506). A renowned despot, Yŏnsan’gun nonetheless had a good understanding of the anti-Buddhist policies enacted at court under his father, something he used to taunt his officials. The talk concludes with an overview of the legislative ambiguity surrounding Buddhism over the following centuries.</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><font color="#000000"><u></u> </font><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Register <a href="https://forms.gle/BT4qftNXKWDLrdBZ8" target="_blank">here</a> for a ZOOM link.<br><br></span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:12.65pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span lang="EN-GB">Please contact Monash University Korean Studies Research Hub Coordinator<br>Ms Sandy Nguyen for further details.</span><u></u><u></u></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:12.65pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><a href="mailto:Sandy.nguyen1@monash.edu" target="_blank" style="">Sandy.Nguyen1@monash.edu</a> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:12.65pt"><br></p></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Kind Regards,</span></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Sandy Nguyen</span><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><i>MUKSRH Coordinator</i><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.monash.edu/arts/languages-literatures-cultures-linguistics/korean-studies-research-hub" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Website: Monash Korean Studies Research Hub</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/monashunikorean.edu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Facebook: MonashUniKorean</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(80,0,80);text-align:justify;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://twitter.com/MonashUniKorean" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:#1155cc;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre;white-space:pre-wrap">Twitter: @MonashUniKorean </span></a><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:1.295;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-heigh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