[KS] Contents of Koreanstudies Digest, Vol 101, Issue 3

[Saeyoung Park]

Hello:

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, "Migrant
and Border Subjects in Late Chosŏn Korea" illuminating.  It offers
innovative research concerning these soldiers and their descendants, how
their communities fared within the Chosŏn polity, and how the government's
policies towards such subjects changed over time.

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.

Best regards,
Saeyoung Park

Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Pennsylvania
saeyoung at sas.upenn.edu

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>   1. Chinese Soldiers in Late Sixteenth-Century Korea during the
>      Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-1598 (Frank Joseph Shulman)
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> From: Frank Joseph Shulman <fshulman at umd.edu>
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> This posting on H-Japan might be of interest to members of the Korean
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> November 3, 2011
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> Frank Joseph Shulman
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> From: Hillary Pedersen <hillyped at yahoo.com>
> Dear colleagues,
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> The speaker for the November meeting of the Kyoto Asian Studies Group is
> Masato Hasegawa, who will present "Searching for a Semblance of Ordinary
> Life off the Battlefield: Chinese Soldiers in Late Sixteenth-Century Korea
> during the Japanese Invasion of Korea, 1592-1598" (see abstract below).
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> The lecture will be held on Monday, November 14th from 6:30-8:30 in Room
> 213 of the Fusokan on the Doshisha University Campus (see link below for
> access information).
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> Abstract
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> "Searching for a Semblance of Ordinary Life off the Battlefield: Chinese
> Soldiers in Late Sixteenth-Century Korea during the Japanese Invasion of
> Korea, 1592-1598"
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> In the frigid winter of 1592, over 38,000 Chinese soldiers crossed the
> Yalu River and arrived on the Korean peninsula. Their mission was to
> provide much-awaited military support for Korea's Choson government and
> drive back the invading Japanese armies. For the Choson government, the
> arrival of the Chinese expeditionary forces was welcoming news. At the
> same time, both Chinese and Korean officials were keenly aware that the
> logistical needs of such a large number of Chinese troops would place an
> additional burden on Korea's already battered economy. This paper
> investigates the little-studied state of wartime society in the
> Chinese-Korean borderland from the viewpoint of Chinese soldiers. Paying
> special attention to Chinese soldiers' experiences off the battlefield, it
> examines the ways in which their long-term presence affected the region's
> economy and society. Chinese and Korean documents show that local
> residents in Korea often found themselves at the receiving end of violence
> and destruction at the hands of Chinese soldiers. Sources also indicate
> that Chinese soldiers suffered from extremely harsh living conditions off
> the battlefield. The war left a profound impact on the lives of Korean
> local residents and Chinese soldiers. This paper's analysis illuminates
> the manner in which they experienced the cross-border war in the closing
> years of the sixteenth century.
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> Masato Hasegawa is currently a PhD Candidate in the History Department at
> Yale University and a research student at Kyoto University.
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> Sponsored by the Kyoto Consortium for
> Japanese Studies. For access information see:
> http://www.doshisha.ac.jp/english/access/ima_campus.html
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> Contact: Hillary Pedersen, hillyped at yahoo.com
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