A Historian of the Mongol Empire and East Asia
Being part of the Jangseogak Archives means that I have access to Zhizheng tiaoge, the last officially published code of the Yuan dynasty, reportedly lost until it was found in Korea, 2002. The story of the discovery itself is fascinating. When the descendants of the original owner, the Son family of Gyeongju (慶州 孫氏) planned to … Continue reading A first eyes look at Zhizheng tiaoge (至正條格)
2018.07.05-06, AAS-in-Asia, New Delhi, In a session titled "The Mongols Mattered: Cultural, Social, and Commercial Changes During the Mongol Century," (in case it wasn't clear, the panel title was a nod to the recently published book "How Mongolia Mattered"), I joined my former colleagues and presented "Marriage Rules on the non-Han in Yuan China: … Continue reading AAS-in-ASIA 2018 New Delhi Presenation
Two weeks ago, on the 3rd of March, I gave a presentation on MARKUS to the [Korean] Society for Song-Yuan Studies (송원사학회/宋元史學會) at Ehwa Woman's University. Presentations like these don't translate well into those only familiar with the US academia. Is it a conference presentation? No, it was only me and the members of the … Continue reading MARKUS presentation (2018.03.03)
