Demands of the Tonghak Rebels
Some fifteen years ago in a Journal of Korean Studies article entitled “The Conservative Character of the 1894 Tonghak Peasant Uprising” Lew Young I...
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Continent, Peninsula, Islands: notes on the theory of uneven and combined development and its possible application to northeast Asian history
A few weeks ago I attended the conference organised by Historical Materialism journal at SOAS on the theme ‘Towards a Cosmopolitan Marxism’. There was one sessi...
Lee hang-bok’s Travel – 무술조천록(戊戌朝天錄)
이항복(李恒福 1556~1618)은 조선 중기의 인물로, 군사상, 정치상으로 상당히 활약을 했지만, 오히려 어린 시절의 그를 소재로 한 민담이 더 유명한 인물입니다. 이 자리를 빌어 학술적이라고 하긴 어렵지만 재미있는 이야기를 하나 소개해볼까 합니다. 임진왜란이 거의 끝나갈 즈음인 무술...
Asian History Carnival 2
The 2nd installment of the Asian History Carnival is coming next week, December 12th. The announcement is out a bit late but send your nominations to konrad [at...
Japanese teacher disciplined for opposing nationalist textbooks
I wonder whether anyone else has seen this article from the Christian Science Monitor, which I picked up via the Marmot’s Hole and Far Outliers. It concer...
Self-introduction: Kim Yuna
Greetings. My name is Yu-na Kim. I’m a master course student at Seoul National University in South Korea. I’m currently writing a thesis about ancie...
Cinema, nationalism, and nostalgia
I have just finished reading a new book on Korean cinema (New Korean Cinema, New York: NYU Press, 2005, edited by Chi-Yun Shin and Julian Springer). It was a sa...
Finding Korean journal articles online
Following up on Owen’s very useful posts, I’ll write a few words on finding Korean journals online. I have used the RISS site a lot and they do have...
Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part V – The Korean Mind and other Characteristics
Before diving into some descriptions of the Korean mind and personality in the readings considered in this series of postings (Part I begins here), let me make ...
Finding Korean journal articles online
One of the most difficult and frustrating aspects of studying Korean history while outside of Korea must be getting hold of the most up to date research in Kore...
Western Perceptions of Koreans: Part IV – Women
As one might expect, descriptions of Korean women in the writings by Western visitors that I have looked at tend to be completely dominated by the theme of pity...
Online resources for Chosŏn history: Government annals
Following the lead of Konrad I thought I might start off my posts with something about finding Korean history resources online. It is now actually possible to d...
Henny Savenije’s Korea Website
I’ll continue posting on Western perceptions of Korea here at Frog in a Well throughout the week. I have at least seven parts planned for it. In the meant...
Finding Korea Related Images Online
There are lots of great places online to find images related to Korea. While I’m still looking for a good website which compiles links to some of the many...
Self-Introduction: Owen Miller
Greetings. I’m a PhD student at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. I am approaching the end of my PhD, or at least the beginning of ...