Sell yourself
“Selling yourself” – one of those phrases we use in a somewhat metaphorical sense, but which nonetheless has a more literal meaning than we pr...
Category: Korea
Boston and the Bamboo Grove
I must admit that I’ve not felt at all keen on bringing up here the most recent Korea-related history controversy to hit the news. As many readers are pro...
Is there such a thing as an innocent nation?
Moving away from the news reports for the moment, something a bit more speculative. The above question is one that crops up in my mind every now and then when I...
New book on Paekche
News comes, via the Korean Studies mailing list, that Jonathan Best’s history of Paekche is now out. I wouldn’t normally use this blog to advertise ...
Orthodoxy, or more revisionism? (History news round up II)
Time for part two of my history news round up. Another big history-related story toward the end of last year concerned a proposed new rightwing history textbook...
Open sesame
Click over to Nick Kapur’s post at Frog Japan for news on new plans to allow archaeologists to access Japanese imperial tombs (kofun). Depending on how fa...
5,000 years
One of those phrases that anyone dealing with Korean history must learn to live with is the ‘5,000 years’ business. Today I came across one of the m...
Revisionism (History news round up I)
It’s been a bit quiet around here lately, but hopefully that will improve with the new year. To kick things off this year I thought I’d gather toget...
Announcement: East Asian Libraries and Archives Wiki
The Frog in a Well project is expanding. While we hope our three bilingual collaborative weblogs dedicated to the study of East Asian history will continue to d...
Monthly Miscellany
The carnivals roll on: Nathanael Robinson hosted the last AHC, and did a very nice job. The next edition will be hosted by our very own Owen Miller in a week or...
Empty history
I’m spending a few weeks in Korea, mainly for the Academy of Korean Studies organised World Congress of Korean Studies that will be taking place this week...
I can’t wait until they have calendar implants….
Mea maxima culpa. Due to a regrettable lack of focus on bloggerly things, I’ve let my carnival friends down. First, I never congratulated Roy Berman on a ...
If you thought the Chosŏn dynasty was over, think again
Actually, strictly speaking, 88-year-old Yi Hae-won was crowned queen (or should that be empress?) of the Great Han Empire (大韓帝國) last week, rather than the Cho...
Google Books: PDF Download Feature
The Google Books project is an exciting new chapter in the world’s digitization of printed materials together with the Gutenberg project. I have blogged a...
나의 리움미술관 기행기
나의 리움미술관 기행기 명색이 미술사학도이지만, 솔직히 말해 미술관 기행이 별 재미가 없다. 유명한 작가의 작품은 거기에 켜켜이 쌓여있는 아우라의 무게에 짓눌려 재미가 없다. 유명하지 않은 작가의 작품은 오랫동안 제도 밖에 머물어 가난하고 빈곤하다. 그렇게 “제도”의 힘은 강력하다. 특...