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Eugene Park: A Genealogy of Dissent – The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea
Eugene Park: A Genealogy of Dissent – The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea
This lecture makes observations on politics, society, and culture of Korea since 1392 through a story of human interest. Decades after a bloody persecution that virtually exterminated the royal Wangs of the vanquished Koryŏ dynasty (918-1392), the succeeding Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1910) rehabilitated the lucky survivors. Contrary to a popular assumption that the Wangs remained politically […]