9th New Frontiers in Premodern Korea Studies Workshop

9th Premodern workshop

Date and Time

June 1, 2026
06:00PM - 11:00PM EDT

Location

Online (Zoom)
9th Premodern workshop

Korea Institute, Harvard University

6:00 pm – 6:15 pm
Opening Remarks

6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Paper Presentation 1
Haejeong Yoon (University of Kansas), “Reimagining the 1795 Pontoon Bridge: A Material-Ecological Perspective”
Discussant: Charlotte Horlyck (SOAS, University of London)
Moderator: John S. Lee (Durham University)

7:15 pm – 7:30 pm
Break

7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Journal Publishing
Max L. Bohnenkamp, PhD
Managing Editor, Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies

8:30 pm – 8:45 pm
Break

8:45 pm – 9:45 pm
Source-reading
Graeme Reynolds (University of Southern California)

9:45 pm – 10:00 pm
Break

10:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Paper Presentation 2
Shalon Park (Princeton Theological Seminary), “Beatified Criminals: Confession and Apostasy during the Pyŏngin Persecution”
Discussant: Jisoo Kim (George Washington University)
Moderator: Jungwon Kim (Columbia University)