At the latest meeting of the Autonomous University of Barcelona’s Comissió de Doctorat, the Aftermath Project’s two PhD students, Baihui Duan and Jaime Gonzalez, have each been awarded a “Premis Extraordinaris de Doctorat” prize for their doctoral dissertations. Baihui’s dissertation (2022) was entitled “Managing Epidemics in Post-Imjin Korea: War, Environment, Infectious Diseases, and Medicine, 1576-1720.”| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
The Aftermath project has appeared in an article published in TIME magazine. The article, about Uprising, Netflix’s new Korean action-war epic, includes a discussion of the Imjin War and the Aftermath project. Kayti Burt. “The Real History Behind Netflix’s Korean War Epic Uprising,” Time Magazine, October 11, 2024. https://time.com/7085789/uprising-true-story-netflix/.| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Aftermath collaborator Raúl Cervera has been awarded a prize by the Asociación Española de Estudios de Asia Oriental for his masters dissertation (TFM), “CRÓNICAS KIRISHITAN. Sobre Sekigahara (1600): La llegada de Tokugawa Ieyasu al poder en el crepúsculo del periodo Azuchi-Momoyama (1573-1603),” which was supervised by Prof. Rebekah Clements. The Premios al Mejor TFM/Tesis en The post Raúl Cervera awarded dissertation prize from Spanish Association for East Asian Studies appeared f...| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Dr Jaime Gonzalez has been awarded a prize by the Asociación Española de Estudios de Asia Oriental for his PhD dissertation, “La gran guerra del Asia Oriental (1592-1598) a través de las fuentes misoneras,” which he undertook as part of the Aftermath project. The Premios al Mejor TFM/Tesis en Estudios de Asia Oriental are awarded| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Rebekah Clements will give a talk at the Bergamo University EURASIA conference series. “Hegemony, Hunting, and Human Trophies During the Imjin War” will take place at the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures from 3-5pm on Wednesday 12th February 2025.| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Aftermath postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Jaime Gonzalez, has published a new article: “Discovering Korea trough Iberian Writings of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries”, European Journal of Korean Studies 24:1 (2024), pp. 101-124. https://www.ejks.org.uk/5-jaime-gonzaelez-bolado/. This article analyzes ethnographic information about the Korean peninsula that can be found in texts produced by Iberian missionaries during the sixteenth and| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Rebekah Clements has published an article “Hegemony, Hunting and Human Trophies in the East Asian War of 1592–1598” in the journal Past And Present. The article is an Open Access publication and may be viewed at: https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtae045. Abstract On the eve of his invasion of Korea that launched the Imjin War (1592–8), the Japanese military hegemon, Toyotomi| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Aftermath postdoctoral researcher Dr Jaime González Bolado, has published a new article: “Los Textos Misioneros Para El Estudio Del Japón Premoderno. La Guerra Imjin (1592-1598), Un Caso Paradigmático” [Christian sources for the study of early modern Japan. The Imjin War (1592-1598), a paradigmatic case] Nuevas de Indias (Online) 8 (2023): 33–61 [In Spanish]. https://revistes.uab.cat/nuevasdeindias/article/view/v8-gonzalez-bolado. English Abstract: Historiography,| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Dr. Barend Noordam, formerly the coordinator of the Aftermath Webinar Series, which finished in June of 2024, has launched a new series as part of his current research project. The “Enemy Encounters in East Asia” webinar series will take place within the Research Training Group “Ambivalent Enmity: Dynamics of Antagonism in Asia, Europe, and the| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
As the Aftermath Project draws to a close, Aftermath postdoctoral researcher Dr. Joshua Batts has been awarded his own European Research Council Starting Grant to begin a new project, Material Authority: Managing Mineral Abundance in Early Modern Japan (MMA). Starting Grants may be awarded up to €1.5 million for a period of 5 years. Joshua’s project, The post Joshua Batts wins ERC Starting Grant appeared first on Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598.| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Dr. Baihui Duan has been awarded the William Bynum Essay Prize for 2023, from the editors of the journal, Medical History, and the Royal Society of Medicine. The prize was awarded for Dr. Duan’s article, “Climate, diseases and medicine: the welfare of soldiers during the East Asian War of 1592–1598,” Medical History. Published online 2024:1-17. The post Baihui Duan awarded the William Bynum Essay Prize appeared first on Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598.| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598
Aftermath project member Jaime González has completed his studies and passed his PhD tribunal. His dissertation, “LA GRAN GUERRA DEL ASIA ORIENTAL (1592-1598) A TRAVÉS DE LAS FUENTES MISIONERAS” (English title: Missionary sources for the study of the Great East Asian War (1592-1598))” has been awarded cum laude honours with a international mention. Dissertation abstract| Aftermath of the East Asian War of 1592-1598