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NORTHEAST ASIAN HISTORY FOUNDATION 09/2018 Newsletter
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고려의 고구려 계승 의식과 북방 영토
Goryeo's Northern Territories and Inheriting Koguryo's Spirit Around 1,100 years ago, the kingdoms Goryeo (918-1392) and Later Baekje (892-936) were fiercely competing for hegemony on the Korean peninsula, while up north, the Khitans who founded the Liao dynasty newly rose to power as the Tang dynasty‘s fall brought chaos upon the Chinese mainland. And when the unified Song dynasty (960-1279) emerged in China, circumstances for intense international conflict were formed between Goryeo, the Song dynasty, and the Khitans.
Shin An-sik (Visiting Professor, Konkuk University Department of His
벽안의 한국학 교수, 그의 시선으로 본 고려
A Foreign Expert's View of Korean Studies and Goryeo Professor Sem Vermeersch studied East Asian language and culture at the University of Ghent in Belgium and went on to acquire his master's degree in Korean studies and his doctoral degree in the history of Korean Buddhism from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) under the University of London. He is now a professor in the religious studies department of Seoul National University and serves as the director of the International Center for Korean Studies at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies. In 2010, Professor Vermeersch won the first James B. Palais Book Prize awarded by the Association for Asian Studies in the United States for his book "The Power of the Buddhas: The Politics of Buddhism during the Koryo Dynasty (918 - 1392)." Among his other major publications is "A Chinese Traveler in Medieval Korea: Xu Jing's Illustrated Account of the Xuanhe Embassy to Koryo."
Lee Jeong-il (Research fellow, NAHF Institute of Korea-China Relations)
‘남북국’을 통일한 고려 태조 왕건과 발해
Balhae and Goryeo's First King Wang Geon Born in Songak (presently Gaeseong), Wang Geon (877-943) distinguished himself while serving Gung Ye who founded the kingdom of Taebong. When Gung Ye began to frequently commit vicious acts, Wang Geon overthrew Gung Ye's rule and founded the kingdom of Goryeo (高麗) in 918. Goryeo went on to incorporate Silla in 935 and destroy Later Baekje in 936 to finally unify the later three kingdoms on the Korean peninsula. Goryeo's founder Wang Geon would reminisce that because he had been born as a humble commoner, he didn't fear the heat during the summer or try to avoid the cold during the winter as he strived for nineteen years and succeeded in unifying the three Korean kingdoms. According to "Goryeosa jeoryo," or the Essentials of Goryeo History, an envoy concluded that because Wang Geon was generous and sincere, he was able to take over Later Baekje and inherit the riches of Silla, and thanks to his magnanimity, cleverness, and him being blessed with people and nature, Goryeo was able to last for five hundred years. What the envoy also noted as Wang Geon's achievement was his policy toward Balhae. "When the powerful Khitans attacked and destroyed Goryeo's ally Balhae, Wang Geon severed his relations with the Khitans and comforted the weak Balhae people left with no place to return to after having been deprived of their homeland. What is interesting is that ahead of Goryeo's foundation, Balhae once used the name Goryeo to refer to itself. According to Shoku Nihongi, the sequel to the Chronicles of Japan, while the Japanese interacted with Balhae people during the mid-eighth century, they referred to Balhae as "Goryeoguk" and the Balhae king as the "king of Goryeo."
Lim Sang-sun (Research fellow, NAHF Institute of Korea-China Relations)
동북아역사재단-유로클리오 국제학술회의가 던진 화두 역사교육에서의 다각적 관점, 희생자, 주변국 형상화와 화해
NAHF-EUROCLIO Annual Joint Conference Raises Questions About Multi-perspectivity, Victimhood, Othering, and Reconciliation From 23-24 July 2018, the NAHF-EUROCLIO Joint Conference on History Education 2018: Teaching the Borderless History Around the World was held at Seodaemun Prison History Hall. The first day of the conference consisted of three panels: Image of the Other, History Conflict and Reconciliation, and The Process of Developing Cross-Border History Education Resources. All panels included presentations by NAHF and EUROCLIO representatives, with each featuring four speakers, two discussants, and a moderator. The second day featured a roundtable discussion by the moderators and all participants, to allow for reflective conversation of the presentations of the previous day. The purpose of the conference was to facilitate cross-border exchange between EUROCLIO history educators and Korean history teachers on the subject of how best to approach teaching history.
Catherine Savitsky, Rapporteur for EUROCLIO
일본 전통 예능에 남은 통신사의 흔적
Traces of Tongsinsa in Traditional Japanese Entertainment Joseon Tongsinsa refers to diplomatic missions the king of the Korean kingdom Joseon officially sent to the chief ruler of Japan. How did Tongsinsa begin and what role did it perform as relations between the two countries went through change? The year of 2019 will mark the 590th year since the first Tongsinsa mission was sent in 1429, so this series called Tongsinsa Stories will review Joseon Tongsinsa as a cultural delegation representative of the Korean dynasty's diplomatic history with Japan.
Youn You-sook (Research fellow, NAHF Institute of Korea-Japan Relations)
재단 뉴스
NAHF News On July 25, the Northeast Asian History Foundation jointly hosted an academic conference at Korea University with the Korean Medieval History Society to discuss "The Goryeo Dynasty in East Asia: Goryeo's National Identity and World View." Presentations at the conference were made on Goryeo's awareness of its national boundaries as the successor of Koguryo, the Goryeo monarchy's world view through the term "Emperor to the East of the Sea," Goryeo's national holidays and sense of national pride, and Goryeo's use of Chinese era names and its understanding of the outside. While considering the presentations during the general discussion that followed, new directions for research were suggested such as looking into Goryeo's cultural pluralism, its recognition of itself and others, the multi-layered recognition of Goryeo borders, and applying civilization theories. The discussion aimed at adopting objective views to gain a more balanced understanding of the histories of Korea and East Asia.
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