UCLA Korean History and Culture Digital Museum

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Craft, Technology, and the Military Arts in Chosŏn Korea

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Chosŏn Korea enjoyed long periods of peace, but the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries saw tumultuous regional conflicts. The Imjin War of 1592–1598 and the Manchu invasions of 1627 and 1636…

Reading Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea

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Ksenia Chizhova's monograph, Kinship Novels of Early Modern Korea: Between Genealogical Time and the Domestic Everyday, was published in 2021 by Columbia University Press. The book examines the…

Reading the Diary of Na Man'gap

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The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea was written by a Chosŏn dynasty official Na Man'gap (1592–1642) recorded the second Manchu invasion in his Diary of 1636, the only first-person…

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The UCLA Korean History and Culture Digital Museum bridges the widening gulf between public and academic knowledge. The on-going project features the work of UCLA students and faculty produced during their course of study. As students engage with the forefront of academic research in Korean history, they make their own contributions by communicating this research to a wider audience.

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The History of Soju: A Comic Strip Reflection

"An Advertisement for Soju"

How Women in Chosŏn Korea Legitimized Han'gul

The Role of Women in Korean Literature

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Malgŭm's Lawsuit

Chinese Characters and Korean Names