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제목: 제국과 의로운 국가: 한-중 관계사 600년 (Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations)
일시: 2021년 11월 9일 화요일, 10:00 - 12:00
저자: Odd Arne Westad (예일대학교)
사회: Sem Vermeersch (서울대학교)
토론: 김선민 (고려대학교), Thomas Quartermain (연세대학교)
저자소개: Odd Arne Westad는 예일대학교의 역사학 교수이다. 그는 오슬로 대학에서 역사학, 철학, 그리고 근대 언어학을 전공하였고, 이후 채플 힐의 노스캐롤라이나대학에서 미국사와 세계사 박사학위를 받았다. 그의 주요 연구분야는 세계사와 18세기 이후 동양사이며, 냉전시대와 관련한 많은 저서를 출간했다. Westad는 2019년 런던정경대에서 예일대학교 역사학 교수로 부임했으며 잭슨 국제관계 연구소 교수를 역임하고 있다.
저서소개: 『제국과 의로운 국가: 한-중 관계사 600년 (Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations)』
한국인은 중국을 오랫동안 멘토로 여겨왔다. 한국인은 초기 문자로 한자를 들여와 20세기까지 실질적인 문자로 사용하였다. 유학, 특히 성리학은 14세기 조선 건국의 근간이었다. 중국과 한국은 유교적 가치를 함께하며 중국은 형의 나라, 한국은 동생의 나라로 여겼다. 이러한 한국과 중국의 관계는 19세기 서구열강이 들어오면서 깨지기 시작했고, 일제강점기와 새로운 국면을 맞이했다. 본 저서는 한국전쟁이 국제관계와 아시아에 미친 악영향을 분석하고, 오늘날 한중관계에 미친 영향에 대해 기술한다.
본 특강은 영어로 진행되는 온라인 행사입니다. 사전등록 링크를 통해 참가신청해주시면 행사 하루 전에 Zoom 접속링크를 보내드립니다.
기타 문의사항은 icks@snu.ac.kr (Tel. 02-880-9378 )로 연락주시기 바랍니다.
Dear All,
The International Center for Korean Studies of the Kyujanggak Institute is hosting a Book Talk series, introducing Odd Arne Westad’s Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations.
Title: Empire and Righteous Nation: 600 Years of China-Korea Relations.
Date: November 9 (Tuesday) 10:00 - 12:00 (Seoul)
Author: Odd Arne Westad (Yale University)
Moderator: Sem Vermeersch (Seoul National University)
Discussants: Seonmin Kim (Korea University), Thomas Quartermain (Yonsei University)
About the Author:
Odd Arne Westad is a scholar of modern international and global history, with a specialization in the history of eastern Asia since the 18th century. He studied history, philosophy, and modern languages in Oslo before doing a graduate degree in US/international history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Westad has published 16 books, most of which deal with twentieth century Asian and global history. In the first part of his career, Westad was mainly preoccupied with the history of the Cold War, China-Russia relations, and the history of the Chinese civil war and the Chinese Communist Party.
At Yale, he teaches in the History Department and at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, is an adviser at Davenport College, and serves as director of International Security Studies. Westad is a fellow of the British Academy and of several other national academies, a visiting professor at Peking University, and a research associate of the Harvard Fairbank Center.
About the Book:
In a concise, trenchant overview, Odd Arne Westad explores the cultural and political relationship between China and the Koreas over the past 600 years.
Koreans long saw China as a mentor. The first form of written Korean employed Chinese characters and remained in administrative use until the twentieth century. Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucian reasoning about the state and its role in promoting a virtuous society, was central to the construction of the Korean government in the fourteenth century. These shared Confucian principles were expressed in fraternal terms, with China the older brother and Korea the younger. During the Ming Dynasty, mentor became protector, as Korea declared itself a vassal of China in hopes of escaping ruin at the hands of the Mongols. But the friendship eventually frayed with the encroachment of Western powers in the nineteenth century. Koreans began to reassess their position, especially as Qing China seemed no longer willing or able to stand up for Korea against either the Western powers or the rising military threat from Meiji Japan. The Sino-Korean relationship underwent further change over the next century as imperialism, nationalism, revolution, and war refashioned states and peoples throughout Asia. Westad describes the disastrous impact of the Korean War on international relations in the region and considers Sino-Korean interactions today, especially the thorny question of the reunification of the Korean peninsula.
Illuminating both the ties and the tensions that have characterized the China-Korea relationship, Empire and Righteous Nation provides a valuable foundation for understanding a critical geopolitical dynamic.
The event will be held online via Zoom. The link for Zoom meeting will be sent a day before the event after your registration is confirmed (register here).
Please contact icks@snu.ac.kr (Tel. 02-880-9378 ) for more information.

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From an award-winning historian, a concise overview of the deep and longstanding ties between China and the Koreas, providing an essential foundation for understanding East Asian geopolitics today.
In a concise, trenchant overview, Odd Arne Westad explores the cultural and political relationship between China and the Koreas over the past 600 years.
Koreans long saw China as a mentor. The first form of written Korean employed Chinese characters and remained in administrative use until the twentieth century. Confucianism, especially Neo-Confucian reasoning about the state and its role in promoting a virtuous society, was central to the construction of the Korean government in the fourteenth century. These shared Confucian principles were expressed in fraternal terms, with China the older brother and Korea the younger. During the Ming Dynasty, mentor became protector, as Korea declared itself a vassal of China in hopes of escaping ruin at the hands of the Mongols. But the friendship eventually frayed with the encroachment of Western powers in the nineteenth century. Koreans began to reassess their position, especially as Qing China seemed no longer willing or able to stand up for Korea against either the Western powers or the rising military threat from Meiji Japan. The Sino-Korean relationship underwent further change over the next century as imperialism, nationalism, revolution, and war refashioned states and peoples throughout Asia. Westad describes the disastrous impact of the Korean War on international relations in the region and considers Sino-Korean interactions today, especially the thorny question of the reunification of the Korean peninsula.
Illuminating both the ties and the tensions that have characterized the China-Korea relationship, Empire and Righteous Nation provides a valuable foundation for understanding a critical geopolitical dynamic.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“The relationship between China and Korea is one of the most important, and least understood, in Asia. With the wisdom and clarity we have come to expect from Westad, this book illuminates the long history of these two neighbors. He tells a story both of closeness brought about by Confucianism and Communism and of prickliness that comes from two fierce and rival nationalisms, providing compelling insights on the future of this volatile partnership.”―Rana Mitter, author of China’s Good War
“In this incisive and engaging overview, Westad offers a new framework for understanding China and Korea that weaves their interconnected histories together in a concise, thoughtful way. The themes of ‘empire’ and ‘righteous nation’ offer some excellent insights into both the differences between the two countries and their long, complex relationship.”―Gregg Brazinsky, author of Nation Building in South Korea
“Westad offers a sweeping historical overview of what is arguably the most important relationship in Asia today, that between China and the Korean Peninsula. How that relationship is managed and plays out in the coming years is central to questions of national and regional interests as well as to global issues of war and peace. Unique in its broad perspective and engagingly written, this is a timely must-read primer on the China–Korea relationship in its longue durée and its impact on and implications for our world today.”―Carter J. Eckert, author of Park Chung Hee and Modern Korea
“A smart and engaging work, with a provocative, sweeping narrative that is a pleasure to read. Anyone interested in Sino–Korean relations and the current standoff on the peninsula would be well advised to start with this book.”―Andre Schmid, author of Korea Between Empires, 1895–1919
“Valuable and wide-ranging…As two thousand years of history have shown, China’s role in Korea is a complex one. Westad’s short and stimulating study provides many clues to understanding that relationship.”―J. E. Hoare, Literary Review
About the Author
Odd Arne Westad is Elihu Professor of History and Global Affairs at Yale University. A Fellow of the British Academy, he is the author of Restless Empire: China and the World since 1750 and The Global Cold War: Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, which won the Bancroft Prize.
Product details
Publisher : Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press (January 12, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 216 pages
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