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Upcoming lectures in the 2026 Koreanist Summer Connections Summer Lecture series, hosted by Korea University Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration (IGHRC).

Collective Agency: Chŏngnyŏ as the Engine of Common Good Dynamics

• Date and Time: Thursday, July 23, 2026, 4:00 PM
• Venue: Korea University Cheongsan MK Hall 청산MK문화관, Room 201
• The venue is just a few steps away from Anam Station exit 3.
• Speaker: Esme Wing Shan Chan (SOAS, University of London; Junior Fellow, Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies, Seoul National University)
• Language: English

Bio

Esme, Wing Shan CHAN is currently a junior fellow at Kyujanggak and a former lecturer in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong. She recently passed her viva in Korean Studies at School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Her primary research interests are gender relations, the interaction of the exaltation of chastity and the institutionalisation of patrilineality. She has previously conducted researches on the role of hanja in Korean language, the change of North-East Asian interstate relations and international migration during the Koryŏ dynasty, as well as the historical shifts and the changes of political ideology behind the compilation of The Illustration Guide to the Three Relations (Samgang haengsilto, 三綱行實圖).

No registration is required.