Asian Studies Seminar Series: An Jong Chol

In brief

Date - 27 March 2024

Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George Square

Speaker - Dr An Jong Chol (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice)

Title - 'Who Should Inherit the Right of Ancestor Worship in South Korea? Property for Ancestor and Gender Issues'

About the speaker

Jong-Chol An is an Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and North African Studies at Ca’ Foscari University of Venezia. He is a historian specialising in Korean foreign relations and law and society. He is working on a manuscript related to the origins of the Korean judiciary.

His publications include: “Historical Development of Judicial Independence in South Korea: Focus on Colonial and Post-Colonial Period,” in Sojin Lim and Niki J.P. Alsford eds., Routledge Handbook of Contemporary South Korea (Routledge, 2021), pp. 26-41; “Making Mission Compatible with Democracy: James Earnest Fisher and His Activities as a Missionary and a US Government Official in Korea, 1945-1948,” Korea Journal 60/4 (Winter 2020): 115-142.

About the seminar series

Each year, Asian Studies welcomes a fantastic range of guest speakers and colleagues to present a seminar on their research, spanning fields as diverse as film and media, literature, religion, society, politics and international relations.

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