For non-Columbia affiliates, registration is required to access the Morningside campus. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either 116 Street & Broadway or 116 Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by Mar. 21 at 4:00 pm for campus access.
Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event.
Speaker: Sixiang Wang, Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA
Moderator: Jungwon Kim, King Sejong Associate Professor of Korean Studies, EALAC, Columbia University
A 45-50-minute talk followed by Q and A. Dr. Wang will discuss his book on the history of Chosŏn Korea’s diplomacy with Ming China through the lens of rhetoric and ritual.
Published by Columbia University Press in 2023, Boundless Winds of Empire: Rhetoric and Ritual in Early Choson Diplomacy with Ming China is the winner of the 2024 Hong Yung Lee Book Award in Korean Studies from the Center for Korean Studies at UC Berkeley and the 2025 James B. Palais Prize from the Association of Asian Studies.
This event is hosted by the Center for Korea Research and co-sponsored by the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.
Registration: To attend this event in-person, please register HERE.
