Workshop: Crime and Punishment in Chosŏn Korea
Date: 27 September 2013
Time: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: SOAS, Russell Square, London : College Buildings Room: 116
Programme
10.00-10.15 Coffee and Gathering
10.15 Welcome Remarks
Session 1: 10.30-12.00
–Anders Karlsson, Introduction: Studying the Legal History of Chosŏn Korea
–Kim Ho, The Justice of Punishment: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Criticism of Ming and Qing Period Judicial Precedents
–Han Sanggwon, The Character and Operation of ‘Public Crime’ (kongjoe公罪) in the Chosŏn Period (In Korean, an English-language abstract will be provided)
12.00-13.30 Lunch Break
Session 2: 13.30-15.00
–Sim Jaewoo, Neung’ji Cheo’cham (凌遲處斬): The Most Extreme Death Penalty in Chosŏn Korea
–Kim Jisoo, A Double-Edged Sword: Judicial Torture as a Tool of Both Punishment and Oppression in Late Chosŏn Korea
–Pierre-Emmanuel Roux, Beyond Hagiography: The Punishment of Catholics in Nineteenth Century Chosŏn Korea
15.00-15.30 Coffee
Session 3: 15.30-16.30
–Anders Karlsson, Virtuous or Vile? Ideology and Gender in Chosŏn-Period Punishment
–Andrew Jackson, ‘The Barbarians are Close!’ The 1728 Musin Rebellion and the Post-Rebellion Legal Morass
16.30-17.30 Concluding Discussions
Admission : Free and open to the public.
Organiser: Centre of Korean Studies
Contact email: centres@soas.ac.uk
Contact Tel: +44(0) 20 7898 4892
