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Christopher Lovins 李讚優 – Assistant Professor of Korean History and Civilization. About Me. I am an independent scholar based in Georgia. I have taught courses on (East) Asian and Korean history at the University of British Columbia, Oberlin College, and the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology.
Apr 16, 2020 · Lovins sees this as a deliberate attempt by Jeongjo to strike a balance in military power: to reduce the threat of rebellion by troops commanded by disaffected yangban commanders, as had threatened the reign of his grandfather Yeongjo in the Musin rebellion of 1728.
I'm a professor of Korean history and civilization. I also write and publish on evolutionary approaches to the humanities and on what science fiction media (film, television, and novels) can tell ...
I teach Korean history and civilization at the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea and have also taught Korean and East Asian history at UBC and Oberlin College. My first monograph, an analysis of King Chŏngjo (r. 1776-1800) as an enlightened despot in early modern Korea, will be published in paperb...see more.
Christopher Lovins 李讚優. Assistant Professor of Korean History and Civilization
Nov 1, 2019 · The late historian JaHyun Kim Haboush claimed that the Korean kingship of the Chosŏn era is critically understudied in English-language research. Christopher Lovins's King Chŏngjo: An Enlightened Despot in Early Modern Korea is therefore a welcome addition to the scholarship.
Using a comparative perspective that places Chŏngjo, king of Korea from 1776 to 1800, in context with other Korean kings and with contemporary Chinese and European rulers, Christopher Lovins examines the shifting balance of power in Korea in favor of the crown at the expense of the aristocracy during the early modern period.
