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Historian of the Mongol Empire and Yuan China

Political history, royal women, elite families, and regional governance

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of History at Kyungpook National University. I received my Ph.D. in History from Peking University (北京大学). My research centers on the Mongol Empire and Yuan China, especially political history, royal women, elite families, and regional governance.

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Education & Appointments

Doctoral Degree

2024

Ph.D. in History, Peking University (北京大学)

Dissertation: Study of the Princesses of the Mongol-Yuan Dynasty

(元朝公主群体研究——以《元史•诸公主表》所载为中心)

Current Position

2025-Present

Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of History, Kyungpook National University

Teaching

  • Spring 2026 Early Modern East Asian History (동양근세사); History and Leadership (역사와리더십)
  • Fall 2025 Introduction to History (사학개론)
  • Spring 2025 Early Modern Chinese History (중국근세사)
  • Fall 2024 East Asian History through Historical Figures (인물로본동양사)

Publications

  1. 2025 Peer-Reviewed Article KCI

    Yuan Jiangnan: Governance, Everyday Life, and Memory through the Yunshan Diary

    대원제국의 강남 경영 - 『운산일기』를 통해서 본 원대 사대부의 일상과 기억 -

  2. 2025 Peer-Reviewed Article KCI

    Princess Regent Alaqai Beki and the Political Transformation of the Ongut in the Early 13th Century

    13세기 초 옹구트의 정치 변동과 監國公主 알라카이 베키

  3. 2024 Peer-Reviewed Article KCI

    The Ciku Lineage of the Qongirat in the Mongol Empire: Its Branching and the Political Role of Princesses

    赤窟계 콩기라트부의 分派와 공주들의 역할

  4. 2024 Peer-Reviewed Article KCI

    Execution of Princess Altalun: Political Implications in Early Mongol Empire

    몽골제국 시기 카안位 政爭의 한 측면 ― 알탈룬 공주 처형 사건을 중심으로 ―

  5. 2017 Peer-Reviewed Article KCI

    Roles of “Aqa” in the Era of Mongol Empire ― A Focus on Political Activities of Batu

    몽골제국 시기(1206~1259)의 ‘아카(aqa)’와 그 역할 ― 바투의 정치 활동을 중심으로 ―

Digital Humanities

Yunshan Diary (云山日记) Project

Centered on Yunshan Diary (云山日记), this project organizes source materials, research metadata, and digital outputs related to Yuan Jiangnan and the Yunshan Diary.

  • Approach: source curation, metadata organization, and digital publication planning
  • Status: research dataset and project structure in progress
  • Output: Project Page

Mongol Princess Project

This project examines Mongol princesses and marriage alliances in the Mongol Empire and Yuan China through structured biographical data, kinship relations, and public-facing outputs.

  • Approach: prosopographical research, relational data structuring, and visualization planning
  • Status: dataset design and project framework in progress
  • Output: Project Page

Contact

For research inquiries, invited talks, or collaboration opportunities, please contact me by email. Public project materials are forthcoming.

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