university of hawai‘i at mānoa

Colloquium: The Process of Family Succession in Late Chosŏn: A Case Study of Euisung Kim's Family

Ki-Soo Eun
Graduate School of International Studies
Seoul National University

Thursday, May 1, 2008
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Center for Korean Studies Conference Room

Family succession in the Chosŏn period ideally involved succession by a legitimate son, usually an eldest son born to a legitimate wife in a family. In a traditional demographic regime where mortality was high, however, family succession by a legitimate eldest son was never easy. In the absence of a legitimate heir in a family, adoption was used to continue the family line. Professor Eun investigates how family succession in the Chosŏn period functioned in a high-mortality regime by focusing on the role and process of adoption. In this colloquium, Eun presents as an example family succession of Euisung Kim's family in the Andong area.

Ki-Soo Eun is an assistant professor of sociology at the Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University. He is director of Korean studies at GSIS. His main interests lie in gender and family, population change, and religion. He is a graduate of Seoul National University and received his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania.

Center for Korea Studies Colloquia

This event is free and open to the public. The Center for Korean Studies is located at 1881 East-West Road on the UH Mānoa campus. Parking is available mauka of the CKS building for a $3 charge.

For further information, including arrangements for access for the handicapped, call 956-7041.