Research Interest

• The Mongol Empire
• Goryeo Korea and Global History
• China and Northeast Asia during the Yuan and Ming Dynasties
• Climate History of Eastern Eurasia
• Inner Asian Borderlands’ History
• Historical Relations between Nomadic and Sedentary Societies
• Medieval and Early Modern State Formation and Ethnic Identity

Articles:

“Felled Forests and Fallowed Fields: Establishing a Narrative of Ecological and Climate Change in Mongol Era Goryeo.” Seoul Journal of Korean Studies 36, No. 1 (2023): 207-249.

“Crossing the Yalu, Crossing the Seine: A Comparative Look at Goryeo Textbooks and Eurasian Travelogues during the Pax Mongolica.” The Medieval History Journal (Forthcoming).

“A People of the State: Mongols in Ming Service, 1368-1644” Monumenta Serica (Forthcoming).

Book Reviews

“Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire: Alliance, Upheaval, and the Rise of a New East Asian Orderby David Robinson. Cambridge University Press, 2022. 327 pages. Hardback, £56.40 GBP, ISBN: 9781009098960. Ebook, £75.00, ISBN: 9781009116794.” International Journal of Asian Studies (2023): 1-3.

 “Soju: A Global History by Hyunhee Park. 2021. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 300pp. Hardback, US$99.99. ISBN: 9781108842013.” International Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 20, No. 1 (2023): 238-241.

 “Review of Aurellia Campbell. What the Emperor Built: Architecture and Empire in the Early Ming. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2020. The Chinese Historical Review Vol. 29, No.1 (2022): 59-62

 “Review of Ruth Mostern. The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History. Yale University Press, 2021.” Acta Orientalia Scientiarum Hungaricae Vol. 75, No. 1(2022): 165-169.

“Towards a Global Narrative of Medieval Exchange: Review of Thomas Allsen. The Steppe and the Sea: Pearls in the Mongol Empire.” Yonsei Journal of International Studies Vol. 13, No. 1(2021): 173-179.

“Review of Valerie Hansen, The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World – and Globalization Began.” Past Tense: Graduate Review of History Vol. 9, No. 1(2021): 57-59.

“Review of More than the Great Wall: The Northern Frontier and Ming National Security, 1368-1644: John Dardess, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2020, 572 Pp. US$135 (HB). ISSN: 9781538135105.” Ming Studies Vol. 84 (2021): 65-68.