# Event Details - **Event Name**: Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea - **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm - **Event Description**: This talk explores how legal officials shaped—and were disciplined within—late Chosŏn Korea’s judicial system under King Chŏngjo.About this EventSpeaker: Ha-kyoung Lee, Associate Professor, Academy of Korean Studies (South Korea)Moderator: Jungwon Kim, the King Sejong Assistant Professor of Korean Studies, EALAC Columbia UniversityHa-kyoung Lee is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Korean Studies. Her research investigates the intersections of law, authority, and governance in premodern Asia, with a particular emphasis on the legislative processes and legal practices of Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910). She is currently working on two projects: Confucian Moral Ethics, Moral Crimes, and the State in Chosŏn Korea (funded by the National Research Foundation, 2025-2027) and Koreans’ Legal Literacy: Its Historical Formation and Development (supported by the Institute for Legal Studies at Yonsei University, 2025-2031). Her recent publications include “The Judicial System for Confucian Moral Crimes in Late Chosŏn Korea, Samsŏngch’uguk” Pŏpsahak Yŏn'gu 71 (2025). This lecture draws from her forthcoming article, “Roles and Challenges of Legal Officials During King Chŏngjo’s Reign,” The Journal of Korean Studies (Vol. 31, no. 2, 2026).Professor Lee will deliver her lecture entitled Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.This lecture examines how legal officials (yulgwan) and state authority intersected in the judicial system of late Chosŏn Korea, focusing on the reign of King Chŏngjo (1776–1800). Entrusted with interpreting statutes and advising on judicial decisions, legal officials were indispensable to the functioning of law, yet they became recurring targets of royal censure. King Chŏngjo, while affirming their role in preserving judicial integrity, subjected them to rigorous scrutiny and imposed severe disciplinary measures when their judgments fell short of his expectations. Were these punishments evidence of professional inadequacy, or of the king’s determination to assert interpretive control over the law? These tensions highlight the overlooked presence of legal officials and underscore both the professional functions they performed and the disciplinary pressures that constrained them, thereby offering new insights into justice and governance in a Confucian state.This event is hosted by the Center for Korean Research at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute.PLEASE NOTE: For non-Columbia guests, registration is required to access the Morningside campus 24 hours prior to the event. After registering you will receive an email with a QR code that must be presented along with a government-issued ID (your name must match exactly the name registered for the event) at either the 116th Street & Broadway or 116th Street & Amsterdam gates for entry. Please register using a unique email address (one email address per registrant) by 12:00 PM on Wednesday, October 8 for campus access.Names will be submitted for QR codes 1-2 days prior to the event and subsequently reviewed. Registrants will receive an email from CU Guest Access with the QR code before or on the day of the event. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-york/legal-officials-justice-and-the-king-in-late-chosŏn-korea/100001708792447209 - **Event Categories**: nonprofit - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: New York - **state**: NY - **country**: United States - **location**: 420 W 118th St room 918 - **lat**: 40.8077444 - **long**: -73.95964599999999 - **full address**: 420 W 118th St room 918, 420 West 118th Street, New York, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea - **Image URL**: https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Legal+Officials%2C+Justice%2C+and+the+King+in+Late+Chos%C5%8Fn+Korea&date=Tue%2C+18+Nov%2C+2025+at+02%3A00+pm&bg=5 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea being held? - **A:** Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea takes place on Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Tue, 18 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm at 420 W 118th St room 918, 420 West 118th Street, New York, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea? - **A:** Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea is organized by Weatherhead East Asian Institute. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Legal Officials, Justice, and the King in Late Chosŏn Korea", "image": "https://dyn-image.allevents.in/generate-image?v=4&title=Legal+Officials%2C+Justice%2C+and+the+King+in+Late+Chos%C5%8Fn+Korea&date=Tue%2C+18+Nov%2C+2025+at+02%3A00+pm&bg=5", "startDate": "2025-11-18", "endDate": "2025-11-18", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/legal-officials-justice-and-the-king-in-late-chosŏn-korea/100001708792447209", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "420 W 118th St room 918", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "420 West 118th Street", "postalCode": "10027", "addressLocality": "New York", "addressRegion": "NY", "addressCountry": "US" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "40.8077444", "longitude": "-73.95964599999999" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "This talk explores how legal officials shaped—and were disciplined within—late Chosŏn Korea’s judicial system under King Chŏngjo.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "2025-11-18", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/legal-officials-justice-and-the-king-in-late-chosŏn-korea/100001708792447209" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "USD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-08", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-08", "url": "https://allevents.in/new-york/legal-officials-justice-and-the-king-in-late-chosŏn-korea/100001708792447209", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Weatherhead East Asian Institute", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/weatherhead-east-asian-institute/19170656" } ] } ] ```