Maritime, Christianity and adventure : Slovenian discovery of Korea

Shigemori Bučar, Chikako (author)

Based on past research by specialists in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean studies in Slovenia and Austria, this article discusses the discovery of Korea from the Slovenian perspective. The earliest encounter between a Slovenian and a Korean was probably in 1766, when a Jesuit scholar met with a Korean scholar at the Chinese court. Recent research on picture postcards and photographs reveals visits by members of the Austro-Hungarian Navy to Korean ports. In 1923, a female adventurer and writer from Slovenia traveled through the Korean peninsula. It is still unknown whether any Slovenians were among the missionaries in Tokwon.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Tokwon (Tŏkwŏn) Abbey, Slovenia, Alma Karlin, Korea, Austro-Hungarian navy, Hallerstein, Hong Tae-Yong
• Typology: 1.16 - Independent Scientific Component Part or a Chapter in a Monograph
• Organization: FF - Faculty of Arts
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 147-168
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-152248
• UDC: 930.85
• DOI: 10.30687/978-88-6969-717-3/007
• COBISS.SI-ID: 172076803
• Publication date in RUL: 14.11.2023

Record is a part of a monograph

• Title: Cultural exchanges between Korea and the West : artifacts and intangible heritage
• Editors: Jong-Chol An, Ariane Perrin
• Place of publishing: Venezia
• Publisher: Fondazione Università Ca' Foscari
• ISBN: 978-88-6969-717-3
• COBISS.SI-ID: 172069891
• Collection title: Studi e ricerche
• Collection numbering: 32
• Collection ISSN: 2610-9123

Licences

• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: opatija Tokwon, Slovenija, Alma Karlin, Koreja, Avstroogrska mornarica, Hallerstein, Hong Taeyong

Projects

• Funder: Other - Other funder or multiple funders
• Funding programme: Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy of Korean Studies
• Project number: AKS-2020- INC -2230010
• Name: Seed Program for Korean Studies
• Acronym: AKS