Philip A. Gant

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Post-doctoral Associate

Philip Gant a historian of premodern East Asia; his research focuses on Korean legal and social life over the centuries. His dissertation “Taking Refuge in the Law,” explored the tortuous litigation in which Buddhist monasteries and monastics in Chosŏn Korea (1392-1910) grew increasingly enmeshed to arrive at views of an overlooked religious landscape(link is external). 

Council on East Asian Studies
Acad Year (Current): 
2021-22
Program: 
Council on East Asian Studies