BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents \;David M. Robinson from Colgate University.The most common image of East Asian d iplomacy prior to 1800 or so is the tributary system. In essence\, East As ia countries organized their diplomatic relations along clear hierarchical lines with the Chinese emperor at the top and lesser leaders arrayed belo w. The result was a smoothly working international order\, it is argued\, that ensured stability and peace for centuries\, a sharp contrast to the c haos and violence that characterized Westphalian foreign relations in West Europe throughout those same centuries.But how did Chinese diplomacy real ly work? Using examples from Northeast Asia in the early fifteenth century \, in this talk we explore how\, far from the glitter of the capital\, rec ent immigrants of Korean and Manchurian descent served the Ming dynasty as its envoys abroad\, braving unpredictable\, often dangerous\, conditions to negotiate regional security and project the emperor’s will.David M. Rob inson is Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and History at Colgate University. His most recent monographs include Korea and the Fall of the M ongol Empire: Alliance\, Upheaval\, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order (2022) and Ability and Difference: A Mongol Family at the Ming Court (202 5). His current work explores early modern Chinese diplomatic practice. DTEND:20260417T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260511T021936Z DTSTART:20260417T153000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:David Robinson | Rethinking Chinese Diplomacy: A View from Northeas t Asia in the Fifteenth Century UID:RFCALITEM639140483763599024 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents \;David M. Robinson from Colgate University.

The most c ommon image of East Asian diplomacy prior to 1800 or so is the tributary s ystem. In essence\, East Asia countries organized their diplomatic relatio ns along clear hierarchical lines with the Chinese emperor at the top and lesser leaders arrayed below. The result was a smoothly working internatio nal order\, it is argued\, that ensured stability and peace for centuries\ , a sharp contrast to the chaos and violence that characterized Westphalia n foreign relations in West Europe throughout those same centuries.

But how did Chinese diplomacy really work? Using examples from Northeast A sia in the early fifteenth century\, in this talk we explore how\, far fro m the glitter of the capital\, recent immigrants of Korean and Manchurian descent served the Ming dynasty as its envoys abroad\, braving unpredictab le\, often dangerous\, conditions to negotiate regional security and proje ct the emperor’s will.

David M. Robinson is Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian Studies and History at Colgate University. His most recent monographs include Korea and the Fall of the Mongol Empire : Alliance\, Upheaval\, and the Rise of a New East Asian Order (2022) and Ability and Difference: A Mongol Family at the Ming Court (2 025). His current work explores early modern Chinese diplomatic practice.< /p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR