Professor emeritus of Japanese, Chinese and Korean Language, Leiden University
Prof. Boot’s research interests lie in the intellectual history of Early Modern Japan, including its links with China, Korea, and the Netherlands. His publications include, “Chosŏn Chŏngbŏlgi sok-ŭi imjin waeran. Chŏnhu han Ilbon yuhakcha-ŭi sisŏn-ŭro pon Hideyoshi” In: Chŏng Tuhwi, Yi Kyŏngsun (Eds.) Imjin Waeran. Tong-Asia samguk chŏngjaeng. (A Transnational History of the ‘Imjin Waeran” 1592-1598. The East Asian Dimension). Seoul: Hyumanisŭt’ŭ Ch’ulp’an Kŭrup, 2017) pp.233-284; Critical Readings in the Intellectual History of Early Modern Japan (Leiden: Brill, 2012); “The Transfer of Learning: The Import of Chinese and Dutch Books in Tokugawa Japan,” In: Groenendijk E., Viallé C., Blussé J.L. (Eds.) Canton and Nagasaki compared, 1730-1830. Dutch, Chinese, Japanese Relations. Transactions (Leiden: IGEER, 2009)pp. 45-56; and “Tokugawa political writings,” Monumenta Nipponica 54(2): 1999, pp.247-258.
