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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=3><FONT
color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">Support for AKSE members to take part
in the 2008 Annual Meeting of the AAS<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>Thanks to the Korea Foundation, the
Association for Korean Studies in Europe is able to give financial support to
two of its members who will present a paper at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the
Association for Asian Studies (AAS). <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Meeting is to be held in Atlanta,
April 3-6, 2008. If you want to avail yourself of this opportunity, you should
first of all send a paper proposal to the AAS before the deadline of August 17,
2007. It is possible to present an individual paper but the AAS has a preference
for papers that are part of a panel. For more information about the procedures
please consult the AAS website:</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><A
href="http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/index.htm"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.aasianst.org/annual-meeting/index.htm</FONT></A></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>There you also will find suggestions
for finding other scholars to organize a panel with.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3></FONT></SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>If your proposal is accepted and you
want to apply for financial support, you should send your proposal together with
evidence of its acceptance to the President of AKSE, B<?xml:namespace prefix =
st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PersonName
w:st="on">oude</st1:PersonName>wijn Walraven (</FONT><A
href="mailto:B.C.A.Walraven@let.leidenuniv.nl"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>B.C.A.Walraven@let.leidenuniv.nl</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=3>; postal address: Centre for Korean Studies, PO Box 9515,
2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands). Please also include an estimate of your
expenses (economy class airfare and hotel) and indicate whether you have
previously attended an AAS Conference. The deadline for the application for
financial support is September 1, 2007.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=3>If there are more than two
candidates the AKSE Council will make the final selection. Preference will be
given to scholars who have not attended an AAS Annual Meeting
before.</FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>