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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Korea Foundation are pleased to announce the fifth annual Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">When:  July 18-22, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Where: Pacific Grove, CA - Asilomar Conference Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Application Deadline: May 1, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">MISSION<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Social Science Research Council Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop seeks to create a sustained network of advanced graduate students and faculty engaged in research
 on Korea. The four-day workshop provides an informal setting for participants to give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FORMAT<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Individual students will lead discussions of their projects with mentor faculty and peers from various disciplines to receive creative and critical input on improving
 their fieldwork plans or writing strategies. This year’s mentor faculty are <b>Suk-young Kim</b> (University of California, Santa Barbara),
<b>Katherine Moon </b>(Wellesley College), <b>Robert Oppenheim </b>(University of Texas at Austin), and
<b>Jun Yoo</b> (University of Hawaii at Manoa).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ELIGIBILITY<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Only full-time advanced graduate students, regardless of citizenship, who are enrolled at US or Canadian institutions are eligible.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Participants may be in any social science or humanities field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Applicants must have an approved dissertation prospectus but cannot have completed writing for final submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Special consideration will be given to students from universities that are not major Korean Studies institutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For the application and more information, please visit us on the web at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/ksdw/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Social Science Research Council<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">One Pierrepont Plaza, 15th Floor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Brooklyn, NY 11201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Tel: 718-517-3640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Fax: 212-377-2727<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Email: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas"><a href="mailto:korea@ssrc.org"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">korea@ssrc.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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