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post may be of special interest to those of us who study Korean Religions,
especially those of us who have membership with the American Academy
of Religion.</SPAN></DIV>
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September 24, the AAR has started online election for next year's officers for
its Board of Directors, to be chosen from a slate of candidates provided in an
e-mail sent to AAR members in good standing. On the slate is a name that may be
familiar to many of us who are in the field of Korean Religions, especially
Korean Buddhism: Dr. Jin Young Park. Jin currently serves as cochair of the
Korean Religions Group of the AAR, and is running for the position of At-Large
Director. As her fellow cochair of the Korean Religions Group, I would like to
make a shameless plug for Jin's candidacy.</DIV>
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Park is Associate Professor of Asian Religion and Philosophy at American
University in Washington, D.C. (PhD from SUNY at Stony Brook), and is
author/editor of five books on Buddhism, especially in the Korean context,
including<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Makers of Modern
Korean Buddhism<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN></I>(SUNY,
2010),<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Buddhism and
Postmodernity: Zen, Huyayan, and the Possibility of Buddhist Postmodern
Ethics</I> (Lexington Books, 2010), and<SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><I>Buddhisms and
Deconstructions</I> (Rowman & Littlefield, 2006). Dr. Park has been a
member of the AAR since 1996, and has provided invaluable services to the AAR
community, founding, along with her colleagues, the Zen Buddhism Seminar,
cochairing it during its first five years, serving on the steering committee of
the Buddhist Philosophy Group, in addition to co-chairing the Korean Religions
Group.</DIV>
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an At-Large Director, Jin will join the table where important decisions are made
for the AAR, giving voice to those of us who have not had a voice at that table
for a long time, if ever, especially those of who study Korean Religions. She
surely deserves your utmost consideration. Thank you.</DIV>
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S. Lee</DIV>
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Professor of the History of Christianity</DIV>
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