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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">The Imperial Court in
China, Japan, and Korea:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center">Women, Servants, and
the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Call for Papers </u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim
is pleased to announce the call for papers for “The Imperial Court in China,
Japan, and Korea:<span style> </span>Women, Servants, and
the Emperor’s Household (1600 – early 1900s)” a symposium to be held at the
University of San Francisco on Thursday and Friday, April 18-19, 2013.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The symposium will provide a forum for the examination and
comparison of the imperial courts/houses and court life of China, Japan, and
Korea through the lens of women, servants, and those who managed the Emperor
and Empress’ households from the 1600s through early 1900s.<span style> </span>Proposed themes include but are not limited
to:<span style> </span>imperial women, servants, and
household managers with a particular focus on aspects of court life, relations
of power, issues of gender, cultural identity, modernity, education, literature,
and household economics and management. <span style> </span>Papers which address border crossing themes
or comparisons of the above mentioned imperial courts or those that explore
relations between the different groups are particularly encouraged.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The deadline for proposals is Monday, January 7, 2013.
Please e-mail your 250 word (maximum) abstract and Curriculum Vitae to <a href="mailto:mdale3@usfca.edu">mdale3@usfca.edu</a> subject line “Imperial
Court Proposal.”<span style> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style>The Center for the Pacific Rim will
provide grants to assist presenters with travel (as per USF travel policies).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Contact for Questions:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director & Assistant Professor</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:mdale3@usfca.edu">mdale3@usfca.edu</a></p>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.<div>Executive Director & Assistant Professor</div><div>Center for the Pacific Rim</div><div>University of San Francisco</div><div>2130 Fulton St., KA-180A<br></div><div>
San Francisco, CA 94117-1080</div><div>(415) 422-2590</div><br>