<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div><div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center">The Imperial Court in
China, Japan, and Korea:</div>
<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal" style="text-align:center;" align="center">Women, Servants, and
the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)</div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal"><u>Call for Papers </u></div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">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> </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.</div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">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> </span>Proposed themes include but are not limited
to:<span> </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> </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.</div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">The deadline for proposals is Friday, January 11, 2013.
Please e-mail your 250 word (maximum) abstract and Curriculum Vitae to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:mdale3@usfca.edu"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1357171577_2">mdale3@usfca.edu</span></a> subject line “Imperial
Court Proposal.”<span> </span></div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal"><span>The Center for the Pacific Rim will
provide grants to assist presenters with travel (as per USF travel policies).</span></div>
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<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">Contact for Questions:</div>
<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.</div>
<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">Executive Director & Assistant Professor</div>
<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal">University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim</div>
<div class="yiv1727685016MsoNormal"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:mdale3@usfca.edu">mdale3@usfca.edu</a></div><div><div><img src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif"></div>
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