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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">The American Academy of Religion has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for the 2013 Annual Meeting. The new deadline is 11:59 p.m. (EST), Monday, March 4. The Korean Religions Goup would love to receive
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Sincerely,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Tim Lee</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Cochair of Korean Religions Group/AAR</font></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font face="times new roman">Brite Divnity School (TCU)</font></div>
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<b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Annual Meeting, November 23-26, 2013</span></b><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 맑은고딕; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">The American Academy of Religion is holding its 2013 meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, November 23-26. And the Korean Religions Group of the AAR invites you to submit proposals
for panels or individual papers. Any proposal relating to Korea and religion will be considered but particular consideration will be given to proposals addressing the following themes:</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Themes for the Standalone Session:</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Noteworthy figures in Korean religions from any religious tradition and from any period in Korea. Proposals may treat one or more figures and should speak to the figure(s)’
significance for their local, Korean context and for the context that transcends Korea. Proposals that compare figures from different Korean religious traditions with respect to a particular theme keyed to the local/global dynamic are welcome. Figures of any
race or ethnicity qualify so long as they are of import to Korean religions</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Religion’s role in war and peace in Korea (e.g., religion’s role in the Korean War and efforts to reunify the two Koreas)</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Themes for the Cosponsored Session with the Christian Spirituality Group:</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Christian spirituality in Korea as well as in other parts of East Asia, manifested in the past or the present, and embodied, for example, in beliefs, events, persons, practices,
or experiences. We especially encourage proposals that discuss how Christian spirituality has been influenced by the religious and sociopolitical context of Korea/East Asia, whether through conscious or unconscious adaptation or through outright reaction against
it. Proposals that compare Korean and other East Asian forms of Christian spirituality are also welcome.</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #1f060a">Paper proposals for either of these sessions must be submitted through the PAPERS system on the AAR website. The deadline for proposal submission is
<strong>11: 59 PM (EST), </strong><font color="#000000" face="Calibri"><strong>Monday, March 4, 2013</strong>.</font> Notification of acceptance or rejection of proposals will be made by 1 April 2013.</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">For further information about the 2013 meeting, visit, the
<i>American Academy of Religion</i> web site (</span><a title="http://www.aarweb.org/" href="http://www.aarweb.org/" target="_blank"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: blue">www.aarweb.org</span></a><span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">).
If you have any questions about KRG’s session, please e-mail them to Tim Lee (t.lee@tcu.edu) or Richard McBride (<a href="mailto:rick_mcbride17@hotmail.com"><font color="#0000ff">rick_mcbride17@hotmail.com</font></a>). Thank you.</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Timothy S. Lee, CoChair, Brite Divinity School (Texas Christian University)</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 맑은고딕; COLOR: black"></span></p>
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<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black">Richard McBride, Cochair, Brigham Young University-Hawaii</span></p>
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