<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">Dear colleagues, <div><br></div><div>I would like to bring to your attention the (possible) creation of a Korean (Language, Literature, and Culture) forum within the MLA (Modern Language Association). </div>
<div><br></div><div>As you may know, for the first time in decades the MLA is restructuring its division and discussion groups. It will be a significant change, making the MLA significantly less Euro-centric, and more reflective of what and how languages and literatures are taught today. </div>
<div><br></div><div><div>In order for the Korean LLC forum to be established, at least 35 members must sign the petition, and at least 5 must volunteer for leadership positions. </div><div><br></div><div>At present, however, the MLA website shows only 12 signatures. That means <u>23 more signatures are needed</u>, and <u>the deadline is June 15</u>. </div>
<div><br></div><div>At present the MLA has only 2 East Asia Divisions / Discussion Groups: East Asian before 1900 and East Asian after 1900. With the restructuring, and <u>if enough MLA members sign the petitions, seven East Asian groups will be created</u>: </div>
</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><u>NEW</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">
* CHINESE (under Languages, Literatures, and Cultures): </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">1)
Pre-14<sup>th</sup> Century Chinese Language and Literature<br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">2)
Ming-Qing Language and Literature </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">3)
Modern / Contemporary Chinese Language and Literature </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">* JAPANESE (under Languages, Literatures, and Cultures):</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">1)
Japanese Language and Literature before 1900 </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">2) Japanese
Language and Literature after 1900 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">* KOREAN (under Languages, Literatures, and Cultures): </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">1)
Korean </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><u>Reconfigured</u> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:0.5in">* East Asian, under the rubric "Asian" </p></div><div><br></div><div>I am finishing my term on the Executive Committee of East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 -- don't ask how a historian like me wound up on this Committee -- and it's time for the real scholars of Korean literature to step forward and create the Korean LLC forum. I think this might mean you? </div>
<div><br></div><div>You may have noticed that Chinese has 3 groups, Japanese has 2, and Korean has only 1. The MLA Executive Council will be re-evaluating the structure every 5 years, and at some point (if the Korean forum is vibrant, etc.) the Korean forum should become two groups (before and after 1900). <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>But none of that will happen unless the MLA gets 35 signatures. If you are a member of the MLA, please see instructions below. Or go directly to:</div><div><a href="http://commons.mla.org/groups/prospective-forum-llc-korean/" target="_blank">http://commons.mla.org/groups/prospective-forum-llc-korean/</a> <br>
</div><div><br></div><div>If you are not a member, please consider becoming a member -- to make Korean literature a vital component within this influential organization. It is a pivotal moment. </div><div><br></div><div>
Thank you in advance. <br>
</div><div><br></div><div><div>Henry Em<br></div></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">MLA Commons</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:commons@mla.org" target="_blank">commons@mla.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, May 18, 2014 at 3:25 PM<br>Subject: Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900 [MLA Commons]<br>To: <a href="mailto:henryem@gmail.com" target="_blank">henryem@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br>Melek Ortabasi posted an update in the group East Asian Languages and Literatures after 1900<br>
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"Hi everyone,<br>
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It's time to participate! As you know, the the restructuring of the association’s divisions and discussion groups has been approved. And thank you to Henry Em and the rest of the executive committee, our voice has been heard. East Asianists now have a variety of forums in which to participate -- POTENTIALLY.<br>
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Here are the new forums approved:<br>
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LLC Pre-14th-Century Chinese<br>
LLC Ming and Qing Chinese<br>
LLC Modern and Contemporary Chinese<br>
LLC Japanese to 1900<br>
LLC Japanese since 1900<br>
LLC Korean<br>
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BUT: there is a caveat. Please see the instructions below.<br>
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"The new forums that have been preauthorized by the Executive Council (in orange in the full list of forums) do not yet exist. For these new forums to come into being, interested members must begin by organizing on MLA Commons. New Commons groups corresponding to each of these prospective forums have been created. Each group contains a discussion area (identified as a “forum”), which has been prepopulated with a petition thread. Members are invited to join the groups that correspond to their intellectual interests, to sign the petition by adding their names as comments in that thread, to volunteer for a leadership role in the new forum, and to participate in the discussion about the forum.<br>
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Please note: members may sign no more than five new forum petitions during the 2014 membership year. Signing more than five petitions may result in the disqualification of all your signatures.<br>
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Beginning 15 June 2014, we will select those groups that show evidence of sufficient participation, including at least thirty-five signatures and at least five leadership volunteers. We will appoint a four-member founding executive committee, whose terms will have staggered end dates. That founding executive committee will be invited to prepare and submit a formal proposal for consideration by the Program Committee.<br>
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The proposal will consist of a letter of application of at least two but no more than five pages, including a justification of the need for the forum and a history of the development of the forum, such as any relevant past convention sessions and other meetings that show evidence of interest. The first round of proposals will be due 1 September 2014 and will be reviewed by the Program Committee at its fall 2014 meeting. Those forums that are approved will be invited to participate in the 2016 convention.<br>
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Since new forums are proposed for coverage of individual East Asian languages and literatures, the two current East Asian divisions (this is one of them) are being merged into a single forum, East Asian, in the Languages, Literatures, and Cultures category. So we'll still exist over here.<br>
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Please join me in signing the appropriate petitions for each forum, and nominating yourself for a leadership role!<br>
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Best,<br>
Melek"<br>
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</div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><div>Henry Em<br></div>Associate Professor, Korean History<br>Yonsei University Underwood International College<br>Veritas Hall B, Room 425<br><div>Gwahakno 85, Songdo-Dong, Yeonsu-Gu</div>
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