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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">"Middle
Classes in East Asia's Global Cities: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></b></p>
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Communities, and Lifestyles"</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">International Workshop, June 21-23, 2016, The Hebrew University of
Jerusalem</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Organized by: </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The Harry S.
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace; the Louis Frieberg
Center for East Asian Studies; and the Academy of Korean Studies</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">In
the past several decades, both Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia (hereafter
“East Asia”) have witnessed the dramatic growth of global cities: huge
metropolitan centers that serve as dynamic hubs of economic, social, and
cultural activities not only on a national and regional level but also on a
global scale. The economic growth rate of cities such as Shanghai, Bangkok,
Seoul, Jakarta, Taipei and Kuala Lumpur often exceeds that of the state as a
whole. Global cities in East Asia also constitute major sites for the emergence
of new middle classes, consisting of business and cultural entrepreneurs,
managers, professionals, and white-collar workers. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Previous
studies have shown that East Asia's new middle classes harbor novel
expectations and demands in areas such as leisure, consumption, education,
health, food safety, environmental protection, and in some cases - political
rights. However, existing work has paid little attention to the concentration
of the middle classes in a number of key global cities in the region and to the
way this process creates a new social geography that cuts across the nation-state.
Studies on middle classes in East Asia have typically overlooked the question
of how residence in a particular type of geographical location - a 'global
city' - may shape middle-class notions of citizenship and collective belonging.
Moreover, while much attention has been paid to the rise of the middle classes
in the context of a particular nation-state, few studies have explored the common
regional features of East Asia's middle-classes. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">In
this workshop, we aim to address the above-mentioned issues by comparing features
of global cities and middle-class attitudes and practices across Northeast and
Southeast Asia. How does residency in a global city affect middle-class
life-styles, spaces, and communities across the East Asian region? Do
middle-classes in different East Asian global cities exhibit a comparable sense
of ‘urban citizenship’, which co-exists with – or even subverts – their
national or ethnic identification? In other words, can we think about a notion
of transnational community or collective affinity based not on national or
ethnic belonging but on global-city affiliation? If so, how is this notion of 'global
urban' citizenship expressed and/or practiced through consumption habits, civic
activities, or economic enterprises in the East Asian region? Finally, how does
the rising power of global cities and their middle class inhabitants re-shape
our definition of the East Asia region? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">To
address these issues, we call for original, unpublished papers that draw on
empirical research and/or offer new conceptualizations of the study of middle
class spaces, communities, and life-styles in East Asian global cities. Papers may
focus on the middle classes in a single city. However, those that offer a
comparison between different cities and/or a regional perspective are
particularly welcome. Suggested topics may include (but are not limited to): </span></p>
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<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The formation
and features of middle-class labor, residential and/or leisure spaces and
communities in East Asia's global cities</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">The
role of the middle classes in the construction of global city architecture in
East Asia </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Middle-class
consumption of material and cultural products; and the effects of consumer
practices on social and political domains; and on identity and community
formation within East Asian global cities</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Middle-class
mobility patterns between global cities in the region</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Middle
class notions and practices of citizenship in East Asia's global cities</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Central/local
state engagements with the middle-classes in East Asia's global cities</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Notions
and practices of national belonging, cosmopolitanism and/or multiculturalism among
the middle classes in East Asia's global cities</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt 36pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Middle-class
engagements with the urban lower-classes, rural migrants, and/or foreign
migrants residing in East Asia's global cities; and how these engagements with
class/national "others" contribute to the construction of
middle-class identities and communities in the region</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Abstracts of 300 words, with five lines of biographical
information, should be submitted electronically to </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mcglobal2016@gmail.com"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">mcglobal2016@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> by</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'"> </span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:107%;font-family:'Times New Roman'">January 15,
2016 </span></u></b></p>
<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Notification of acceptance by: <u>February 1,
2016</u> </span></b></p>
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<p class=""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">To facilitate discussion during the conference,
presenters will be asked to pre-circulate their papers by <u>June 1, 2016</u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">*Pending
budgetary approval, full accommodation and transportation from/to the airport will
be provided during the workshop. The participants will also be offered an
optional post-workshop tour to Jerusalem's Old City/ Dead Sea.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Conference
Organizers:</span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Dr.
Nissim Otmazgin</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">, </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Dr. Orna Naftali</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">,<b> Dr. Jooyeon Rhee</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">Department of Asian Studies and the Harry S.
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace, the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem</span></p>
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