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<p><b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>The 8th World Congress of Korean Studies</span></span></font></b><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br>Wednesday, October 5</span><span> –</span><span> Friday, October 7, 2016<br>University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA</span></span></font><br></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span></font></div></div></div></div><u><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Abstract Submission & Application Period
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Abstracts, and submit the required documents (MS Word files only).</span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Application period: March 16 (Wed.)</span><span>–</span><span>April 30 (Sat.), 2016.
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<p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span> <u>Contact</u></span></span></font><u><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>: Secretariat of the World Congress of Korean Studies Organizing Committee</span></span></font></u><br><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></p><ul><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Website: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="http://congress.aks.ac.kr" target="_blank">http://congress.aks.ac.kr</a></span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">
</span><span>E-mail: </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><a href="javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','congress@aks.ac.kr');" target="_blank">congress@aks.ac.kr</a></span></span></font></li><li><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">
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<div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666"><span>--<br>Melissa</span> Jen DiFrancesco<br><span>Associate</span> <span>Director</span><br>James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies<br>University of Pennsylvania<br>T: <a href="tel:215.573.4203" value="+12155734203" target="_blank">215.573.4203</a> | F: <a href="tel:215.573.2561" value="+12155732561" target="_blank">215.573.2561</a></font></span></font><div><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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<br><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#666666"><span>--<br>Melissa</span> Jen DiFrancesco<br><span>Associate</span> <span>Director</span><br>James Joo-Jin Kim Program in Korean Studies<br>University of Pennsylvania<br>T: <a href="tel:215.573.4203" value="+12155734203" target="_blank">215.573.4203</a> | F: <a href="tel:215.573.2561" value="+12155732561" target="_blank">215.573.2561</a></font><div><br></div></div></div></div><br>