<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><blockquote type="cite" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4049"><div style="page: WordSection1;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4050"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width: 747px; background-color: rgb(230, 230, 232);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4051"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4052"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4053"><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width: 747px; padding: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4054"><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4055"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4056"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4057"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4058"><td style="padding: 0in;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4059"><div align="center" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4060"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4061"><tbody id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4062"><tr id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4063"><td width="100%" valign="top" name="bmeMainContentParent" style="width: 600px; 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margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4085"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4086"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4087">Dear AAS Members Interested in Korea,</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4088"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4089"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4090"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4091">The AAS Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) offers Korean Studies grants as a result of generous funding from the Korea Foundation, but the grant deadline is fast approaching.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4092"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4093"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4094">Grants are available in the following categories: research travel outside of North America and Korea conference/seminar/workshop organization (see the link below for details).<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4095"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4096"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4097"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4098">The grant application deadline </span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4099">for all but the NEAC Distinguished Speakers Bureau lecturers is<strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4100"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4101"> Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 5 p.m. EST. </span></strong>Award notification will be made in April 2018. Projects must begin <u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4102">after</u> May 1, 2018 and <u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4103">be completed by</u> April 30, 2019 to be considered.<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4104"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4105"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4106"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(196, 28, 28);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4107">Please note: research travel and workshop/conference applicants must be <u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4108">current AAS members</u> at the time of application</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(196, 28, 28);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4109">.</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4110"> <strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4111"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4112">A reapplication waiting period applies for<u id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4113">research travel</u> grants.</span></strong><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4114"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4115"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4116"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4117">Please see the AAS website for further details and application forms and instructions:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4118"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4119"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4120"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4121"><a href="http://asian-studies.bmetrack.com/c/l?u=77275B4&e=C1ECF7&c=6953C&t=0&l=2B9D506E&email=BZdonBJl1xv9nn2uv7mxP7s9%2FfIFYwrthvLMc0HlFys%3D&seq=1" target="_blank" style="color: purple;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4122"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4123">http://www.asian-studies.org/Grants-and-Awards/NEAC-Korea</span></a><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4124"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4125"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4126">Thank you,<o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4127"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4128"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4129"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4130"><img border="0" width="150" src="https://images.benchmarkemail.com/client431420/image5023024.png" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4131"><o:p id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4132"></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; line-height: 20px;" dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4133"><strong id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4134"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4135">Steve Ericson</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4136"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4137"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4138">Chair, NEAC 2017-2018</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4139"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4140"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4141">Associate Professor of History</span><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 17.5px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4142"> <br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4143"></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(56, 56, 56);" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515185372682_4144">Dartmouth College</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></blockquote></div></body></html>