<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Dear list members, please note we have extended the deadline for paper proposals for the 'Reimagining Korean Identity' Conference. Many thanks. Best Andy</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Call for Papers</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Deadline for Proposals Extended</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">‘Reimagining Korean Identity through Wars,
Money, Ideas and Exchanges: </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">70 years’ Identity Transformation’</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">To be held at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">August 17-18, 2018.</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">Monash
University Korean Studies Research Hub, Deakin University, Melbourne University
is pleased to host </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">‘Reimagining Korean Identity through Wars,
Money, Ideas and Exchanges: 70 years’ Identity Transformation,’ </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">a </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">conference supported by the AKS Core
University Program for Korean Studies. </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi">August 15 2018
will mark the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of
Korea; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea soon followed. To mark the
occasion, this <span style="color:#1D2129">conference aims to critically engage
with some of the most important issues that have affected contemporary Korea
over the past seven decades. We welcome proposals for papers and panels on all
aspects of North and South Korean history, society and culture, especially
those that deal with the following question:</span></span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#222222">Who
are Koreans today? Who have they become over 70 years through war, development,
division, cultural exchange, travel and globalisation? </span></i></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">The
conference is organized by a committee comprised of Dr Andrew David Jackson
(Monash University), Associate Professor David Hundt (Deakin University) and Dr
Jay Song (Melbourne University).</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Accommodation
will be provided to successful applicants travelling from outside the Melbourne
area. There is a limited amount of funding available to cover travel expenses for
selected presenters whose papers have been accepted. Priority will be given to
junior scholars.</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">In your proposal, please indicate a) whether you intend to apply
for travel/accommodation support; and b) whether you would like your paper to
be considered for publication as part of a special issue of an academic journal</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">New Deadline for proposals: 25 March 2018</span></u></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Applicants
will be notified of the result by 7 April.</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Proposal format:</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">In
your proposals - both for individual papers and panel proposals - please
include your name, institutional affiliation, paper title, an abstract of 300
words, and a 50-100 word biography of the author.</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129"> </span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">Please
send the abstract as an email attachment to Andy Jackson at: </span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1F43CA">andy.jackson@monash.edu</span></b></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">The
email subject should be the same as the file name which should be: <b>family
name first name RKI</b>. (jacksonandyRKI)</span></p>
<p class="ydp37515b9MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-hansi-theme-font:major-bidi;mso-bidi-theme-font:major-bidi;color:#1D2129">All
applicants will receive an email confirmation for receipt of their abstract
within 5 working days. If you do not receive confirmation, please email. For
all other enquiries, contact Andy Jackson at the above email.</span></p>
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