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<h1 style="margin:12pt 36pt 0.0001pt 0cm;break-after:avoid;font-size:16pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(51,134,126);font-weight:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">2019 USC KSI Graduate Symposium<br>
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">CALL FOR PAPERS AND DISCUSSANTS<span><span></span></span></span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Graduate Student Symposium <br>To take place on Thursday, January 24, 2019</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><br>
<b>To be held at the USC Korean Studies Institute, University of Southern California<br>
<br>Proposals and application for discussants due Friday, October 5, 2018<br>
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</b>The USC Korean Studies Institute is pleased to announce the seventh annual graduate student symposium and invite paper and discussant proposals. The symposium aims to professionalize graduate students, nurture their scholarship, and create interdisciplinary networks of Ph.D. students working on research related to Korea, East Asia, and/or Asian diasporas. The symposium provides students from various institutions with the chance to meet and share research in progress with their peers and participating faculty. In addition, participants will engage in workshops that will build their professional and research skills.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Graduate students from any department and any university, especially in California, are encouraged to submit paper proposals or serve as discussants. We hope to achieve an interdisciplinary mix of research papers from both the social sciences and humanities. Particularly encouraged are research papers that include Korea in a larger comparative or theoretical framework. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">PARTICIPATION</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Participants can take part in the symposium as presenters or discussants. Please indicate on your application which role(s) you are applying for.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">To submit a paper proposal or offer to be a discussant, please e-mail your CV, a short cover letter and 250-word abstract (for papers), or indicate your willingness to serve as a discussant (in short cover letter), by <b>October 5, 2018</b> to Nayoung Lee at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="leenayou@usc.edu" style="color:rgb(113,112,115);text-decoration:none"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">leenayou@usc.edu</span></u></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by mid-October. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">Completed papers must be submitted by <b>January 11, 2019</b> for distribution to participants. Questions should be directed to KSI Program Assistant, Sarah Shear at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:sarahmsh@usc.edu" style="color:rgb(113,112,115);text-decoration:none"><u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,112,192)">sarahmsh@usc.edu</span></u></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">.<br>
<br>We do not offer any travel grants at this time.<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"> <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">For more information and frequently asked questions,<span> </span></span><a href="https://dornsife.usc.edu/ksi/gradsym/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">please see our website</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px;text-align:start;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">.</span> <br></span></p>
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<b>DEADLINES</b><br>
<br>October 5: Submit paper proposal or apply to be a discussant--both with cover letter<br>Mid October: Notification of acceptances<br>January 11: Completed papers due<br>January 24: Date of symposium<span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:18pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:rgb(113,112,115)"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext"></span></p><div><img src="cid:ii_jlx93tef0_165c7039a61111e2" width="164" height="112" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div><br><p></p>
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