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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">PUBLIC
NOTICE</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">In
connection with the upcoming AKSE Conference to be held in
Rome (11-14 April
2019), there will be elections for a new <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">President</b>
and for <span
style="background:white;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">two<b> </b></span><b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:white">Members of
Council</span></b>. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">AKSE
members in good standing are invited to nominate candidates
for the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">President</b>.
Presidential nominees must
have a minimum of two years current or past experience as a
Council member of
AKSE. The AKSE Newsletters list Council members for all years
going back to
1999. Self-nominations are not accepted. Because we hope for
the widest
possible representation, when nominating people, please
consult the website for
the current Council and consider regional, disciplinary, and
gender
distributions in nominating new members.</span><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">All
AKSE members
in good standing (as of the date of this announcement) are
eligible for Council
membership. AKSE members in good standing are invited to
nominate candidates
for <b>two </b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Members
of Council</b>.
Self-nominations are not accepted. Because we hope for the
widest possible
representation, when nominating people, please consult the
website for the
current Council and consider regional, disciplinary, and
gender distributions
in nominating new members.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Nominations
of
candidates should be sent to the AKSE President by <b>1 March
2019</b> for
election at the Rome Conference. Nominations must contain:</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
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36.0pt;background:white"><span
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">The nominee’s name, the nominators’ names (at least
two names),</span> <span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">and an indication of the position sought: <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">President</b> (Note:
nominees for President must have served a minimum of two
years current or past experience as a Council member) or <b
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Council Member</b> (<span
style="color:#282828">All AKSE members in good standing
are eligible for Council membership</span>).</span></li>
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</span></span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Those
nominated for President
should provide a short statement of intent written by the
nominee (maximum 300
words) to be posted on the AKSE website for public
announcement of candidature.
(ONLY for Presidential nominations.)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Except
for the
President’s position, other positions within the AKSE Council
will be
distributed among the elected Council members as appropriate.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">At
the Rome
Conference, the Council will also propose and seek acceptance
from the
membership for the following appointments within the Council:</span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list
36.0pt;background:white"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">The current conference organiser has traditionally
become the <b>Vice-President</b> to provide continuity for
the next conference.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list
36.0pt;background:white"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">The next AKSE Conference organizer will automatically
become the next <b>Secretary</b>, so the position is linked
to the venue of the next conference.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list
36.0pt;background:white"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:
ZH-CN">To ensure continuity and financial stability of the
Association, it has been customary for the <b>Treasurer</b> to
be able to stay on the Council for more than 4 years.</span></li>
</ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">The
names of
candidates for the President and for the two Council positions
will be put on
the AKSE website approximately one month before the AKSE
Conference in Rome, or
in early March 2019.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Council
members
leaving in 2019:</span></b><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";color:#282828;
mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">President
James
Lewis, Vice-President Miriam Lowensteinova, and Newsletter
Editor Vladimir
Tikhonov.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New
Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">For
more information
on the </span><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">current
Council
members: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://94.136.40.103/~koreanstudies.eu/?page_id=27">http://94.136.40.103/~koreanstudies.eu/?page_id=27</a></span></p>
</p>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr. James B. Lewis
President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe
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