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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">The
International Society for the History of East Asian Science, Technology, and
Medicine (ISHEASTM) will hold its 15th International Conference (15th ICHEASTM)
at Chonbuk National University (CBNU), Jeonju, Jeolllabuk-do, Republic of
Korea, Aug 19-23, 2019. </font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">The central
theme for the 15th Conference will be “History of Science, Technology, and
Medicine in Polycentric East Asia: toward Harmony in Diversity (</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"\00d568\00cd08\00b86c\00bc14\00d0d5",serif;font-size:11pt">和而不同</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">).”</span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Chonbuk
National University (</span><span style="margin:0px;font-family:"\00d568\00cd08\00b86c\00bc14\00d0d5",serif;font-size:11pt">全北大學校</span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt">) is located in the historical city of Jeonju,
Republic of Korea. As the flagship national university for Jeollabuk-do
Province, it was founded in 1947 by the provincial fund within the framework of
the Korean national university system. Today, CBNU has grown to 17 colleges and
14 graduate schools, with approximately 32,000 students and 2,400 professors. </span></font><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Jeonju is a
historic city and a major tourist attraction in southwest Korea. Its history
stretches back to the 8th century CE, along with its recognition as the center
of traditional Korean performing art and the international film festival,
Jeonju was visited by more than ten million tourists last year.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">The Korean
Research Institute of Science, Technology and Civilization (KRISTaC) will host
the conference. KRISTaC has been installed at CBNU in May 2015, with the major
mission of commissioning the publication of forty-volume monograph series,
"Science and Civilization in Korea (SCK).“</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">As well as
academic exchanges, the Organizing Committee is planning to provide with
various opportunities for cultural experience.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">The Organizing
Committee would welcome proposals both for organized panels and individual
presentations, on the history of science, technology, and medicine in East
Asia. Applications for non-conventional panels would receive extra
consideration.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><b>We encourages
you to mark important dates, as suggested below:</b></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><b>- Panel
application deadline: 31 Dec</b></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><b>- Individual
application deadline: 31 Jan</b></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><b>- announcement
of acceptance: 28 Feb</b></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><b>- online
registration opening: 4 Mar </b></font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">We look forward
to meeting you in Jeonju.</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">On behalf of
the organizing committee,</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Marta E.
Hanson, Johns Hopkins University</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Nam-il Kim,
Kyunghee University</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Dongwon Shin,
Chonbuk National University</font></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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<p style="margin:0px;line-height:normal"><span style="margin:0px"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><font color="#0563c1"><u>Website(</u><a href="http://ichsea2019.org/">http://ichsea2019.org</a><u>)</u></font></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0px;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-size:11pt"></span></p>

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