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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">The Graduate School of East Asian Studies at FU Berlin is organizing its annual Graduate Conference on the topic
<b>“Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia”</b>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Due to multiple requests, we have decided to extend the deadline for applications. The new deadline is: Sunday, 1<sup>st</sup> September 2019.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Please find below the Call for Papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>GEAS Graduate Conference “Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia”</b><br>
November 22, 2019, Freie Universität Berlin<br>
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The PhD students of the Graduate School of East Asian Studies (GEAS) at Freie Universität Berlin invite young scholars to present their research at the 2019 Graduate Conference
on the topic “Sovereignty and Institutions in East Asia”.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The conference aims to provide an interdisciplinary forum to investigate how
<span style="color:black">the concept of sovereignty has been developed and </span>
institutionalized in the modern and contemporary socio-political landscape of the region. More specifically, it wishes to explore the universality and particularity of the conceptual development of sovereignty in East Asia in relation to its European counterpart.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Referring to the divine right of kings, the Bodinean notion of sovereignty originally sought to legitimize monarchical absolutism. The
concept was later radically reinterpreted by liberal and republican theorists who cemented the idea of social contract. The European ideas about sovereignty reached East Asia in the middle of the 19th century when the Imperial Chinese tributary system confronted
Western colonialism, and soon spread across the region. Imperial Japan imported the concept of sovereignty to legitimize its method of nation-building through Western modernization. Between the two regional powers, Korean intellectuals developed the idea of
<i>Yangjeol</i> or the half-suzerain half-sovereign regime. Such localization of the concept of sovereignty proceeded over time and manifested in historical events as well as institutions in East Asia.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The idea of sovereignty gives rise to an important question: whose authority matters? On the one hand, nation-states have been imagined
as the only legitimate source of political authority, which led to the principle of national sovereignty. On the other hand, there has been a growing consensus worldwide that states should reflect the interests of their citizens, which became crystallized
as the democratic ideal of popular sovereignty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To the East Asian states, q<w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_1" id="930471501"></w:Sdt>uestions of national sovereignty continue to be of paramount
importance. Furthermore, conflicts over sovereignty exist not only between states but also within them. We observe various cases throughout East Asia where indigenous peoples, minority groups, and others seek popular sovereignty over their local affairs and
rights. The conference therefore welcomes applicants to submit papers that reflect the many diverse topics concerning sovereignty in the context of East Asia. Potential topics may include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Institutions and sovereignty in East Asia
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Concepts of sovereignty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">East Asian regional order and sovereignty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Regional cooperation and sovereignty<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Popular sovereignty, citizen movements and marginalized groups in East Asia
<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Date:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Friday, 22<sup>nd</sup> November 2019<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Venue:
</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Freie Universität Berlin
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Application requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The conference is open to doctoral candidates and recent PhDs in area studies or social science disciplines related to East Asia. We
welcome all disciplines, including but not limited to sociology, economics, political science, anthropology, gender studies, media studies, cultural studies, law, and history. Each participant is asked to prepare a paper and presentation of 15-20 minutes in
English, which will be followed by a discussion with invited scholars and specialists.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Applicants should submit abstracts (max. 250 words), including the author’s name, institutional affiliation, discipline(s), and a short
biography (max. 100 words) by <b>Sunday, 1<sup>st</sup> September 2019</b>. The conference committee will confirm the receipt of abstracts via e-mail and will notify the selected participants. Once selected, the presenters will be requested to submit an extended
version of their abstracts (2-5 pages).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Please submit all abstracts and questions to
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="mailto:grad.conference.geas@gmail.com"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">grad.conference.geas@gmail.com</span></b></a></span><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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Graduate School of East Asian Studies<br>
Freie Universität Berlin<br>
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