<div dir="ltr">Dear all,<div><br></div><div>The initial Strange Korean Parallels 2020 conference planned for Siem Reap, Cambodia, has unfortunately had to be cancelled due to limited number of - nevertheless excellent - applications.</div><div><br></div><div>Please see the new call for a parallel, and weatherwise contrastive, event to be held in Helsinki, 27-28 February.</div><div><br></div><div>sincerely</div><div>Andrew Logie</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Strange
Korean Parallels 2020.2</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">: </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">An international conference</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">for
the comparative situating of Korea within</span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Northeast
Asia and other global regions</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">27–28
February 2020</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">University
of Helsinki, Finland</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In January 2019, the first Strange Korean Parallels
conference was successfully held in the depths of winter at the University of
Helsinki, Finland. The papers presented there covered topics from early history
through to the 20th century, and included critical comparisons of Korea with
various other regions and countries of Asia, Europe and America. Participants
similarly came from around the globe, and represented both a diversity of
topical expertise and a range of career stages.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">In February 2020, we will hold the second Strange Korean
Parallels. The primary aims of the conference remain the same: to broaden the
foundations for comparative approaches to Korean history and culture in global
contexts, to demonstrate the potential of such research, and to cultivate a
shared research identity among participants.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">This year we broaden the scope of Strange Korean Parallels
to encourage those who may not consider themselves historians in the traditional
or strictest sense to consider applying. We thus invite not only historians and
archaeologists but also scholars of linguistic history and the full spectrum of
arts and societal topics of all periods of Korea to experiment with situating
their research in broader regional and global levels of interconnectivity and comparison.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The conference is principally open to doctoral students and
above. Both individual and panel proposals are welcome. During the conference
we will discuss publication strategies and we welcome early expressions of
interest from journals or publishers. Financially, we aim to provide selected
participants with 3 nights accommodation (26-29 February, with breakfast) at
the T</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">öölö Towers residence for
visiting scholars</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">, 2 lunches
and at least one dinner across the main conference days. Participants are
responsible for their own travel arrangements to Helsinki.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Instructions</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 28pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please
send abstracts (500-600 words) as Word files to: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:andrew.logie@helsinki.fi"><span class="gmail-Hyperlink0"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">andrew.logie@helsinki.fi</span></span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> with the subject “SKP2020 abstract
SURNAME Name”.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 28pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abstracts
should include your name, position and affiliation.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 28pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">You
should receive confirmation of receipt within five working days.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 28pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please
note the close deadline for submissions: </span><span class="gmail-None"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">20 December 2019</span></b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Body" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 28pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">•<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The
working language of the conference is English. Bilingual Korean and English
language abstracts will also be accepted.</span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For further
updates, look for the <span class="gmail-None"><i>Strange Korean Parallels</i></span>
page (#StrangeKoreanParallels) on Facebook.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Important dates:</span></b><span class="gmail-None"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2019.12.20 Deadline for paper proposals (500-600 words).</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2019.12.30 Notification of acceptance/rejection.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020.1.6 Deadline for confirmation of participation.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020.2.16 Submission of working drafts papers.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020.2.27 Conference Day 1</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 19.85pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">2020.2.28 Conference Day 2</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 43.65pt;text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-Default" style="text-align:justify;line-height:14pt;margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",serif;color:black;border:none"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Strange Korean Parallels 2020 is
organized by Andrew Logie, assistant professor in Korean Studies at University
of Helsinki, Department of Culture, and funded by University of Helsinki.</span><span lang="EN-GB"></span></p></div></div>