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Korean Studies, Department of Asian Studies, The University of Edinburgh</div>
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are pleased to invite paper and panel proposals for their upcoming conference</div>
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'Divided Societies on the Korean Peninsula'</div>
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Korean Studies in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh is hosting the 2nd Social Sciences Korean Studies European Network (SoKEN) conference in Edinburgh, UK on 8th-9th April 2020.</div>
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the following topics:</span></div>
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1.Old and new cleavages in Korean politics</div>
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2. Minorities in Korea</div>
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3. What future for the two Koreas? Federalism, confederalism and beyond</div>
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4. Korea and AI</div>
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5. Culture and soft power</div>
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6. Identity, diasporas, and transnationalism</div>
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7. Socio-economic changes in North Korea</div>
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8. Korea in regional and global politics</div>
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9. Scholarship of the non-human</div>
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10. Trans-historical approaches to the study of Korea</div>
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11. Online and offline activism</div>
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Please note that the list above is not exhaustive and that we welcome proposals on other topics.</div>
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Submissions should include an abstract (350 words) and a short bio (100 words) and be sent to:</div>
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Proposals from postgraduate students, early career researchers and independent scholars are welcome.</div>
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Limited support towards covering travel expenses is available.</div>
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Enquiries can be direct to Dr. Youngmi Kim, Senior Lecturer in Korean Studies, University of Edinburgh youngmi.kim@ed.ac.uk and <span style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33); font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important">uoe.soken2020@gmail.com
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