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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear Korean Studies members,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please see below an invitation from fellow AAS Northeast Asia Council member Jolyon Thomas. It is for a Listening and Information Session to be held Monday, July 12.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">NEAC is eager to hear from scholars who specialize in Northeast Asia (AAS members and non-members alike) in order to make AAS more responsive to your needs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="DefaultFontHxMailStyle"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><br>
Charles<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Charles Kim<br>
Director, Center for East Asian Studies<br>
Associate Professor, History Department<br>
University of Wisconsin-Madison<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Chair, Northeast Asia Council, Assn for Asian Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">(he, him, his)<br>
charles.kim@wisc.edu/608-563-9016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The <a href="https://www.asianstudies.org/about/governance/councils/northeast-asia-council-neac/">Northeast Asia Council</a> of the Association for Asian Studies is holding a listening and information session on Monday, July
12 at 8 ET/7 CT/6 MT/5 PT. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The purpose of this session is to gather feedback from past, current, and potential future members of the AAS about how the Council can better serve specialists of Japan and Korea. Current Council members are also prepared
to talk about the various funding opportunities we provide, how to craft a successful application, and how nominations and elections to the Council work. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We would appreciate it if you might share information about this listening session with faculty and graduate students in your department. We are particularly eager to hear from students about how the AAS can better serve them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jolyon Thomas (on behalf of NEAC) </span> </p>
<p><b>Topic: NEAC Listening and Information Session<br>
Time: Jul 12, 2021 08:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)<br>
<br>
Join Zoom Meeting</b><br>
<a href="https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96436304209?pwd=L21SUEYwaGtZSk9aVkN3QTRpR1FnQT09"><b>https://upenn.zoom.us/j/96436304209?pwd=L21SUEYwaGtZSk9aVkN3QTRpR1FnQT09</b></a><br>
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<b>Meeting ID: 964 3630 4209<br>
Passcode: 420653</b></p>
<p>Jolyon B. THOMAS (he/him/his)<br>
Assistant Professor & Interim Graduate Chair</p>
<p>Department of Religious Studies</p>
<p>University of Pennsylvania<br>
201 Claudia Cohen Hall<br>
249 S. 36th Street<br>
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6304</p>
<p><a href="https://jolyon.thomasresearch.org/">jolyon.thomasresearch.org</a></p>
<p>Books:</p>
<p><a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo36844848.html"><i>Faking Liberties: Religious Freedom in American-Occupied Japan</i></a></p>
<p><a href="https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/product/drawing-on-tradition-manga-anime-and-religion-in-contemporary-japan/"><i>Drawing on Tradition: Manga, Anime, and Religion in Contemporary Japan</i></a></p>
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