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        connection with the upcoming AKSE Conference to be held in La
        Rochelle/online (28-31 October 2021), there will be elections
        for two<span style="background:white;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><b>
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            style="background:white">Members of Council</span></b>. <br>
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      AKSE members in good standing (as of the date of this
      announcement) are eligible for Council membership. AKSE members in
      good standing are invited to nominate candidates. Self-nominations
      are not accepted. Because we hope for the widest possible
      representation, when nominating people, please consult the website
      for the current Council and consider regional, disciplinary, and
      gender distributions in nominating new members.</span>
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        of candidates should be sent to the AKSE President by <b>1
          October 2021</b> for election at the Rome Conference.
        Nominations must contain:</span></p>
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          nominee’s name and the nominator's names</span><span
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          written consent of the nominee, including an indication
          whether the nominee would be ready to serve as Treasurer.</span><span
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        color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Except
        for the Treasurer’s position, other positions within the AKSE
        Council will be distributed among the elected Council members as
        appropriate. Council members are elected for four years. </span><br>
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          ensure continuity and financial stability of the Association,
          it has been customary for the Treasurer to be able to stay on
          the Council for an open period of time.</span></span></p>
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        the Rome Conference, the Council will also propose and seek
        acceptance from the membership for the following appointments
        within the Council:</span></p>
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          current conference organiser has traditionally become the <b>Vice-President</b> to
          provide continuity for the next conference.</span></li>
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          next AKSE Conference organizer will automatically become the
          next <b>Secretary</b>, so the position is linked to the venue
          of the next conference.</span></li>
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          members leaving in 2021:</span></b><br>
      <span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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Roman";color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Dr.
          Koen De Ceuster (Treasurer), Dr. Giuseppina De Nicola, Dr. Kim
          Jin-Ok. </span></span></p>
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        color:#282828;mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">The
        names of candidates for the two Council positions will be put on
        the AKSE website by October 15.</span></p>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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        more information on the </span><span
        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">current
        Council members: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://www.koreanstudies.eu/constitution-history/council-members/">https://www.koreanstudies.eu/constitution-history/council-members/</a></span></p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Prof. Dr. Marion Eggert
President of the Association for Korean Studies in Europe 
Korean Studies, Ruhr University Bochum
+49-234-3225572</pre>
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