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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Dear all, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">T</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">he 6th Social Sciences Korean Studies European Network (SoKEN) Conference </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">on <b>“Korean
Youth Abroad</b>” </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">will take place at the Goethe University of Frankfurt (</span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">10</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">11 </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">November
2023</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">)</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. I would like to draw your attention to the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">following </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">call
for papers</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">With many thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Yonson Ahn</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">…………………………..</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Call for Papers: </span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The 6th Social Sciences Korean Studies European Network (SoKEN)
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Conference on</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> “Korean Youth Abroad”</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">GOETHE
UNIVERSITY OF FRANKFURT, GERMANY, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">10</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">-</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">11</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> NOVEMBER
2023 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">The Social Sciences Korean Studies European Network (SoKEN) started in 2017 as a workshop at Turku University, Finland, for a small group of academics in Korean Studies in Europe. Ever since, SoKEN
has expanded the scope and depth of its topics and the range of its participants. It has held annual conferences at Paris Diderot (2018), Central Lancashire (2019), Edinburgh (2021) and Bologna (2022), covering diverse topics in Korean Studies from a Social
Science perspective. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Goethe University of Frankfurt will host the 2023 SoKEN Conference on “Korean Youth Abroad”. The main topics include: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Second generation Korean diaspora (identity, integration, consumption of Hallyu, return visits)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Young Korean skilled experts abroad (education credentials, deskilling)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Pre-college and college Korean students abroad (education migration and mobility, transnational family)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Working holiday makers, volunteers, and tourists (nexus between tourism and migration) </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Any other type of Korean youth temporary migrants (migration as a process)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Papers on other issues on Korean youth abroad will also be considered.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">P</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">resenters will be provided wit</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">h meals and </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">accommodation
for two nights in Frankfurt. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Key Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Deadline for abstract (400 words) and biography of the author (150 words): 15 February 2023 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Result notification: 5 April 2023 </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:12.6pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Deadline for full paper (maximum 8,000 words): 30 September 2023. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Sponsors:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3">
<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt">Korea Foundation & Goethe University of Frankfurt </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Publication:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Times;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Excellent papers will be published either in an edited volume or in a special issue in a journal after the conference. We encourage the participation of PhD candidates and early career scholars
in and beyond Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">For enquiries</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, please email us at the conference email address: <a href="mailto:soken2023@gmail.com" title="mailto:soken2023@gmail.com"><span style="color:black">soken2023@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Conference Organizer</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">:<b> </b>Yonson Ahn, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">p</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">rofessor
& </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">chair</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> of Korean Studies, Goethe University of Frankfurt</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">, Germany, </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">korea.uni-frankfurt.de <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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