<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">Dear members of the Korean Studies community,</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">We are </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">accepting applications </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">from approximately 12 graduate students and postdoctoral scholars who seek to be matched with <span class="il">mentors</span> for a one-on-one teatime conversation at AAS (preferably in-person), with the option for a chapter-length manuscript/article draft review.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">In order to qualify as a mentee, you must be</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- <span style="background: white;">an AAS member</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">- a PhD student or post-doctoral scholar in a Korea-related field</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">- <span style="background: white;">planning to attend AAS (otherwise, the meeting will take place virtually)</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">Please note that the mentors must be AAS members as well. Each mentor and mentee will need to arrange their meeting individually; the meeting should occur during or prior to the 2024 AAS annual conference. Applications will be accepted on a first-come-first-served basis. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">To participate in this program, please register at the link below. In the RSVP form, you will be asked to identify your area of research and list your first and second preferences of <span class="il">mentors</span> with a short explanation of your reasons for choosing said <span class="il">mentors</span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background: white;">RSVP at</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fOQDA_D_tewKyv4z49HhzVxbdZ4vaaB_673MGHDwmn8/edit" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1fOQDA_D_tewKyv4z49HhzVxbdZ4vaaB_673MGHDwmn8/edit</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Sent on behalf of the Committee of Korean Studies, Northeast Asia Council, AAS</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hwisang Cho, Committee on Korean Studies (CKS) Programming Director</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Michael Kim, Committee on Korean Studies (CKS) Vice Programming Director</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="http://www.koreanstudies.org/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">http://www.koreanstudies.org/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></p></body></html>