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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Call for Abstracts: Graduate Student
Workshop on Korean Political Economy</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Pre-Conference Workshop | August 20,
2026 | Seoul National Univers</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">i</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">ty</span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Center for Korean Political Economy Studies @ SNU,
Seoul, Korea<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The Center for Korean Political Economy Studies at Seoul
National University (SNU), in collaboration with the Contemporary Korean
Studies Initiative, is pleased to announce the inaugural <b>Graduate
Student Workshop on Korean Political Economy</b>, to be held on August 20,
2026, at SNU.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This workshop serves as a pre-conference event preceding <i>SNU's
3rd International Conference for Contemporary Korean Studies </i>(August 21\u201322,
2026) and is designed specifically for early career scholars, including
doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers across the social sciences. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">We invite abstract submissions on any topic within the
broad field of Korean political economy, including but not limited to:<span></span></span></p>
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industrial policy, and technology strategy</b> \u2014 encompassing
developmental state models, chaebol reform, and technological changes and
industrial restructuring (including AI at the industry and policy level)<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 40pt;word-break:keep-all;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span><b>Democracy and political
institutions</b> \u2014 including democratic governance, political
polarization, state capacity, and the relationship between political
institutions and economic outcomes<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 40pt;word-break:keep-all;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span><b>Financialization, economic
governance, and global value chains</b> \u2014 including financialization,
household debt, climate change, and Korea's shifting position in global value
chains<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 40pt;word-break:keep-all;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span><b>Labor, work, and inequality</b> \u2014
including labor market restructuring, nonstandard and platform labor, AI's
impact on workers and the workplace, labor politics and labor movement, and
income inequality<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 40pt;word-break:keep-all;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span><b>Welfare, social policy,
gender, and care work</b> \u2014 including welfare state development, social
policy reform, family structure, gender, care work, and social reproduction<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 40pt;word-break:keep-all;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Symbol">·</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span> </span><b>Comparative political economy
of East Asia</b> \u2014 situating Korean political economy in comparative
perspective alongside Japan, Taiwan, and the broader region<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Participants will receive constructive feedback on their
work \u2014 whether directed toward publication or further development for their
thesis \u2014 from peer scholars and distinguished faculty mentors drawn from
relevant academic disciplines. The workshop also aims to serve as an ongoing
venue for connecting emerging researchers across institutions and disciplines,
with the goal of fostering new collaborative networks within the political
economy field.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Participants will additionally have the opportunity to
engage with attendees of a parallel pre-conference workshop on Korean Wave
(Hallyu) Studies, and to attend SNU's 3rd International Conference for
Contemporary Korean Studies on August 21\u201322, where leading scholars will
address pressing questions and cutting-edge research on contemporary Korean
society.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop is open to early career scholars in the social
sciences, including doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. In
exceptional cases, outstanding master's students at a late stage of their
studies may also be considered. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The workshop welcomes applicants from outside South Korea.
We aim to offer accepted participants a transport grant of approximately KRW
400,000 (within Asia) or KRW 1,000,000 (outside Asia). Please note that, due to
budgetary constraints, we are unable to provide accommodation for participants
traveling from outside South Korea. Participants are encouraged to seek
additional financial support from their home institutions.<span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Submission Guidelines and Schedule</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">To apply, please send an email to</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:noran09@snu.ac.kr" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">noran09@snu.ac.kr</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">including
the following: <span></span></span></p>
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</span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">contact information and
institutional affiliation, an abstract (500 words max. in English, 1000
characters max. in Korean), a short biography </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">(150 words max. in English, 300 characters
max. in Korean)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">and a full CV.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The deadline for applications is </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">May 18th</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, 2026</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">. All applicants will be
notified of the outcome by </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">June 1st, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">2026.<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">If accepted, full papers must be submitted in English
(6,000 words max.) by <b>August </b></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">10th</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, 2026</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="word-break:keep-all;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"\00b9d1\00c740 \00ace0\00b515""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">This workshop is supported by the Center for Korean
Political Economy Studies at SNU, in collaboration with the SNU Contemporary
Korean Studies Initiative. For inquiries, please contact</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:noran09@snu.ac.kr" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">noran09@snu.ac.kr</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><span> </span></span></p></div>