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The Institute of Korean Studies at Indiana University Bloomington is seeking applications for the Midwest Korean Studies Graduate Conference to be held Saturday, November 7<sup>th</sup> 2026.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">Applicants should send their CV and a 250-word abstract of their Korean Studies related project to
</span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:iks@iu.edu" id="OWA2a0b63a0-e1c6-20e5-c8d5-7afc47426b9c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:iks@iu.edu" data-linkindex="0" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;"><u>iks@iu.edu</u></a></span><span style="color: black;"> by
September 14th, 2026. Participants will receive full travel coverage. </span></div>
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Please apply if you are interested and share with graduate students that may be interested as well. Please note that we are only able to accept domestic (USA) applicants at this time.</div>
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<span style="color: black;">See attached flyer and reach out to </span><span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><a href="mailto:iks@iu.edu" id="OWA3417ec80-1323-acfb-7fe8-27ff82eec5cb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:iks@iu.edu" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;"><u>iks@iu.edu</u></a></span><span style="color: black;"> if
you have any questions.</span></div>
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Bethany Mazurek</div>
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Assistant Director, Institute for Korean Studies</div>
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Indiana University Bloomington</div>
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