[KS] CFP - Year of Korea Conference at Kennesaw State University

[Dan Paracka]

You are invited to participate in the 
Year of Korea Conference
February 4-6, 2010
Kennesaw State University
http://www.kennesaw.edu/yearofkorea/

CONFERENCE THEME
“Post-Modern and Traditional Korea in Global Context” 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 
“The Cold War and Korea,” Bruce Cumings, Professor in History, University of Chicago

CALL FOR PAPERS
This conference is about developing a greater appreciation for and understanding of Korea’s place in the modern world, particularly the relationships (historic, economic, political and cultural) and the systems (ideological, technological, and ecological) in which it participates.

Korean culture, steeped in Confucian values but also strongly independent, has had to negotiate its place in the modern world amidst highly powerful neighbors and competing ideologies. The division of the peninsula following World War II shows just how difficult this process has been. 

Korea has also long been a meeting place, transferring ideas and technology between China and Japan especially. What is its role today as a place involved in developing cutting edge, new technologies? Traditionally recognizing the stability of organizing relationships hierarchically, yet understanding the power of education for empowering its citizens, where do Koreans (individually and collectively) place themselves in the modern world? And how might Korea’s historically close relationship with China impact its future?

Torn apart by war, occupied by Japanese, Russian and American forces, how has Korea [especially South Korea] managed its colonial past and become one of the world’s leading industrialized economies? To what degree has “the hermit kingdom” and “land of the morning calm” become a vibrant, open, democratic society? How important is the role of trade in this process? What shape and meaning has Korea given to democracy and its institutions? How have Buddhist, Confucian, colonial, Christian, capitalist, or collective systems contributed to Korea’s industrialization? What has been the link between industrialization and militarization in Korea? As the increased militarization of the peninsula threatens regional/global peace and prosperity, what can be done to reduce such threats? 

How has Korea worked to reconcile differences among post-modern and traditional, capitalist and communist, Buddhist and Christian, authoritarian and democratic influences in today’s complex interdependent world? How do such forces work to sustain or damage natural diversity and human ecology? What does the Korean experience teach us about the importance of social justice to the maintenance of sustainable communities? How do modern technologies contribute to the answers to such questions or further exacerbate such problems and divisions? In particular, how do modern communication technologies impact processes of building consensus and promoting healthy debate? 

Sessions will be organized around the above themes based upon submissions. Papers accepted for the conference will subsequently be reviewed and selected for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Global Initiatives focused on Korea’s Global Context.

Deadline for Submission of Proposals and Abstracts: November 6, 2009 



SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS:

Submission of Abstracts
Interested participants are requested to send an abstract of less than 250 words describing the focus of their papers or panel, the central argument, and the methodology employed. If proposing a panel, please submit the title and abstract for each paper along with the names and institutional affiliation of panelists. Whether a paper or a panel, all proposals must have personal information such as name, institutional affiliation, position or title, contact phone numbers, and/or e-mail address. 

Abstracts may be submitted in hard copy or electronically. If the latter, please save your document in Word or RTF format and send as an e-mail attachment. In the subject line, please type “Year of Korea Conference” Abstracts may be sent to the conference organizer by post or e-mail at the addresses below.

Send abstracts and personal information to the Conference Coordinator at the following address:

Ms. Vivian Bonilla 
Year of Korea Conference Coordinator
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University 
1000 Chastain Road, #2702 
Kennesaw, GA 30144 

E-mail: vbonill1 at kennesaw.edu  

Deadline for Submission of Proposals and Abstracts: November 6, 2009 



SUBMISSIONS FOR SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE JOURNAL OF GLOBAL INITIATIVES:

The Journal of Global Initiatives calls for articles related to KSU’s Year of Korea Conference Theme for its special issue dedicated to the study of Korea. 

The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2010. 

http://www.kennesaw.edu/globalinstitute/jounalofglobalinitiatives.html
Submission of Articles
All submissions to the Journal of Global Initiatives should be original, unpublished work in English. Feature articles should range from 5,000 to 7,500 words; book reviews 750 to 1000 words, all double-spaced. Submit three copies of your article or book review, along with an electronic version in Word or RTF format. The editorial style of the JGI is the APA Style. To facilitate the blind-review process, have your name and institutional affiliation, along with a short biographical statement of yourself, on the cover page only. 
Submit articles electronically to: aadebayo at kennesaw.edu 
In addition, mail three hard copies of the paper to: 
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Global Initiatives
Institute for Global Initiatives
Kennesaw State University
1000 Chastain Road, #2301
Kennesaw, GA 30144


For general questions about the Conference or the Year of Korea, please contact Dan Paracka.
Daniel J. Paracka, Ph.D.
Director, International Services & Programs
Associate Professor of Education
Mailbox #2301
1000 Chastain Rd.
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA 30144, USA
 
Phone: +1.770.423.6732
Fax: +1.770.499.3430
E-Mail: dparacka at kennesaw.edu