[KS] Call for Papers

[sung oak]

Call for Papers [Rescheduled]

 

2013 Im Conference of Korean Christianity, UCLA
Center forKorean Studies:

"Growth, Stagnation, Decline, and Renewal of the Christian Churches in Korea,
1945-2020”

 

Conference
Date: October
25, 2013

 

Topics

The
conference aims to investigate the history of growth and decline of the Christian churches in
the post-Korean War Korea. It would include the following issues: history and
theories of growth, stagnation, and decline of Protestant, Roman Catholic, and
Anglican churches in contemporary Korea; comparison of Protestantism with Roman
Catholicism; critical issues in 1970s for the future life of Korean
Christianity; critical issues in 1980s; major reasons of decline of
Protestantism in 1990s; and vital issues for the renewal of the church in 2010s in relation to the Korean society and world Christianity.

 

Papers 

Please
submit a draft paper by email to Dr. Sung-Deuk Oak by August 25,
2013. The paper should include: (1) an abstract (300-5oo words), (2) the text (7,000-10,000 words,
including footnotes and bibliography), (3) a short CV, including
full contact information. Doctoral students and
junior scholars are encouraged to submit papers.

 

Four or five presenters will be selected and notified by September 15, 2012. They need to submit the
final paper by October 1, 2013. The paper should be an unpublished one. 

 

Grants

The Im fund of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies will provide the presenters with a round trip airfare, 2 night hotel accommodation, and up to $400 travel reimbursement.

 

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the grant, travelling,
accommodation, and any other thing about the conference, please email to Ms.
Sejung Kim, Assistant Director of the UCLA Center for Korean Studies, skim at international.ucla.edu and Mrs. Peyton Park, Program Representative, ppark at international.ucla.edu.

         

Im Conference of Korean Christianity, UCLA

Sung-Deuk Oak

Dongsoon Im and Mija Im Chair

Associate Professor of Korean Christianity

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of California Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1540

Phone:(310)206-8235, Fax:(310)206-3555

E-mail: oak at humnet.ucla.edu 

Website: http://www.international.ucla.edu/korea

                 http://koreanchristianity.humnet.ucla.edu/

 

  		 	   		  
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