[KS] CFP: The Imperial Court in China, Japan, and Korea

Michael Pettid mjpettid2000 at yahoo.com
Wed Jan 2 19:08:19 EST 2013



The Imperial Court in
China, Japan, and Korea:
Women, Servants, and
the Emperor’s Household (1600-early 1900s)
 
 
Call for Papers 
 
The University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim
is pleased to announce the call for papers for “The Imperial Court in China,
Japan, and Korea:  Women, Servants, and
the Emperor’s Household (1600 – early 1900s)” a symposium to be held at the
University of San Francisco on Thursday and Friday, April 18-19, 2013.
 
The symposium will provide a forum for the examination and
comparison of the imperial courts/houses and court life of China, Japan, and
Korea through the lens of women, servants, and those who managed the Emperor
and Empress’ households from the 1600s through early 1900s.  Proposed themes include but are not limited
to:  imperial women, servants, and
household managers with a particular focus on aspects of court life, relations
of power, issues of gender, cultural identity, modernity, education, literature,
and household economics and management.   Papers which address border crossing themes
or comparisons of the above mentioned imperial courts or those that explore
relations between the different groups are particularly encouraged.
 
The deadline for proposals is Friday, January 11, 2013.
Please e-mail your 250 word (maximum) abstract and Curriculum Vitae to mdale3 at usfca.edu subject line “Imperial
Court Proposal.”  
 
The Center for the Pacific Rim will
provide grants to assist presenters with travel (as per USF travel policies).
 
Contact for Questions:
Melissa S. Dale, Ph.D.
Executive Director & Assistant Professor
University of San Francisco Center for the Pacific Rim
mdale3 at usfca.edu
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