[KS] [CFP] Symposium: Territory and Sovereignty on the Korean Peninsula

[Bridget Martin]

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Korea Institute, Harvard University

*CALL FOR PAPERS*


*TERRITORY AND SOVEREIGNTY ON THE KOREAN PENINSULAan online symposium*

MARCH 9, 2023
Abstract Deadline: January 5, 2023

The term “territory” is conventionally used as a synonym for the space over
which a state exercises sovereign power. Since the mid-twentieth century,
both North and South Korea have famously wielded state power to secure the
boundaries of their territories and to pursue competing paths to
development. Yet Korean territory has also long been shaped by imperial
entanglements—through relations with China, through colonization by Japan,
and through the division system itself. It has also been shaped by
non-state actors, from anti-colonial activists and peace activists to real
estate speculators.

Scholars from social science, humanities, and policy-oriented disciplines
are invited to reflect on the theme of Territory and Sovereignty on the
Korean Peninsula. We seek contributions that push beyond conventional
notions of territory and sovereignty to offer new perspectives on the
politics of how state, imperial, and/or non-state actors claim space,
produce space, and recover space in historical and contemporary Korea. We
welcome contributions that critically reflect on systems of power, and we
welcome contributions that envision emancipatory alternatives to the status
quo. Potential topics include:

            *Pre/modern state and imperial techno-politics of territory
            *Sovereignty and nationalism in North and South Korea
            *The division system, unification, and the Demilitarized Zone
            *Security dilemmas on the Korean Peninsula
            *Volumetric, maritime, and other territories and sovereignties
            *Korean Studies engagements with Indigenous Studies
            *Development and real estate in North and South Korea
            *Nature, ecology, conservation, and extractivism
            *The US-South Korea alliance and US military bases

Submit abstracts (300 words or less) addressing the symposium theme to
territoryandsovereignty at gmail.com by January 5, 2023. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by January 12, 2023. The event will be held via
Zoom. Participants will not be asked to submit full papers at the time of
the symposium, but they may be invited to submit full papers for a special
issue at a later date.

*Supported by the Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) Endowment for Korean
Studies at the Korea Institute, Harvard University.*

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Bridget Martin, PhD
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