[KS] Decolonizing Korean Studies in the Global Era conference

[Sina Lee]

Dear Korean studies members,

We invite papers for Decolonizing Korean Studies in the Global Era
conference, which will be held virtually on June 6-7, 2023. This conference
will serve as the basis for the publication of an edited collection of
essays featuring early-career scholars' work, including graduate students,
postdocs, pre-tenure, or independent scholars, producing cutting-edge
scholarship in the field of Korean studies.

Thanks for your attention.

*Call for Papers *



*Decolonizing Korean Studies in the Global Era: *

An Intergenerational Conference of Senior and Junior Scholars in Critical
Korean Studies



Date and Location:

June 6-7, 2023

Virtual via Zoom @ UCLA Center for Korean Studies



Organizers:

Justin Sprague (West Chester University), Carolyn Choi (University of
California, Los Angeles), Mi Hyun Yoon (Rutgers University, Newark), Sina
Lee (College of Wooster)



Sponsors:

West Chester University, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies

University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Korean Studies

 This conference is funded by The Academy of Korean Studies
(AKS-2023-C-006).



The discipline of Korean studies is in a critical period of transition, and
emerging scholars in the field are redefining and actively reorienting the
scholarly trajectory of the field’s transformation. By contesting existing
master narratives of Korean global genealogies that are entangled in Korean
colonial histories and investments in the US imperial project, we argue
that these conversations are a part of a larger transformative movement in
Korean studies. This movement aims to decolonize and reject Korea’s
position in US hegemonic knowledge projects and to connect transnational
and diasporic research with an anti-colonial praxis that sutures into our
everyday lives.



With a particular focus on interdisciplinarity and the inclusion of
feminist research methodologies, we advocate for a renewed investment in
the study of non-normative experiences and diasporic figures that have
received limited attention outside of Korean studies. A fresh focus on
agency, determination, political activism, and social kinship systems
across the diaspora, we aim to explore new ways to decolonize and
de-militarize Korean studies through the study of race/ethnicity, gender,
sexual identity, material culture, anti-coloniality, global migration and
diaspora, labor flows, political activism, and other forms. Applicants who
see their work broadly in relation to these topics are encouraged to
apply.



The attendees of this conference will participate in two days of virtual
panels, which includes a panel discussion with senior scholars, paper
workshop with senior discussants and peers, and lastly a
professionalization panel on publishing and the state of Korean studies at
large.



This conference will serve as the basis for the publication of an edited
collection of essays that features the work of early-career scholars
including graduate students, postdocs, pre-tenure, or independent scholars,
producing cutting-edge scholarship in the field of Korean studies.



*Submission Deadline and Conference Details:*

·       Abstract (500 words): April 14, 2023

·       Notification of accepted abstracts: April 21, 2023

·       10-20 page double-spaced paper draft (for accepted abstracts only):
May 21, 2023

·       Conference: June 6-7, 2023


*Please email your abstract and CV to **criticalkoreanstudies at gmail.com*
<criticalkoreanstudies at gmail.com>* by April 14, 2023. The submitted
abstract should be based on original research: It has not been published
before and is not under consideration for publication anywhere else.*

-- 
Best,
Sina
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