CFP: Modern Art Asia (grad e-journal; initial issue deadline 7 Sept)

From: Majella Munro, Editor (modernartasiaenquiries at yahoo dot co dot uk)

Modern Art Asia is a new journal dedicated to the arts of Asia from the eighteenth century to today, presenting postgraduate research from historical perspectives and international news on Asian art. Combining peer-reviewed articles with insightful commentary and the latest exhibiton reviews from international correspondents, Modern Art Asia provides a new forum for exchange between scholars that crosses the boundaries of traditional academic disciplines, and engages with a general readership through the addition of journalistic writing on art.

Modern Art Asia invites postgraduates working on the arts and material cultures of Asia from the eighteenth century to the present to submit previously unpublished papers of 4,500-10,000 words for publication. Modern Art Asia aims to take an interdisciplinary and innovative approach to the study of Asia, and will consider papers on media and experiments that stretch the parameters of "fine art". Our first issue will be published online during the last week of October, to coincide with Asian Art in London and Frieze; the submission deadline for this issue is September 7th. We are also seeking students and journalists interested in becoming regular correspondents or in submitting shorter journalistic pieces.

Word limits: Academic papers: 4,500-10,000 / Correspondence and opinion pieces: 500-1,000 words /
Exhibition, book, performance reviews: 500-800 words

Students submitting academic papers who wish to include image reproductions are responsible for obtaining these and necessary copyright permissions. Authors of successful submissions will be notified 4 -5 weeks ahead of publication. Copyright remains with the author and authors may re-publish papers with acknowledgement of Modern Art Asia as the original site of publication. Please include an abstract (250 words) with your submission.

Contact modernartasiaenquiries at yahoo dot co dot uk to submit articles and for further information.

Modern Art Asia
modernartasia.com
modernartasiaenquiries at yahoo dot co dot uk

CFP: The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Conference: Buddhism and Diaspora (30 Oct; 14-16 May; U Toronto, Scarborough)

The Department of Humanities, University of Toronto Scarborough, is pleased to present

A Call for Papers

The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Conference: Buddhism and Diaspora

Friday May 14- Sunday May 16, 2010
University of Toronto Scarborough

For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~humdiv/TLKY/event3

Keynote Address, Friday May 14th: Professor Victor Hori (McGill
University)

This international and interdisciplinary conference will examine
the role religion, and specifically Buddhism, plays within
diasporic communities. Communities like Chinese Buddhists,
Tibetans, Newars, Sinhalese, and many others have brought with
them, translated, or alternately reformulated specific types of
Buddhism as crucial pieces in the ongoing negotiation of their
cultural and social identities. In this context, the conference
inquires whether there have been or are currently specific ways
that Buddhism has answered the challenges, problems, and
expectations that accompany displacement and relocation.

This conference will question the role diaspora has had in the
history and self-perception of Buddhism through the ages, both
within Asia and during its more modern spread to other parts of
the world. This can prompt us to examine how Buddhism has figured
in developing and changing notions related to authenticity,
tradition, ethnicity, belonging, nation, and landscape, in the
light of displacement, exile, violence, travel, and integration.
By thematizing diaspora as a situation in which both Buddhism's
local articulations as well as its trans-local content are
confronted, questioned and reformulated, this conference is an
opportunity to bridge current methodological and thematic
dichotomies between current ethnographic and text-oriented
approaches in the study of Buddhism and Buddhist societies. These
questions will help address larger issues of how Buddhist texts
and Buddhist practitioners conceptualize and participate in the
formation of lived diaspora in both modern and historic settings.

The conference will encourage speakers to probe into the
following questions:

- How may a Buddhist heritage account for a certain kind of
diasporic experience?
- Which strategies do Buddhist agents, practice and doctrine
offer to mediate between the locality of the community's
provenance and that of its host country? Between the diasporic
communities and other religious communities? Between the
political and economic conditions of their displacement?
- What role does Buddhism play in the creation of such
conditions?
- What kind of new forms of religiosity emerge from such transfer
and reconfiguration?

This conference will address such questions through multiple
formats for scholarly inquiry, namely organized panels with
discussants, roundtables, keynotes lectures, and public events.

The program committee welcomes proposals for papers from
academics, professionals, graduate students and others. Proposals
that include a max 300 word abstract of the paper and a short
academic CV should be made online through our submissions site
at: http://link.library.utoronto.ca/buddhiststudies/conference/

At this website applicants can cut and paste both abstract and CV
into our web form.
The deadline for submissions is October 30, 2009. Participants
will be notified by December 1st if their submission has been
successful.

This conference is sponsored generously by an endowment for the
advancement of Buddhist studies, made possible by a gift from the
Tung Lin Kok Yuen Foundation (Hong Kong) to the University of
Toronto Scarborough. Questions about this event or any other
aspect of the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Conference Series in Buddhist
Studies may be addressed to Sarah Richardson at:
tlkyconf at utsc dot utoronto dot ca

CFP: IAHA (International Conference of Historians of Asia) (30 Sept; 22-25 June; Singapore)

Call for papers: 21st Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA) 22-25 June 2010.
DEADLINE 30 Sept. 2009

A warm invitation is extended to all historians and scholars of Asia to come to the dynamic city of Singapore in late June 2010 to attend IAHA 2010. At this conference the Steering Committee will seek to showcase the latest scholarly research and developments that have taken place on a wide range of Asian topics in both the humanities and social sciences. IAHA 2010, generously supported by the Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, the Department of History, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore will delve into the past and look into the future. It will provide scholars with the opportunity of evaluating and discussing the emerging themes related to the continent with a large body of delegates from around the world. We would like you to be involved too, so please come and join us!

Our Programme Committee has already identified a number of themes which we would like delegates to explore in their papers and panels (see below), but we are open to other suggestions as well:

Asia's Political/Economic History

Agriculture; Ancient History; Archeological Perspectives; Asian Diasporas; Border & Boundaries; Maritime History; Nation-Building; Trade/Trade Networks; Societies on the Margins

Asian Cultural History

Asian Identities in the Past; Crime and Criminal Activities; Film & Music; Food; Gender; Literature & Art; Popular Culture; Religion/Missionary Activities; Sport

Current Issues & the Past in Asia

Financial Crises; History of the Asian Press; Human Rights; Labour & Labour Movements; Law of the Sea; Piracy; Protest Movements; Terrorism & History

Historiography/Heritage
Archives & the Maintenance of Documents; Asian Historiography; Asia in Museums/Museums in Asia; Educational History; Memory & Heritage; The Idea of Asia

History of Science
Biosciences & Modern Asia; Environmental History; Medicine & Public Health (Biomedicine, Forms of Traditional Practice, Western Medicine); Technology (Traditional to Colonial & Post-Colonial)

Military History
All forms of military involvement in Asia stretching from the distant past to the present will be considered

Proposals for individual papers, panels and colloquia, along with titles and short abstracts, are strongly encouraged from all interested parties and should be sent to the Chair of the Programme Committee to arrive no later than 30 September 2009.

An early bird registration fee of S$300 is offered to all delegates if they make payment by 28 February 2010. Thereafter, the registration fee will be S$350.*

Tentative Programme:

Tuesday, 22 June 2010

6 pm
Opening Event
Address by University Professor Wang Gungwu
National University of Singapore

8 pm
Dinner for all participants

Wednesday, 23 June 2010, 9am till Friday 25 June 2010, 5pm

Paper Presentations and Panel Discussions

Friday, 25 June 2010

5 pm
IAHA Business Meeting


Venue:
River View Hotel
382 Havelock Road
Singapore 169629

Tel: +65-6732 9922
Fax: +65-6732 1034
Website: www.riverview.com.sg

Accommodations:

Delegates will arrange their own accommodations. A listing of accommodations in Singapore can be found on this site:

http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/where_to_stay/accommodation_in_singapore.html

IAHA 2010 promises to be a vibrant gathering in a safe but vivid environment. This is a conference that shouldn't be missed. Do, please, think about coming here. We would love to have you with us.

Best wishes

The Steering Committee of IAHA 2010

* Conference package will include Opening Event Dinner, 3 lunches, 6 tea/coffee breaks and a conference bag.



Jointly Organized By:
Department of History | Journal of Southeast Asian Studies
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore

CFP: Korea and Japan History Entries for Encyclopedia of World History (no deadline noted)

Call for Authors: ABC-CLIO, the leading publisher of academic reference
works, is in the process of developing a comprehensive 21-volume
Encyclopedia of World History. We are seeking interested scholars to
prepare 500-1500 word articles on the history of Japan and Korea.

Compensation: contributors will have their names associated with the
entries they contribute and will receive access to the e-book version of
the encyclopedia (list price $1,800) for personal use. Contributors
assigned 3,000 words or more will also receive a credit of $300 towards
purchase of ABC-CLIO, Greenwood, and Praeger books.

In addition to the topics listed below, please see list of additional
open topics:
http://www.abc-clio.com/academic/aboutus/callToAuthors.aspx


In order to meet review standards, we require that contributors hold a
Ph.D, ABD, be currently enrolled in a doctoral program, or have
recognized expertise in the field. If you are interested in writing 1
or more of the entries listed below, please send a c.v. to Fred Nadis
and/or Jeanie Azizian:
Fred Nadis, Project Editor FNadis at abc-clio.com

Jeanie Azizian, Project Coordinator JAzizian at abc-clio.com



OPEN TOPICS WHE - Japan & Korea

Era 1 (To 4000 BCE) Science & Technology Tools/Technology of
Modern Humans: Jomon in Japan 200
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Society & Culture Concept of female
rulers in Yayoi Japan 600
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Society & Culture Late Jomon and Yayoi
funerary sculpture 600
Era 3 (1000 - 300 CE) Politics & Statecraft Governance in the
Period of the Three Kingdoms 600
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment Human Imprint
on Environment: The Cities of Japan and Korea 500
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment Kyoto and/or
Seoul 300
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) Population & Environment The Populations
(gains and losses) of Japan and Korea: 1000-1500 600
Era 5 (1000 - 1500) WAR & DIPLOMACY The Fortifications of
East Asia 1000
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) ECONOMICS & TRADE Lynchpins of the East
Asian Economy: Ryukyu and Malacca 750
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) THOUGHT & RELIGION Major Sites of
Intellectual Inquiry: Yi Hoe's World (Korean) 750
Era 6 (1450 - 1770) THOUGHT & RELIGION Yi Hoe, Kangnido
(1402; 1460 copy) 200
Era 7 (1750 - 1914) Society & Culture Government-Mandated
Dietary Rules in Meiji Japan 600
Era 8 (1900 - 1945) Society & Culture Japanese Literature
(conflicts tradition/new; native/foreign) 1000
Era 9 (1945 - present) Politics & Statecraft Indigenous People of E.
Asia 600





Fred Nadis, Ph.D.
Project Editor
ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Drive
Santa Barbara, CA 93117-5505
phone: (805) 968-1911 x132
toll free: (800) 368-6868 x132
fax: (805) 685-9685

CFP: Horizons Seoul Journal of Humanities (no deadline noted)

nThe Institute of Humanities at Seoul National University is launching a peer-reviewed international journal of humanities. HORIZONS: Seoul Journal of Humanities is a forum for interdisciplinary, intercultural studies of humanities. Our primary goal is to generate intellectual dialogues between the traditional boundaries of knowledge and culture; we also seek to redefine, transform, and conflate such boundaries.

We welcome all serious papers on humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural science that can appeal to a wide range of specialists and educated non-specialists. Currently we are soliciting submissions for the first two issues. The special topic for each issue will be:


"The Invention of Writing and the Rise of Civilization" (vol. 1, no. 1; June 2009) and

"Needham Revisited" (vol. 1, no. 2; December 2009)

We welcome papers on other topics as well. For questions on topics and deadlines, please email us at editor at horizons.or.kr. The manuscript (two hardcopies and an electronic copy) should be sent to:
HORIZONS: Seoul Journal of Humanities
Institute of Humanities
329 Building 5
Seoul National University
599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu
Seoul 151-745
Republic of Korea


Visit our website www.horizons.or.kr for detailed submission guidelines.

CFP: 4th World Congress of Korean Studies (10 May; 22-24 Sept; Fukuoka)

4th World Congress of Korean Studies

Theme: Korean Studies Interfacing with the World

The organizing committee of the 4th World Congress of Korean Studies announces a call for papers to all academics and professionals in Korean studies. The World Congress, co-organized by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS) and Kyushu University, will be held from Sept. 22-24, 2008 at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. As one of the prominent Korean studies conference in the world, it will provide scholars with an opportunity to share their latest academic achievements and develop friendships in the field of Korean studies.

- Date: Mon. Sept. 22 ~ Weds. Sept. 24, 2008

- Venue: Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Official Languages: Korean, English

- Jointly organized by the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS), Kyushu University, International Society for Korean Studies (ISKS), Pacific and Asia Conference on Korean Studies (PACKS), Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA), Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE), Central Asian Association for Korean Studies (CAAKS) and the Committee on Korean Studies-Association for Asian Studies (CKS-AAS)

Schedule

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21st of Sept. (Sun) Banquet
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22nd of Sept. (Mon)
Opening Ceremony
Sessions
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23rd of Sept. (Tue) Sessions
Closing Ceremony
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24th of Sept. (Weds)
Post-conference Cultural Tour
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Designated Session (Individual Proposal)

* History * Sociology
* Culture/ Anthropology * Political Science
* Economics/Trade/Industry * Art
* Law * Folklore
* Literature * Education
* Science/Technology * Philosophy
* Religion * Language

Free Paper Session (Panel Proposal)
This session is to present participants' interests and reflections on Korean studies. A panel proposal including the topic of the session and organizing plan is required.

Special Session (Individual Proposal)
* How Korea is Reflected in Foreign Textbooks
* Korean Language Studies for Foreigners/Korean Nationals Residing Abroad
* History of Cultural Exchange between Korea and Japan
* National Studies in Korea vs. Korean Studies around the World

*Each panelist has 30 minutes. There is a 20 minute time limit for the presentation and 10 minute for discussion.

Eligibility
Scholars and professionals, including graduate students pursuing a master's or doctorate

Submission
Paper submissions will only be accepted online through the World Congress of Korean Studies homepage (www.aks.ac.kr/congress) from April 1 - May 10, 2008. Once you have submitted your paper, you will receive an e-mail confirmation within 2 working days. The abstracts will be reviewed based on content and suitability. Selected presenters will be contacted individually by May 30, 2008 and notified about the guidelines. Submission of the full paper (10-15 pages) is due via e-mail by Aug. 31, 2008 to korea2008@aks.ac.kr.

* The abstract cannot exceed 1000 words in English or 350 words in Korean.
**For the free paper session, a panel proposal, abstract and CV of each panelist is required.
***Congress homepage will be accessible starting Tuesday, April 1, 2008.

Accommodation & Fee
Full meal coverage (Sept. 21 Dinner ~ 24 Breakfast) and 3 nights lodging (Sept. 21- 23, 2 per room) will be provided for all congress participants. (An extra fee will be charged if you require a single room.)
Registration fee: US$ 50, KRW 50,000, JPY 5,000 (Cultural Tour is not included.)
(Student fee: US$ 30, KRW 30,000, JPY 3,000)

Korean Studies Junior Scholar Thesis Award
We cordially invite students in Korean studies to apply for the Junior Scholar Thesis Award. To apply, please check the box "KOREAN STUDIES JUNIOR SCHOLAR THESIS AWARD" on your abstract submission form. The committee will screen your paper and select the best thesis. Awardees will be acknowledged for their achievements. Master and doctorate students are eligible to apply for this award.

Contact
Secretariat: The Academy of Korean Studies
- E-mail: korea2008@aks.ac.kr
- TEL: +82-31-709-9843
- FAX: +82-31-809-9945
The Academy of Korean Studies
- E-mail: korea2008@aks.ac.kr
- TEL: +82-31-709-9843
- FAX: +82-31-809-9945

Email: korea2008@aks.ac.kr
Visit the website at http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/notice/notice_read.asp?num=55&group_id=55

Korean Studies Diss Wrkshp/SSRC & Korea Foundation (1 May; 13-17 July; Monterey, Calif)

The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Korea Foundation are
pleased to announce the Korean Studies Dissertation Workshop. This
event aims to foster a sustained network of advanced graduate students
and faculty engaged in research on Korea. The four-day workshop
provides an informal setting for participants to give and receive
critical feedback on dissertations in progress. Applications are
welcome from students in all fields of the social sciences and
humanities who have not yet begun field work, who are currently in the
field, and those who are in the process of writing their dissertations.
Full-time advanced graduate students, regardless of citizenship, who are
enrolled at U.S. or Canadian institutions and have an approved
dissertation prospectus are eligible. The 2008 workshop will take place
Sunday, July 13 through Thursday, July 17 at the Asilomar Conference
Grounds in Monterey, California, and will involve twelve students and
five faculty.

For the application forms and more information:
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/korea/

Email: korea@ssrc.org
Tel: 212-377-2700 ext. 423
Fax: 212-377-2727

CFP: Korean Religions Group, AAR (1 Mar; 1-3 Nov; Chicago)

Call for Papers
Korean Religions Group of the American Academy of Religion
2008 Meeting in Chicago, IL, November 1-3

Korean Religions Group

The Korean Religions Group invites paper proposals on the theme of religion and violence both in traditional and modern contexts. The variations of the topic include but are not limited to religion and militarism; religion and torture; post-Korean War and religions; religion and student movement in Korea; religion and authoritarianism; religion and military dictatorship; and
religious militia. Interreligious dialogue or religion and science can also be subfields of the theme. Korean Religions Group also invites a panel proposal for a book review session on recent publications in Korean religions, a panel on a focused group discussion on Korean religions, or a panel on educating Korean religions.

Korean Religions Group/ World Christianity Group

The Korean Religions Group, in co-sponsorship with the World Christianity Group, welcomes papers on women and Christianity in Asia. Especially welcome are papers focused on women and Christianity in Korea, China, and India-though areas such as Japan, Vietnam, and Sri Lanka are by no means ruled out. Topics may vary so long as they relate women, Christianity (of any communion), and Asia (or a region thereof) in some serious way. Suggested topics may include Christianity's impact (or lack thereof) on the liberation of Asian women; Asian feminist theology; women leaders in Asian Christianity; nationalism (or transnationalism) and Asian Christian women; challenges of Asian Christian women; experiences of women missionaries (not necessarily Asian) in Asia.

The deadline is March 1, 2008.

The submission should be done online. To submit a proposal to either KRG or KRG-WCR, please follow these steps:

1) Go to the American Academy of Religion web site (http://www.aarweb.org)
2) Click 2008 Annual Meeting Call for Papers
3) Click Browse by Program Unit and Type
4) Click Korean Religions Group
5) Click Online (for the method of submission)
6) Click a New Proposal
7) Click Individual Paper Proposal (or Paper Session Proposal)
8) Provided the requested information

If you have questions, please e-mail Tim Lee
. Thank you.
Yours,
Tim Lee, co-chair (Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University)
Jin Young Park, co-chair (American University)

Food for Thought: Where Boys Were Kings, a Shift Toward Baby Girls in S Korea

By CHOE SANG-HUN
New York Times December 23, 2007
In South Korea, once a rigidly patriarchal society, a centuries-old preference for baby boys is fast receding.



SEOUL, South Korea — [...] According to a study released by the World Bank in October, South Korea is the first of several Asian countries with large sex imbalances at birth to reverse the trend, moving toward greater parity between the sexes. Last year, the ratio was 107.4 boys born for every 100 girls, still above what is considered normal, but down from a peak of 116.5 boys born for every 100 girls in 1990.

The most important factor in changing attitudes toward girls was the radical shift in the country’s economy that opened the doors to women in the work force as never before and dismantled long-held traditions, which so devalued daughters that mothers would often apologize for giving birth to a girl.

The government also played a small role starting in the 1970s. After growing alarmed by the rise in sex-preference abortions, leaders mounted campaigns to change people’s attitudes, including one that featured the popular slogan “One daughter raised well is worth 10 sons!” [...]

Demographers say the rapid change in South Koreans’ feelings about female babies gives them hope that sex imbalances will begin to shrink in other rapidly developing Asian countries — notably China and India — where the same combination of a preference for boys and new technology has led to the widespread practice of aborting female fetuses.

“China and India are closely studying South Korea as a trendsetter in Asia,” said Chung Woo-jin, a professor at Yonsei University in Seoul. “They are curious whether the same social and economic changes can occur in their countries as fast as they did in South Korea’s relatively small and densely populated society.” [...]

In South Korea, the gap in the ratio of boys to girls born began to widen in the 1970s, but experts say it became especially pronounced in the mid-1980s as ultrasound technology became more widespread and increasing wages allowed more families to pay for the tests. The imbalance was widest from 1990 to 1995, when it remained above 112 to 100.

The imbalance began to close steadily only in 2002. Last year’s ratio of 107.4 boys for every 100 girls was closer to the ratio of 105 to 100 that demographers consider normal and, according to The World Factbook, published by the Central Intelligence Agency, just above the global average of 107 boys born for every 100 girls.

The preference for boys here is centuries old and was rooted in part in an agrarian society that relied on sons to do the hard work on family farms. But in Asia’s Confucian societies, men were also accorded special status because they were considered the carriers of the family’s all-important bloodline.[...]

“In the old days, when there was no adequate social safety net, Korean parents regarded having a son as kind of making an investment for old age security,” Professor Chung said. It was common for married Korean men to feel ashamed if they had no sons. Some went so far as to divorce wives who did not bear boys.

Then in the 1970s and ’80s, the country threw itself into an industrial revolution that would remake society in ways few South Koreans could have imagined.

Sons drifted away to higher-paying jobs in the cities, leaving their parents behind. And older Koreans found their own incomes rising, allowing them to save money for retirement rather than relying on their sons for support.

Married daughters, no longer shackled to their husbands’ families, returned to provide emotional or financial support for their own elderly parents.[...]

The economic changes also unleashed a revolution of a different sort. With the economy heating up, men could no longer afford to keep women out of the workforce, and women began slowly to gain confidence, and grudging respect.

Although change is coming slowly and deep prejudices remain — in some businesses, women are pressured to leave their jobs when pregnant — women are more accepted now in the workplace and at the best universities that send graduates to the top corporations.

Six of 10 South Korean women entered college last year; fewer than one out of 10 did so in 1981. And in the National Assembly, once one of the nation’s most male-dominated institutions, women now hold about 13 percent of the seats, about double the percentage they held just four years ago.

“When I first joined the company in 1995, a woman was expected to quit her job once she got married; we called it a ‘resignation on a company suggestion,’” said Shin Hye-sun, a 39-year-old who works at the TBC television station in Taegu, in central South Korea. Now, she said, women take a three-month break after giving birth before returning to work. “If someone suggests that a woman should quit after marriage, female workers in my company will take it as an insult and say so,” Ms. Shin said.[...]

With the move toward democracy in the late 1980s, the concept of equal rights for men and women began to creep into Koreans’ thinking. In 1990, the law guaranteeing men their family’s inheritance — a cornerstone of the Confucian system — was the first of the so-called family laws to fall; the rest would be dismantled over the next 15 years. [...]

And last year, a study by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs showed that of 5,400 married South Korean women younger than 45 who were surveyed, only 10 percent said they felt that they must have a son. That was down from 40 percent in 1991. [...]

CFP: Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema (No deadline noted)

The Journal of Japanese and Korean Cinema, a fully refereed forum for the dissemination of scholarly work devoted to the cinemas of Japan and Korea and the interactions and relations between them, seeks essays for its inaugural issue devoted to Japanese-Korea cinematic connections.

Possible topics for this first issue include, but are not limited to:

remakes across national borders;
co-productions;
censorship and regulation of Japanese films in Korea;
Representations of Koreans in Japanese film/Japanese in Korean Film;
Reception;
Casting/stars;
Korean cinema under colonialism;
manga adaptations across national borders;
Japanese influence on Korean cinema/Korean on Japanese cinema

Future submissions may include essays devoted to issues specific to either Japanese or Korean cinema, but articles on interactions between them will also continue to be considered.

Topics for essays for future issues may concern:

historical considerations and reconsiderations;
authorship;
genre;
spectatorship and audiences;
reception of Japanese and Korean cinema regionally and globally

Information for prospective authors:

Submit the article as an e-mail attachment in word format. Essays should be 6,000-8,000 words. Please include abstract of 150-200 words. Include a separate, short biography in the third person. Please give contact details, including e-mail address. Provide up to six key words for indexing.Do not put identifying information in your essay.

Text including notes should be in Times New Roman, 12 point. Everything must be double-spaced. Quotations must be in English. The first mention of a film should include its original title, director's surname and year of release. In all subsequent references, the title should be translated into English, unless known by original title in all markets. Use explanatory endnotes, not footnotes. Use MLA style for references and works cited.

Editors:

David Desser and Frances Gateward, University of Illinois
Unit for Cinema Studies
3072 FLB
707 S. Mathews
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
Fax (217) 244-4019
Phone (217) 244-2705
jjkc@live.com

"Best mom" chosen as face of Korean currency

"Best mom" chosen as face of currency
Tue Nov 6, 2007 9:17am EST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's central bank on Monday chose the face of Korean motherhood as the first woman to be featured on its banknotes, but women's rights groups say the selection only reinforces sexist stereotypes.

Shin Saimdang, known for raising a famed Confucian scholar and having a deft hand in painting, will grace the new 50,000 won ($55) note when it debuts in early 2009, the Bank of Korea said.

Women's groups say her selection bolsters the idea that mothers should stay at home and devote their lives to their children's education.

Shin, whose nickname is "wise mother," gave birth to the 16th-century scholar Yi I, also known by his pen name Yulgok. She is celebrated for placing her son on the path to fame.

The rest of the article can be found here.

$$$: 2008 AKS Fellowship Program for Korean Studies (31 Oct.; 2008-9)

The AKS Fellowship Program for Korean Studies is designed to provide foreign scholars and doctoral candidates an opportunity to carry out their research (dissertation research) in Korea.

Eligibility

Individuals in the humanities and social sciences who are currently engaged in Korea-related teaching and research activities are eligible to apply (The fellowship is not open to Korean nationals, except those with permanent resident status in foreign countries):

1. Senior Research Fellowship: Associate professor level or above at a university or Ph.D. holder with more than 5 years of research experience.
2. Junior Research Fellowship: Assistant professor level or below at a university or Ph.D. holders with less than 5 years of research experience.
3. Pre-doc Fellowship: Doctoral candidates who have completed all academic requirements (i.e., ABD) except their dissertation.

While at the Academy, fellows will be provided the opportunity to give lectures to graduate students and to conduct joint research with faculty members. Applicants are encouraged to submit detailed research plans; those candidates with research programs that will result in a publication (e.g., a book or dissertation) are preferred.

Grant Period

The period of fellowship may begin any time between January 1 and December 31, 2008 and fellows are eligible for a maximum of one year support after arrival.

Fellowship Grant

1. Economy-class round-trip airfare: Only provided to overseas awardees
※ The payment will be made after your arrival. In conjunction with the public budgeting of Korea 2008, the GTR (Government Transportation Request) rate will be applied.
※ In case your original travel location is not listed on the GTR, AKS will pay the actual airfare. An appropriate voucher or invoice is required.

2. Free accommodations on campus

3. Monthly Stipend
(1) Senior Research Fellowship: 1,200,000 won
(2) Junior Research Fellowship: 900,000 won
(3) Pre-doc Fellowship: 700,000 won
4. Access to the facilities of the Academy, including the library.

Selection Procedure and Criteria

All applications are reviewed by a screening committee composed of AKS faculty members. The criteria used in reviewing applications are as follows:

1. Senior or Junior Research Fellowship
(1) The merit of the research plan and the feasibility of carrying out the proposed research at the Academy
(2) Capability to give lectures to AKS graduate students (preferably in English)
(3) Possibility of conducting joint research projects with AKS faculty members
(4) Capability of translating Korea-related books into foreign languages (English preferred).

2. Pre-doc Fellowship
(1) Excellence and feasibility of research topic
(2) Prospects of the proposed research to the future development of Korean studies

3. Applicant’s educational background, employment history, and previous awards record of any fellowship offered by the Academy, the Korean government, or other organizations will also be considered.

Required Materials

1. Senior or Junior Research Fellowship
(1) Application Form
(2) Curriculum Vitae
(3) Evidence of current employment or affiliation (if possible)

2. Pre-doc Fellowship
(1) Application Form
(2) Evidence of current enrollment at a university
(3) Graduate school transcript
(4) Letter of recommendation from the applicant’s dissertation advisor

* Application materials can be downloaded from our website at http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/notice/notice_read.asp?num=44&group_id=44
* Applicants should submit attached files of the required materials by e-mail or the original documents by mail. Documents must be postmarked no later than the deadline.

Obligations of Fellowship Recipients

1. Fellows are expected to present their research results at an Academy seminar.
2. Published research papers/books resultant from the fellowship should acknowledge the fellowship.
3. Fellows selected based on lecture proposals are expected to arrive at the Academy by February 20 (spring semester: March - June) and by August 20 (fall semester: September ? December).

Others

There might be a disadvantage to applicants who have been awarded fellowships from any Korean institutes or those who have rejected an AKS fellowship due to personal reasons within the last three years.

Application Deadline

All applications must be received by October 31, 2007

Notification

Those selected will be notified individually by December 17, 2007.

Contact

International Support Division
The Center for Information on Korean Culture
The Academy of Korean Studies
50 Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-791, Korea
Tel: +82-31-709-9843 Fax: +82-31-709-9945 E-mail: culture@aks.ac.kr

CFP: South Korea’s Education Exodus (Chogi yuhak): Risks, Realities, and Challenges (**31 Aug; 28-29 Mar; UIUC)

**Since I'm just now getting the announcement, I imagine they are resending it based on a low number of abstract submissions. If you're interested and just seeing this announcement for the first time, you might want to contact them and see if you can get an extra week or two.

South Korea’s Education Exodus (Chogi yuhak): Risks, Realities, and Challenges
A Working Conference at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
March 28-29, 2008

South Korean “early study abroad” students – namely those young people who exit South Korea for study prior to college – are literally changing the face of Korean diasporic communities across the U.S. and other English-speaking nations. Early study abroad is a rapidly escalating market in South Korea: a $550 million industry in the first quarter of 2004, doubling the 2002 figures. Remarkably, a recent South Korean survey revealed that if given the opportunity, 1 out of 4 parents would like to emigrate for their children’s education. The conference will ask large questions about South Korea’s particular globalization embrace, cosmopolitan desires, and education system; and about the changing face and social reality of Korean America with the arrival of these new immigrants. In doing so, the conference will take up both the macro-level context and consequences and the U.S. realities of this growing “immigrant” population.

We invite graduate students and faculty with sustained and substantive research programs on this topic to submit an abstract.

Deadline for Abstract Submission: August 31, 2007

Conference website:
http://www.aasp.uiuc.edu/EducationExodus/index.html
E-mail: aasp@uiuc.edu

$$$: Bookwriting, Publication, Translation Grant on Korean Studies 2007 (no deadline noted)

This might be too early for anyone working on Korea here at UIUC, but it's good to know that this kind of money is out there.
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SIKS (Strategic Initiatives for Korean Studies) in The Academy of Korean Studies in Korea is pleased to announce a Very new grant for Korean Studies for 2007.

The aim of this grant is not only to publish excellent books on Korea, but also to help research on Korea. The grant is composed of three:
(1) Book-writing on Modern Korea,
(2) Translation of Korean Classics, and
(3) Publication Subsidy.
This grant is newly launched with the support of the Minsitry of Education since May 2007. The total budget of this new grant is more than one million USD for each year. Individuals and research institutions related to Korean Studies are strongly encouraged to apply. Please be reminded that selected institutions in 2007 will be supported for the next three years. The support can be renewed depending on the result of the evaluation of the first three years' achievements. So this is an invaluable opportunity for research institutions. Applications are welcomed not only from Koreanists but also scholars of related studies.

Please direct any questions to the grant at siks@aks.ac.kr.
From the website, you may find the three English announcements. If you have problems in getting the application guidelines, please email us at siks@aks.ac.kr. We will send the files in MS Word as soon as possible.

Director Do Hyun Han
Strategic Initiative for Korean Studies
50 Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu
Seongnam City, Gyeonggi-do
463-791 South Korea
Tel: (82) 31-709-7562 Fax: (82) 31-708-5311
Email: siks@aks.ac.kr
Visit the website at http://www.aks.ac.krno de

SOAS-AKS Postgraduate Korean Language Fellowship (30 Apr; next ac year)

SOAS-AKS Postgraduate Korean Language Fellowship


The Centre of Korean Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, in association with the Academy of Korean Studies, invites applications for a new Korean language fellowship for postgraduates. The fellowship offers six to nine months of intensive Korean language training for holders of a bachelors degree wishing to pursue a masters degree and/or PhD in Korean Studies or another Korea-related subject such as history. All course fees are paid and the hours and start dates of the course can be tailored to accommodate the needs of the successful applicants. Two fellowships are offered.
Deadline for applications: April 30, 2007.


Requirements:

- Intermediate level knowledge of Korean is preferred
- Applicants must hold a bachelors degree and intend to start a masters degree in Korean Studies or other Korea-related subject shortly after finishing the fellowship
- Preference will be given to candidates who gain admission for an MA or PhD programme at SOAS

Applicants should supply the following materials:

- Curriculum vitae
- Short statement outlining intentions for future study after completion of the fellowship
- Cover letter

Send applications by e-mail or post to:

Korean Language Fellowship
Centre of Korean Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
jy1@soas.ac.uk

Inquiries can be made to:

Owen Miller
e-mail: om4@soas.ac.uk
phone: +44 (0)20 7898 4601

Dr Jaehoon Yeon
e-mail: jy1@soas.ac.uk
phone: +44 (0)20 7898 4232

CFP: NAJAKS: Translating Korea and Japan (10 Mar; 24-26 Aug; Copenhagen)

Call for Papers - NAJAKS 2007

Proposals for papers are invited for the 7th NAJAKS Conference in
Copenhagen, 24-26 August 2007. The conference theme is:
Translating Japan and Korea

"Translation" is to be taken in the broadest sense - it is how we interpret
and explain different cultures in our scholarly projects, whatever our
disciplines.

We are "translators," not only when we literally transport and transform one
medium into another. We also interpret and explain the forms and figurations
of cultural phenomena at different levels: to students, to colleagues, or to
the public at large. The manner in which we render words, concepts and
worlds into our own language depends on many factors: power relations,
ideology, religious beliefs, disciplinary constraints, and other things of
which we may not be completely aware.

Sections and convenors

1. Literature (Yoichi Nagashima)
2. History (Margaret Mehl, Morten Oxenboll)
3. Social Sciences, Politics & Anthropology (Marie Roesgaard & Karl Jakob
Krogness)
4. Economics and Business Studies (Carl Jorgen Saxer)
5. Philosophy and Religion (Margaret Mehl)
6. Visual Culture (Gunhild Borggreen & Lars Martin Sorensen)
7. Linguistics (Bjarke Frellesvig & Janick Wrona)
8. Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language (Yasuko Madsen)

Proposals should be submitted directly to the convenors. Proposals not
relating to the conference theme are welcomed; however convenors may give
preference to papers relating to the conference theme, if they receive more
proposals than they can accept.

NEW DEADLINE for proposals with abstracts: 10 March 2007

Conference website: www.najaks.dk

Margaret Mehl
Asian Studies Section
University of Copenhagen
Leifsgade 33.5.
DK-2300 Copenhagen S
Tel. ++45 35328826
FAX ++45 35328835

Other: Study in Korea Program--Mostly Free (31 Mar.; 23 July-17 Aug)

The 15th Cultural Program for Foreign Students and Scholars in Korean
Studies

The Academy of Korean Studies is pleased to announce its 2007 Cultural
Program for Foreigners. As an important part of the mission of AKS is to
cultivate scholars and young leaders who can contribute to the development
of Korean studies, the Academy has organized this intensive cultural program
for those in Korean Studies. The cultural program is composed of various
components such as special lectures on Korea , intensive readings and
discussions in Korean, field trips, excursions, and traditional cultural activities.

-Program Period-

July 23 - August 17, 2007 (4 weeks)

-Language of the Program-

The entire program will be conducted in Korean. It is crucial that
participants have sufficient fluency in Korean to understand undergraduate
level lectures and participate in discussions.

-Qualifications and Application Requirements- 1. Undergraduate students of
second year or above and/or graduate students in Korean studies

a) Application Form with a photo (3.5 X 4.5 cm): You can download the form
from our website at http://www.aks.ac.kr/EngHome.

b) All official university transcripts: Photocopies are not acceptable.

Records of all courses must be in Korean or English.

c) A copy of the score report for Korean language proficiency: Applicants
are required to submit their score on the Korean Proficiency Test conducted
by Korea Institute of Curriculum and Evaluation (http://www.kice.re.kr) and
the evaluation sheet included in the application form.

d) Letter of Recommendation (1)

e) a copy of passport

2. Professional researchers and/or university lecturers in Korean Studies

a) Application Form with a photo

(application form download)

http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/notice/notice_read.asp?num=26&group_id=26

b) Certificate of Employment

c) Curriculum Vitae

d) a copy of passport

* Applicants should initially send these documents by E-mail or fax and
subsequently send the original documents by mail

-Deadline -

March 31. Applications received after the deadline will be considered for
the following year's program.

-Notification of the Acceptance -

Applicants will be notified of their acceptance after the Selection
Committee has completed the review of applications. Acceptance letters will
be sent to those accepted by April 20 by e-mail.

-Financial Support-

The Academy of Korean Studies will cover the cost of registration, courses,
accommodations, and meals during the program as well as expenses incurred
during field trips and excursions. All participants are responsible for
their travel expenses to and from Korea .

-Arrival and Departure-

Participants should arrange their travel to arrive and depart Korea within a
period of 2 days before and after the program. All participants are expected
to arrange their transportation between the AKS and the airport.

-Privileges-

Participants will have access to the facilities of the Academy, including
the library, photocopy room, tennis courts, and so on.

-Contact Address -

International Support Division

The Center for Information on Korean Culture The Academy of Korean Studies
50 Unjung-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 463-791 Korea Tel :
+82-31-709-9843 / Fax : +82-31-709-9945 / E-mail :

lovekorea@aks.ac.kr

Website: www.aks.ac.kr

http://www.aks.ac.kr/eng_home/notice/notice_read.asp?num=26&group_id=26

CFP: Japan-Korea Joint Symposium (25 Dec.; 19-21 Aug; Kanazawa)

Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE)
Japan-Korea Joint Symposium August 19-21, Kanazawa, Japan

PLACE, NATURE, LANGUAGE
Thinking about Now in Japanese and Korean Environmental Literature

Confirmed Keynote Speakers: Ko Un and Kazue Morisaki

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment in Japan (ASLE-Japan) and ASLE-Korea invite proposals for an international symposium, Place, Nature, Language: Thinking about Now in Japanese and Korean Environmental Literature, to be held from August 19-21, 2007, in Kanazawa, Japan.

We welcome proposals dealing with English-language representations of Korean and Japanese environmental issues and literature. Proposals dealing with the writings of Gary Snyder, especially in regard to his activities in Asia, are also particularly welcome. Translation services will be provided to make papers and presentations available in English, Japanese, and Korean.

The cultural shores of Japan and Korea have been washed by the waves of westernization and modernization since the latter half of the nineteenth century. Our daily lives, the places that have supported us, and the relationship between humans and the natural environment have undergone fundamental changes. Modernization has brought about economic security and the establishment of social capital. It has also introduced a global perspective that has raised our environmental awareness. At the same time, however, our communal societies based on traditional values, the bonds between humans and nature that this ensures, and the wisdom handed down from pre-modern life now face imminent extinction. With these considerations in view, this symposium will pursue the possibilities that environmental literature and thought can offer for our common future.

Since their founding, the ASLE organizations in both of our countries have aimed at widening horizons by drawing on the studies of environmental literature and thought of other countries. The purpose of this symposium is to share the work that has been generated in environmental literature and ecocriticism by both countries and to deepen our mutual understanding. Because the environment is a global issue and at the same time a local one, sending out to the rest of the world a body of work which has East Asia as its cultural basis carries great significance. This symposium marks the first step in such an endeavor. It is hoped that our attempt will stimulate further activity in other parts of Asia. Proposals for papers are welcome from any part of the globe.

We welcome proposals that discuss the following themes:
-- Modernism and environmental discourses in Korea and Japan
-- Expressions of nature, humans, and place in Korean and Japanese literature
-- Ecocriticism in Korea and Japan today
-- The future of literature and the environment: proposals from East Asia
-- Gary Snyder in Asia

In addition, a comparative approach on works of literature and ideologies of Asia in comparison with those of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other cultural areas will also be welcome.

Please send your one-page proposal and a short CV by December 25, 2006 to:

Shogo IKUTA
Department of Law
Kanazawa University Kakuma
Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-1192
JAPAN
Email: shogo@kenroku.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

If you have any questions, contact: Masami Raker YUKI (Conference organizer, ASLE-Japan) or, Simon Estok (ASLE-Korea liaison officer) E-mail: yuki@ge.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Proposals will be reviewed according to their relevance to the topics of the symposium and the review results will be notified to the applicants by the end of February 2007. The workshop format is designed to stimulate discussion at the symposium. For this purpose, participants will be asked to send the final version of their papers (guidelines will be sent later with the notice of acceptance) by May 31, 2007. Please adhere strictly to this deadline since we will prepare a collection of papers in advance, to be circulated before the conference.

@UIUC: Korea Workshop: South Korean Media/Technology Today

The Rise and Decline of Militarized Modernity in South Korea

Guest: SEUNGSOOK MOON (Vassar College)

Discussant: Josie Sohn

Thursday, September 28, 3 – 5:30pm
Foreign Language Building, Lucy Ellis Lounge
Dinner will be served; Please RSVP to eaps@uiuc.edu by Sep 25

For more info, visit EAPS.