Call for Papers
Center for Korean Studies, University of Washington-Seattle
Proposals Due December 1^st, 2011

The Center for Korean Studies in col­lab­o­ra­tion with the Japan Studies Program at the University of Washington invites papers for “Spaces of Possibility,” a con­fer­ence on inter­ac­tions and par­al­lel devel­op­ments of recent Japan and Korea to be held at the University of Washington in September 2012. We are seek­ing a select num­ber of papers that open new dis­cur­sive space in writ­ing and think­ing about indi­vid­ual, local and national rela­tion­ships in and between Korea, Japan, and the rest of the world.

We are inter­ested in papers on Korea or Japan that among other things explore con­tem­po­rary shifts in the ways in which time and space are pro­duced, lived and under­stood. Suggested top­ics include: Japan and Korea else­where; alter­na­tive spaces, dis­place­ment or urban exit; visu­al­iza­tions of cul­ture includ­ing Japan, Okinawa, North and South Korea; colo­nial nos­tal­gia in Japan and Korea; and projects and processes poten­tially rang­ing from div­ina­tion to development.

Papers should take both Japan and Korea into account, and we encour­age par­tic­i­pants with single-country exper­tise to ven­ture into new areas and explore com­par­isons or artic­u­la­tions, with the expec­ta­tion that the coop­er­a­tive exper­tise of the con­fer­ence par­tic­i­pants as a whole can help fos­ter intel­lec­tual growth. Collaborative projects will be wel­come, as will exper­i­men­tal and pre­lim­i­nary papers.

We envi­sion papers of 7000 – 10,000 words that can be exchanged before the con­fer­ence to make for a lively dis­cus­sion. Participants should plan to revise their papers based on dis­cus­sion before and dur­ing the con­fer­ence, and to pre­pare them for pub­li­ca­tion as a con­fer­ence vol­ume or a jour­nal spe­cial issue in the year fol­low­ing the conference.

Interested schol­ars should send a pro­posal of 300 – 500 words accom­pa­nied by a brief biog­ra­phy or CV to:

Spaces of Possibility
Center for Korean Studies
Jackson School of International Studies
Box 353650
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195 – 3650

Email: uwcks@u.washington.edu

Proposals should be received by December 1^st, 2011 to receive full consideration.

Sincerely,

Tracy L. Stober
Managing Editor
The Journal of Korean Studies
Center for Korean Studies Publication Series
University of Washington-Seattle
206– 543‑7896 FAX 206−685−0668