Pour plus d’informations, voir le carnet du centre de recherches sur la Corée de l’EHESS.
La Rochelle University will host the 30th biennial AKSE Conference from 28 (Thursday) to 31 (Sunday) October 2021 in La Rochelle, France. The Conference is co-organized by La Rochelle Université and Université de Paris with the AKSE Council.
The Association for Korean Studies in Europe, founded in 1977, is the main scholarly society for Korean Studies in Europe. Its objectives are to stimulate and coordinate academic Korean studies in all countries of Europe, and to contribute to the spread of knowledge of Korea among a wider public.
The biennial AKSE conferences provide an opportunity for European scholars of Korean studies to gather and exchange research. Hosting the membership meeting, they are the most important event of the association as such. AKSE conferences are also a way for European scholars to communicate with the global academic community. We thus warmly welcome non‐ Europeans and non‐members.
Marie-Orange Rivé
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The conference venue, including the opening ceremony, will be held at La Rochelle University. Accommodation will be provided in the vicinity of the university, in the old city center of La Rochelle.
Abstract submission will entail preliminary registration (not binding). Formal online registration for all active (presenting and chairing) and passive participants will open on 20 April 2021 and last until 30 June 2021.
Based on current pricing information and subsidy expectations, we expect to be able to offer the following rates for participants:
At the time of your online registration, you will be asked to pay a non-refundable registration fee in the amount of 100 EUR through the conference management system. The registration fee for students is 50 EUR.
This online transfer registration fee will be used as a down payment for your conference fee. The remaining balance should be paid later online (by 30 September 2021). Details regarding this will be sent in due course.
Graduate students whose papers have been accepted are entitled to apply for a travel subsidy by writing to the AKSE president. The availability and actual amount of the grants depend on funding availability and will be decided by the AKSE Council.
Further information including accommodation surcharges, travel etc. is provided on the conference website.
Isabelle Sancho. Achievements and Prospects of Korean Studies in France. Korean Studies Achievements and Prospects in the East and the West, Kyemyong University, International Korean Studies Forum, Nov 2017, Daegu, South Korea.
Korean studies in France have a long history that reflects the specificities of the French interest for East Asia from the 18th century. The relationships between the two countries were marked at the 19th century by tumultuous episodes due to French catholic proselytism and expansionist policy in East Asia but also by remarkable and unexpected scholarly achievements. At the 20th century, the isolated initiatives to promote and study Korea in France randomly taken by missionaries, diplomats, collectors and orientalists have been progressively replaced by institutionalized Korean studies that started to be structured within French universities and other higher education institutions with the help of specialists of other areas (China and Japan). After World War II, Korean studies have been continuously growing in France thanks to a whole generation of specialists holding positions in key institutions. These French Koreanists have actively participated in the building of European Korean studies and trained their successors, most of whom have landed positions in Paris and several large cities and are teaching and researching about Korea today. Following the long democratization of Korea and then the newly acquired visibility and attractiveness of Korean culture on the international stage from the late 1980’s to the early 2010’s, undergraduate students population in Korean studies has increased exponentially in France. Under this stunning 2 demographic pressure, many Korea specialists have been successively recruited as permanent staff in major Korean studies institutions in Paris and other large French cities, giving the impression that Korean studies have now become a mature and self-sufficient field. However the repeated largescale reforms of French higher education and research sector that happened to be carried out at the very same time have significantly complicated the task of French Koreanists who might lose the examplary cohesion that provided their strength so far. Facing many challenges, among which the lack of means and human resources as well as the massification of undergraduate students population, today’s French scholars on Korea try to “form community” through a network of francophone Korean studies (Réseau des études sur la Corée RESCOR). Their goal is to train the next generation while trying to keep the diversity of Korean studies in a more and more standarized and uniform academic world. Voir l’article.
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR 2021 (Jan. 1 – Dec. 31)
DEADLINE: 15 SEPTEMBER 2020
The European Program for the Exchange of Lecturers (EPEL) is sponsored by the Korea Foundation and administered by AKSE. Every year AKSE draws up a comprehensive proposal and budget for future years, based on the proposals from individual universities.
Lectures sponsored by this program should be an integral part of the curriculum of the institution where they are presented. The lecturers are reimbursed for their travel within European countries, accommodation expenses, and meals by the AKSE Treasurer, upon presentation of receipts, but lecturers are not paid a lecture fee. This program offers excellent opportunities for AKSE members to augment their institutional offerings and to meet and exchange ideas concerning both research and teaching.
Please send your proposal for EPEL lectures taking place during the calendar year 2021 to the AKSE President by 15 September 2020. Your proposal must contain: the names of scholars, the titles of lectures, the dates of the lectures, a budget for transportation, hotel, and meals. All applications must be sent to the President of AKSE in Microsoft WORD. Lecturers will pay their own expenses and then request reimbursement by sending the correct form with receipts to the treasurer, Dr. Koen De Ceuster. All reports of lectures given have to be sent to the President of AKSE for report to the Korea Foundation.
Further Guidelines for Applications to EPEL
Priority is given to applications from universities where there are few teaching staff. EPEL Guest Lecturers can assist teaching staff in replacing a limited number of teaching hours. EPEL lectures have to be a part of courses taught and not form a special seminar. The lectures have to offer academic credits or units and form a part of examinations. All applications must explain how these conditions are met. The AKSE President and Council will endeavour to secure adequate funding from the Korea Foundation to support EPEL applications, but the final funding decision resides with the Korea Foundation and only partial funding may finally be available to applicants. These circumstances are beyond the control of the AKSE President and Council. It is for these reasons that applicant universities are strongly encouraged to seek and secure alternative sources to support Guest Lecturers.
Specific Guidelines:
1) All applications are judged on their quality.
2) All proposals should offer an overview of the teaching program and specify how many staff teach primarily for Korean Studies.
3) If any invited scholar cancels within one month of the scheduled lecture without reasonable cause (illness or other unforeseen circumstances) he or she cannot be invited to be a Guest Lecturer within any EPEL application for a period of 2 years. In case of cancellation, the applicant university has to immediately contact the AKSE President and propose a replacement name so that the new proposal can be evaluated. Notification has to be done within one week of cancellation. If the applicant university does not follow these procedures regarding cancellations, then the university cannot apply for EPEL funding in the following year.
4) Each university can apply for a maximum of €2,500 and is responsible for administering their budget. The AKSE Council will not supply any additional funding beyond the original application amount. Any additional costs, even unforeseen, must be borne by the applicant university or the Guest Lecturer.
5) Each Guest Lecturer will be informed of the total amount they are allotted for transportation, hotel, and meals by the applicant university. The Guest Lecturer is free to spend their allotment in the best way they see fit in any mixture. For example, if transportation costs are much lower than originally anticipated, then the Guest Lecturer is free to upgrade their hotel or to spend more on meals. The AKSE Council encourages the expenditure of the full budget amount, but any expenditure in excess of the total amount allotted by the original budget will be the responsibility of the Guest Lecturer or the applicant university.
6) All Guest Lecturers are responsible for keeping track of their expenditures, collecting their own receipts, and then submitting a reimbursement form to the AKSE Treasurer. A reimbursement form is available on the AKSE website.
In addition, please note:
a) To better fit with the support cycles of the Korea Foundation, the extension of EPEL rounds has been adjusted: Rather than roughly conforming to academic years, it will from now on correspond to the calendar year.
b) Due to CoViD19, it remains uncertain whether guest lectures can take be conducted in the usual way throughout 2021. Nevertheless, applicants are asked to make their plans now assuming that travelling will be possible. Options concerning online replacements of EPEL lectures will be clarified with successful applicants after the selection process, as need arises.
Program Outline
The KF hosts various exhibitions in cooperation with organizations that seek to introduce world cultures to Koreans and foreign residents in Korea.
Eligible Applicants
Foreign embassies and cultural institutes in Korea, non-profit local and international organizations
Please Note: Private individuals are not eligible to apply.
Eligible Areas
Various visual arts, including crafts, design, paintings, and photography as well as architecture
Details of Support
For exhibitions with content deemed to be outstanding through an evaluation process, the Korea Foundation may offer certain project-related assistance for the below items. In such cases, the Korea Foundation should be credited as “co-host” of the exhibition.
Possible assistance: KF Gallery space; production cost of PR materials; installation and deinstallation costs; KF Gallery management costs
Please note: Besides the above mentioned items, all other costs should be covered by applicants. The Korea Foundation does not offer any direct financial assistance to applicants.
KF Gallery Floor Plan (Approximately 330sqm / West Tower 2nd floor, CENTER1 Building, 26 Eulji-ro 5-gil, Jung-gu, Seoul)
Pour plus d’informations, voir le KF Application Portal.
