The appointee will teach at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and is expected to work with fellow faculty in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, the History Department, and other university institutions in the development of Korean studies research, teaching, and programming at Columbia.

To apply, submit a curriculum vitae, a cover letter with a description of teaching and research interests, a sample of written work, dissertation abstract, and three letters of recommendation through this secure on-line site: https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55584.

The search committee will begin review of applications February 15, 2012, and will continue until the position is filled.

The KFCP Laboratory aims to bring the Korean family to the center of comparative East Asian and general family studies, highlighting Korea as a productive comparative case of interest to non-Koreanists across a range of disciplines and scholarly locations. KFCP Fellows must be scholars interested in comparative work on the Korean family. Scholars with primary expertise in the family of other East Asian countries (e.g., China, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan) are particularly welcome to apply. Scholars with primary research emphasis on the Koreas must have a concrete plan to conduct comparative research (i.e., with another country/region). The postdoctoral fellowship is open to scholars in any humanities or social science discipline.

The KFCP Laboratory is directed by anthropologist Nancy Abelmann and includes three KFCP Laboratory fellows: Jungwon Kim (EALC and history, University of Illinois), Seung-Kyung Kim (women’s studies, University of Maryland), and Hyunjoon Park (sociology, University of Pennsylvania). The 2011-13 current postdoctoral fellow is a historian of China, Elizabeth LaCouture (history, Colby College).

The postdoctoral fellow will be welcomed to an active Koreanist community at the University of Illinois that includes a biweekly Korea Workshop (that will actively engage the themes of the Laboratory). The KFCP fellow will be provided the opportunity to participate in organizing a Korean Family Colloquium Series, which graduate students will be able to attend for partial credit. The KFCP Laboratory director, fellows, and national board members will take an active role in nurturing the comparative scholarship of the postdoctoral fellow, who will also have the opportunity to “workshop” his or her manuscripts with experts from both on and off campus.

The fellow will be paid $40,000 and benefits. To ensure full consideration, all required application materials must be submitted electronically by February 10, 2012, at http://go.illinois.edu/KFCP_Application. Referees will be contacted electronically upon submission of the application. Only electronic applications will be accepted.

Applications must include:

1. A cover letter reviewing applicant’s research history, including dissertation and other publications.

2. A statement of interest in the Korean family in comparative perspective, including a publication plan that includes the submission of one article for each postdoctoral year (Or a single- or co-authored book manuscript) (this can be integrated into the cover letter).

3. A statement of commitment to active participation in KFCP Laboratory events, including the Korean Family Colloquium Series (this can be a simple statement in the cover letter).

4. One writing sample, 25-40 pages.

5. Contact information for three referees who can speak to the applicant’s scholarly work and abilities and to the feasibility of the applicant’s research and publications plans for comparative work on the Korean family. Referees will be contacted electronically and asked to submit their letters.

Address inquires to slcl-hr@illinois.edu.

The postdoctoral program is open to scholars from all fields whose research pertains to Korea or involves Korea as part of a larger comparative or interdisciplinary research project. Proposals are particularly encouraged from the social sciences and non-traditional fields, such as Korean-American studies.

In addition to a salary and benefits, the Korean Studies Institute will provide each fellow office space and a small research budget. Fellows are expected to participate in Institute programs and support the activities of the KSI. The fellow must have a Ph.D. in hand, and should be within five years of having received the Ph.D., by the beginning of the appointment.

To apply, send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, thesis abstract, two letters of recommendation (to be sent directly by the referees), and a writing sample to Elaine Kim, Associate Director, USC-Korean Studies Institute (elaineek@dornsife.usc.edu).

The deadline for the receipt of all materials is February 1, 2012. Applicants are strongly encouraged to apply by e-mail, although hardcopy applications also will be accepted.

Information about USC Korean Studies Institute programs can be found at http://dornsife.usc.edu/ksi/home/.

This conference, which follows an earlier book project, Race and Racism in Modern East Asia: Western Constructions and Eastern Reactions (Brill, 2012), will examine the following topics in the context of East Asia:

• Sources of modern racism – the interplay between indigenous and foreign perspectives
• The link between nationalism and racism
• Racial theories in a transnational perspective
• The impact of racial thought on mutual images
• Gender and racial thought

Submissions that deal with these issues and similar questions from scholars working within history, anthropology, literature, linguistics, cultural studies, political science, and related disciplines are welcome. The organizers plan to create an edited volume out of the conference papers.

Those interested should send proposed titles, institutional affiliation (and year of study, in the case of doctoral students), and abstracts of 200-300 words as a Word attachment to the organizers by February 25, 2012. Successful participants will be informed by late March 2012 and will be expected to submit their conference papers for discussion by August 15, 2012.

Proposals and questions about the conference should be sent to Walter Demel, University of the Armed Forces, Munich (walter.demel@unibw.de and Rotem Kowner, University of Haifa, Israel (kowner@research.haifa.ac.il).

• Focus on East Asia as a region
• Extensive training in Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese, or Middle Korean
• Extensive training in modern Chinese, Japanese, or Korean
• Topical seminar based on regional questions: climate, languages, kingship and bureaucracy, religion, war, economy, society, and others
• Directed readings in classical documents
• Opportunities to pursue research questions in depth through guided preparation of a thesis

Admission requirements include submission of standardized test score from the HSK, JLPT, or S-TOPIK examinations.

For more information see: http://www.orinst.ox.ac.uk/ea/mphil_tradea.html.

The Weatherhead East Asian Institute is pleased to offer one INTERACT Fellowship to an outstanding scholar of modern and contemporary East Asia with a demonstrated emphasis on global context and connections. The fellowship will cover a ten-month period beginning August 1, 2012, and comes with a stipend of $45,000 plus benefits.

INTERACT is a pioneering program at Columbia University that focuses on developing global studies in the undergraduate curriculum through a network of postdoctoral scholars focused on cross-regional, trans-regional, and interdisciplinary study.

Columbia University will offer several INTERACT Postdoctoral Fellowships in the 2012-2013 academic year, with candidates selected by centers and institutes across the University. Candidates will function as liaisons between their home office and the INTERACT network of scholars with other regional and disciplinary specializations.

Additional information is available at
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/weai/studentaffairs/interact.html.

For further information, contact Kim Palumbarit, student affairs officer, Weatherhead East Asian Institute by e-mail at kp2449@columbia.edu or by phone at 212-854-9206. The application deadline is January, 20, 2012.

The two Ph.D. Scholarships in Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies carry grants of A$25,000 per annum, tax-free, paid in fortnightly installments for up to four years, pending satisfactory academic performance.

Details regarding qualifications and selection criteria, along with a link to the application form, are available at http://koreainstitute.anu.edu.au/scholarships/phd.php.

The closing date for applications is February 24, 2012. Applicants should submit an application form, a research proposal that indicates familiarity with the research area and outlines the applicant’s approach to the Ph.D. research topic (three pages including bibliography), and a curriculum vitae electronically to korea@anu.edu.au. Applicants should ensure that they nominate three referees who can submit references to the University by the closing date for applications.

Master of Arts scholarship

The M.A. Scholarship in Transnational Humanities in Korean Studies carries a grant of A$23,000 per annum, tax-free, paid in fortnightly installments for two years full-time, comprising a year of coursework and a one-year research project (thesis).

Eligibility and selection criteria for the M.A. scholarship can be found at http://koreainstitute.anu.edu.au/scholarships/ma.php. The closing date for applications is February 24, 2012.

Applications should be sent electronically by the closing date to korea@anu.edu.au and should include an application form, a research proposal that indicates familiarity with the research area and outlines the applicant’s approach to the research topic (three pages including bibliography), and a curriculum vitae. Applicants should nominate three referees who can submit references to the University by the closing date.

For further inquiries on either of these scholarship programs, contact Professor Hyaeweol Choi, director of the Korea Institute, at hyaeweol.choi@anu.edu.au.

Suitable subjects include Korea-Japan history, Korea-China history, shared historical awareness in East Asia, issues relating to Dokdo, the East Sea, territorial rights, and other topics related to the Foundation’s founding objective.

Applications will be accepted until February 3, 2012. The selected applicant will be notified by March 30, 2012.

Further details, including a link to the on-line application form, are available on the Foundation’s home page (http://www.nahf.or.kr/eng).

Direct inquiries to:
Office of Public Relations and Education
Northeast Asian History Foundation
12F Imgwang Building
81 Tongil-ro, Seodaemun-gu
Seoul 120-705, Republic of Korea
E-mail: book@nahf.or.kr

ACTFL guidelines for submissions:

Sessions are limited to four presenters and should address a topic of interest to attendees. Sessions are 60 minutes in length. Presenters should avoid reading papers or study results, but instead, should share valuable information and skills in an engaging format.

Paper presentations (20 minutes) should address a research topic of interest to attendees. Presenters should avoid reading papers or study results and instead should present the valuable information in an engaging format.

General guidelines for both sessions and papers:

TITLE: The title of the proposal cannot be more than 10 words in length. The topic should be relevant to current concerns of the profession and have appeal to either a general or a specific audience.

DESCRIPTION: The description must be a maximum of 50 words. It must be in final, publishable format and free from errors. The description must have audience appeal, and it must clearly align with the content of the proposal.

CONTENT: Strong content must show depth, originality and/or insight into your topic in a maximum of 150 words. The content of the proposed presentation must be very clear, specific, and detailed. It must align with the keyword selected and describe specific knowledge and skills and/or improvement in teaching/learning that can occur. The content must be appropriate for the allotted time.

METHODS: The methods section must indicate how information will be shared with the audience in a maximum of 150 words. Presentational modes must be specifically identified and appear highly engaging. High participant involvement is expected.

OUTCOMES: List measurable objectives in a maximum of 50 words. Provide up to three statements describing what participants will learn and/or be able to do as a result of attending the presentation. These objectives should be the foundation upon which the presentation is built.

Proposals should be submitted on line (www.actfl.org) by January 11, 2012.

More than eighty films are discussed in this issue, dating from the era of silent films and “talkies” though movies made during the first decade of the 2000s. Articles include:

• “National Cinema: An Anachronistic Delirium?” by JungBong Choi
• “Visibility, Nationality, Archive” by Steven Chung
• “The Power of Representation: Korean Movie Narrators and Authority” by Roald Maliangkay
• “The Transnational Constitution of Im Kwon-Taek’s Minjok Cinema in Chokpo, Sŏp’yŏnje, and Ch’wihwasŏn” by Kyung Hyun Kim
• “Restoring the Transnational from the Abyss of Ethnonational Film Historiography: The Case of Chung Chang Wha” by Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park
• “Cartography of Catastrophe: Pre-Colonial Surveys, Post-Colonial Vampires, and the Plight of Korean Modernity” by Soyoung Kim

Book Reviews include: Gender and Mission Encounters in Korea: New Women, Old Ways by Hyaeweol Choi, reviewed by Su Yun Kim; Japanese Assimilation Policies in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945 by Mark Caprio, reviewed by Michael Kim; Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea by Marcus Noland and Stephan Epstein, reviewed by Ivo Plsek; Inside the Red Box: North Korea’s Post-totalitarian Politics by Patrick McEachern and The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom by Ralph Hassig and Kongdan Oh, reviewed by Scott Thomas Bruce; and Horror to the Extreme: Changing Boundaries in Asian Cinema by Jinhee Choi and Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano, reviewed by Kyu Hyun Kim.

The Journal of Korean Studies welcomes submissions year round. Deadlines:
February 1, 2012 – spring regular issue (2013)
July 31, 2012—Thematic issue (fall 2013) “The End of War? The Korean Armistice after Sixty Years,” guest-edited by Charles Armstrong.

For detailed information about submitting manuscripts for publication please contact:

The Journal of Korean Studies
c/o Managing Editor
500 Thomson Hall Box 353650
Seattle, Washington 98195-3650
E-mail: jourks@u.washington.edu
Web site: http://jsis.washington.edu/korea/jks/