AKPS NEWSLETTER
October 2006
Published by
(재미 한국정치연구학회 Jaemi Hanguk Jeongchi Yongu Hakhoe)
President:
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
I am pleased to report that we had a successful meeting in
Our business meeting was also held during the
conference. In the meeting, we elected
two new governing board members as the term of Professors Young Whan Kihl and Michael Launius ended this summer.
We sincerely appreciate the service of Professors Kihl
and Launius.
The two new members are Professors Terence Roehrig (
The Korean Ambassador to the
In February 2007, the annual meeting of the International
Studies Association (ISA) will be held in
Hope all is well with you and look forward to seeing you in
President of AKPS
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Deadline:
103rd American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
will be held in
Papers on any aspect of
Email to:
Jungmin Seo
2007 APSA Program Chair of AKPS
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Phone: 808-944-6701; Fax: 808-956-6877
E-mail: seoj@hawaii.edu
IN MEMORIUM
It is with sadness
we must report the passing of Professor Chin Ha Suk
on
CALL FOR manuscripts
Pacific Focus invites submissions of original
manuscripts pertaining to political and security matters of the Asia Pacific
region and its countries. Pacific Focus is a peer-reviewed
journal published twice a year by the Center for International Studies,
The International Journal of Korean Studies is published twice a year by the
International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS), a non-profit organization in Washington,
D.C. Contributors may submit one copy of papers of 20 to 35 pages in
double-spaced format, with endnotes, accompanied by a computer disk in an
electronic format compatible with WordPerfect 5.0 or later versions. Original and unpublished papers must provide
full documentation conforming to the standards in the current edition of the
Chicago Manual of Style. Papers are to be submitted to Professor Jack L.
Hammersmith, International Journal of Korean Studies, Department of History,
The Korea
Policy Review (
-Articles
must be original and unpublished.
-Manuscripts should not exceed the maximum length of 2,000 words for opinions
or book/article/Web site reviews, 7,000 words for policy (or policy-relevant)
essays, 10,000 words for research papers.
-All text must be 1.5 lines spaced with 12 point Times New Roman font.
-Citations must be formatted using the author-date system outlined in The
Chicago Manual of Style (www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html).
-Manuscripts are considered anonymously. The author’s name must appear only on
the title page and author bio, and the author must not be identified in the
text.
-Documents must be in Microsoft Word file format and include an abstract (up to
200 words), author biography (up to 100 words), word counts (including abstract
and footnotes), and contact information (of the corresponding author for a
coauthored paper).
Send
Submissions to: E-mail documents to Daein Sun at Daein_Sun@ksg07.harvard.edumailto: or Kye
Lee at Kye_Lee@ksg07.harvard.edu by
December 31, 2006. Although not necessary, it would be useful to send an
abstract by the end of November 2006.
Dongryul Kim was appointed Assistant
Professor, Department of Political Science at
Taehyun
Yong Wook Lee One was Assistant Professor,
Department of Political Science and
Jong-Sung You has been appointed as a tenure-track assistant
professor in the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies(IR/PS) at
Samuel
S. Kim. The Two
So Young Kim (
Taehyun
Myongsob Kim ( ) and Horace Jeffery
Hodges ( ). “
Yong Wook Lee, “
The Department of Political Science and the Graduate School of
International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) at the University of
California, San Diego
(http://polisci.ucsd.edu; http://www.irps.ucsd.edu) invite applications for three positions
in the field of international relations. The positions are open with regard to area
of specialization, and applications from all candidates with demonstrated excellence
or promise of excellence in research and teaching are welcomed. For one position
(Political Science), applicants with a research background in the quantitative study
of international security are of particular interest. For a second position
(IR/PS), candidates with research interests in the international relations and
foreign policies of Asia and
Appointments will be as tenure-track Assistant Professors, though appointment
as tenured Associate Professor may also be considered, dependent upon
availability of funding. All appointments will begin
Review of application files will begin on
MEMBERSHIP DUES
AKPS operates largely on your membership dues. Your
timely remission of membership dues is essential for the Association’s
operation. If you have not paid for 2005-06, please send a check ($500 for lifetime membership, $40
for professors, $20 for graduate
students) payable to AKPS and mail to:
Professor Terry Roehrig
National Security and
Decision Making Department
The Association welcomes donations.
As 501 (3) non-profit organization, all dues and donations to AKPS are tax deductible. (*Receipt for your membership fee and donation are
available upon request.)
The AKPS membership application
form is available online at www.akps.org. Check the membership directory to see if your
information is current. If not, please
send an updated form along with your check.
Be sure to keep AKPS apprised of any changes in your contact
information, especially your email address.
President:
Vice President/Treasurer: Esook Yoon (2005-07),
Executive
Secretary: Terence Roehrig
(2005-07),
APSA Program Chair: Jungmin Seo (2006-2007), University of Hawaii-Manoa
ISA
Program Chair: Jih-Un Kim (2006-2007),
Governing
Board:
Toh-Kyeong Ahn (2004-07),
Seung-Ho
Joo (2004-07),
Esook Yoon
Won K. Paik (2005-07),
Terence Roehrig (2006-2008),
Jungmin Seo (2006-2008),
University of Hawaii-Manoa
The Association of
Korean Political Studies is pleased to announce graduate student travel grant
for participation in the 2006 APSA. Graduate students who will be presenting a
paper in one of AKPS sessions of 2006 APSA are eligible. This grant is designed
to encourage the involvement of graduate students in AKPS and support their
research in Korean political studies.
The funding decisions
will be based on financial need as expressed in the grant application (see
description below) and on the merits of the student’s paper abstract. The
funding will pay travel and accommodation costs up to $150,
and a maximum of two recipients will be chosen by an AKPS selection committee.
To apply submit by e-mail (1) the application
form and (2) a paper abstract to Professor Jungmin Seo by e-mail at seoj@hawaii.edu, Department of Political
Science, University of Hawaii at Manoa. The deadline for submission is
I. Application Form
Name:
_______________________________________________________
Address:
_____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
City:
Zip Code:
____________ E-mail:
________________________________
School:
______________________________________________________
Status: PH.D. student ( ) ABD
( )
MA student: ( )
Financial Need:
(Please explain in 300
words or less how this grant will help you participate in 2005 APSA)
II. ABSTRACT
Paper title:
Abstract author(s):
Paper abstract:
(approximately 1,000 words)