International Conference on Sociology of Korea (I-CSK)

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is pleased to host the 3rd International Conference on Sociology of Korea (I-CSK), October 18 – 19, 2024 on the Penn campus.

Welcome

The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) is pleased to host the 3rd International Conference on Sociology of Korea (I-CSK), October 18 – 19, 2024 on the Penn campus. The conference will provide a venue for scholars across the globe to come together to share their on-going projects on Korea/Koreans and Korean diaspora and develop academic networks. For this conference, the program committee is soliciting papers that address various aspects of Korea/Koreans including family, health & population, gender & sexualities, (im)migration, race & ethnicity, stratification & inequality, and political sociology / economic sociology. The committee also welcomes papers that examine other important issues of Korea/Koreans. This year the conference also features a plenary session of Professor Pyong Gap Min, Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the Graduate Center and Queens College of the City University of New York.

    1. Family, Health & Population (organizer: Jaein Lee & Sojung Lim)
    2. Gender & Sexualities (organizer: Hyeyoung Woo)
    3. (Im)migration, Race & Ethnicity (organizer: Minjeong Kim)
    4. Stratification & Inequality (organizer: Jung In)
    5. Political Sociology / Economic Sociology (organizer: Su Yeone Jeon)
    6. Other topics (organizer: ChangHwan Kim)

Scholars across the world, especially junior scholars and graduate students, are strongly encouraged to submit either a full-length paper (up to 10,000 words including text, notes, and references) or an extended abstract (up to 4 single-space pages with references, excluding tables and figures) to be considered for presentation at the conference. A full-length paper or extended abstract submission can be uploaded here and is due by 11:00 pm US Eastern Daylight Time, July 10. A short abstract (up to 200 words) is also required for all submissions. In the submission site, you can indicate a session for which your paper should be considered.

Please feel free to ask any questions about the conference by emailing to the conference organizers (ICSKatPenn@gmail.com).