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The 33^rd biennial Association for Korean Studies in Europe (AKSE) Conference will be held at the University of Bucharest, Romania, between June 24 and June 27, 2027. 

The year 2027 marks the 50^th anniversary since AKSE was founded in 1977. 

To this day, AKSE remains 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 ideas. They also host the AKSE membership meeting, the association’s central event. At the same time, they serve as a forum for dialogue between European Korean Studies and the wider academic community. In this spirit, we warmly welcome non-members and scholars from outside Europe.

Please see below for details on individual paper and panel proposal submissions. For more information about the conference, and to register to submit an abstract, please also see the conference website available from July 1^st: https://coms.app/akse2027/welcome.html

Key dates 

1 July 2026 – 15 September 2026: Submission of abstracts 

1 January 2027: Notification of acceptance

1 January 2027 – 1 April 2027: Registration 

1 January 2027 – 30 May 2027: Online paper submission 

Submission guidelines 

General information 

• Abstract submission will entail preliminary registration (not binding). Formal registration for all participants and attendees will be open January-April 2027. 
• Subjects in all areas of Korean Studies are welcome. During the abstract submission, submitters will have to choose a field for their presentation. 
• All abstracts should be written in English, but the official languages of the conference are: English, French, German and Korean. You must specify the presentation language if it is different from English. 
• Both individual abstracts and panel proposals can be submitted, although panel proposals will be treated preferentially. 
• We strongly encourage panel diversity (institutional, national, disciplinary, gender, and career-stage), and this will be an important criterion in the final selection process. 
• Each session will last for 100 minutes and typically consist of four paper presentations. To allow plenty of time for discussion, presenters should not exceed 15 minutes (60 minutes for presentations, 40 minutes for discussion). 

Instructions for panel proposals 

• Panel proposals should include: a concise title (e.g. “Korean Diaspora in US”); up to three keywords; details of up to five panelists (up to four presenters and an optional non-presenting chair); and a panel abstract of up to 300 words. 
• Additionally, each presenter should prepare an abstract of up to 300 words 
• Normally panels do not include discussants. The panel chair may act as discussant if invited to do so. 

Instructions for individual papers 

• Individual presenters should submit an abstract of up to 300 words, as well as a paper title and up to three keywords. 

Additional information on the website 

Further information about the conference —including information about registration fees and graduate student travel subsidies — will be available on the conference website: https://coms.app/akse2027/welcome.html

Contact: 

Diana Yuksel and the Korean Studies Team at the University of Bucharest: akse2027@lls.unibuc.ro