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Call for Papers — 14th biennial KSAA conference and 8th KSAA Postgraduate Workshop), ANU, Canberra, 26–28 November 2025

The Korean Studies Association of Australasia (KSAA) warmly invites paper and panel proposals from scholars, practitioners, early career researchers, and postgraduate students for the 14th biennial KSAA conference, which will be held at ANU’s main campus in Canberra on Thursday 27 November and Friday 28 November 2025 and is made possible by generous financial support from the ANU Korea Institute. The theme of the conference is “Korean Studies since 1945: Intersection of Colonial and Cold War Legacies and Beyond.”

Keynote speakers:

• Prof. Hyun Mee Kim, Yonsei University.
• Assoc. Prof. Lucien Brown, Monash University.

The conference will be preceded by a one-day KSAA postgraduate workshop held at the same venue on Wednesday 26 November 2025.

Organizers: the ANU Korea Institute and the KSAA.

Sponsors:

• ANU Korea Institute.
• ANU’s College of Asia and the Pacific (CAP).
• ANU’s School of Culture, History and Language (CHL).

Papers and panels:

Papers are to be presented in person only, in either Korean or English. Panels can comprise three or four presentations. Including a discussant is optional. To allow for discussion we ask presenters to stay within the time limit of twenty minutes per paper. If you propose a panel comprised of four presenters and one discussant, each presentation will need to be limited to fifteen minutes.

Those interested in presenting at the conference are kindly asked to submit a title, a 300-word (max.) abstract, and a brief 100-word bio. Panel proposals are very welcome: please provide titles, abstracts and bios for all presenters, as well as the bio of any discussant you may wish to include, using the email address “roald/maliangkay–anu.edu.au” after replacing the forward slash with a dot and the emdash with @. NB: Postgraduate Workshop participants can also present at the conference; they are expected to submit the same items.

MA or PhD students located in Australia or New Zealand who are working on a Korean Studies-related topic and are KSAA members are kindly asked to inform us of their interest in participating in the Postgraduate Workshop along with a letter from their primary supervisor letter and a min. 500-word Statement of Research Interest (SRI). Details about the Workshop’s program will be made available later.

Key Dates:

• 30 June 2025: due date for applications/proposals.
• 21 July 2025: acceptance notification.
• 8 September: due date for registration fee payment.
• 25 November (evening): Postgraduate Workshop welcome reception.
• 26 November: Postgraduate Workshop (all day).
• 26 November (evening): KSAA Conference welcome dinner reception + registration.
• 27-28 November: KSAA Conference (all day).

Registration fees:

KSAA members = $100

KSAA students = $50

non-KSAA-members = $200

non-KSAA students = $100

Single-day registration for non-KSAA-member participants: $100

Single-day registration for non-KSAA student participants: $50

To become a KSAA member, please click here. Membership is for two years and costs $100 for those on a salary, and $50 for students.

Owing to generous funding from the ANU Korea Institute, registration will cover all meals (and tea/coffee/drinks), except breakfast. While travel and accommodation costs must be covered by the participants, those of postgraduate students located in Australia and New Zealand participating in the Postgraduate Workshop will be covered (based on economy-class travel, with participants sharing rooms based on gender) for the duration of the Workshop and conference. However, they must stay for the duration of the workshop and conference, and they are still required to pay conference registration fees.

Accommodation:

TBA (the ANU Korea Institute is hoping to secure special rates with hotels within walking distance from ANU).

Payments:

To pay, please use either the following information (for electronic bank transfer)

• Name of account holder: Korean Studies Association of Australasia.
• Currency: AUD.
• Name of bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia.
• Address of bank: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Australian National University, Shop B5/156 Joplin Ln, Acton ACT 2601, Australia.
• Account number: 062903-10073799 (NB for those in Australia, the BSB is 062903, and the account number is 10073799).
• BIC/Swift Code: CTBAAU2S (please use CTBAAU2SXXX if your bank’s website or app asks for 11 characters).

When sending funds, please provide the following note/comment:

• Your name.
• Purpose of payment.
• Whether you intend to join the welcoming dinner reception on 26 November.

Small bursaries:

To support those struggling to afford the cost of travel and attendance, the KSAA are offering 5 small bursaries of AUD$ 1,100 each. The bursaries will be remitted to the recipient’s bank account on the second day of the conference. NB: successful applicants are required to stay for the duration of the conference. Those interested are kindly asked to submit a budget and a ± 1000-word rationale, using the email address “s/koo–auckland.ac.nz” after replacing the forward slash with a dot and the emdash with @.

 

The conference will be preceded by a one-day KSAA Postgraduate Workshop for KSAA student members located in Australia or New Zealand, which will be held at the same venue on 26 December. Both the workshop and conference will be in-person events. 

 

Further details can be found here (website will be updated regularly).