내년은 '해방 80주년'이 되는 해입니다. 이를 맞아 『Korea Journal』은 2025년 가을호에 게재할 특집 논문을 모집합니다. 특집 주제는 다음과 같은 주제들입니다.

1) 식민지 시대 말기부터 한국전쟁까지 전쟁 동원이 젠더와 국민의식에 대한 생각과 실천에 미친 영향 

2) 1945년 아시아-태평양 전쟁 전후의 한국 민족 이동, 국경의 설정과 한국전쟁, 그리고 민족의 고착화

3) 해방 후 한국에서의 일본에 대한 적대적 문화변용

4) 『해방전후사의 인식』 / 『해방전후사의 재인식』 다시 읽기

- '두 개의 한국'을 형성하게 된 역사적 힘

- 해방 전 한국인의 친일 협력 활동과 1945년 이후 친일 협력자 처벌

- 대한민국 건국에 관한 뉴라이트 사관

5) 일본 제국주의 통치와 한국의 경제 성장의 관계

Call for Papers

August 15, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from colonial rule and its partition. To mark that occasion, Korea Journal invites scholars from any humanistic discipline, at any stage in their career, to submit proposals that speak to the theme of “Liberation, 1945” for publication in a special issue to be published in Fall, 2025.

For inclusion in this special issue, the proposed historiographic essay or research article (7,000-9,000 words in length) may address long-debated issues such as historical forces that led to the formation of two Koreas. Or, it may address issues long-neglected or undertheorized – for example, the impact of war mobilization on ideas and practices of gender relations and citizenship, from the late colonial period through the Korean War.

The proposal should be no more than 600 words in length. In addition to providing a concise statement of the problem, the proposal should integrate into its narrative a historical overview of how the topic has been conceptualized, or made peripheral. The proposal’s main focus, of course, has to be how the problematic can be articulated, and how interpretive strategies and research findings would be made sensible and compelling.

The list below represents a range of possible topics. Your proposal need not be limited by these topics, but your historiographic essay or research article must speak in some essential way to the theme of “Liberation, 1945”:

* Impact of war mobilization on ideas and practices of gender and citizenship, from the late colonial period through the Korean War

* 1945, end of war, and millions of Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans on the move. Then, the imposition of borders, Korean War, and the fixing-in-place of peoples.

* Acculturation in post-liberation Korea of hostility against Japanese rule

* Re-reading Haebang jeonhusa-ui insik / Haebang jeonhusa-ui jae-insik.

- Historical forces that led to the formation of two Koreas

- Pro-Japanese activities by Koreans before liberation and the punishment of pro-Japanese collaborators after 1945.

- New Right Historiography regarding founding of South Korea

* The relationship between Japanese imperial rule and South Korea’s economic growth.

With your proposal, please submit a one-page curriculum vitae. Your c.v. should include your institutional affiliation and recent major publications.

Your proposal and c.v. must be received by 8:00 am, September 30 (KST), and will be evaluated by Korea Journal’s Editorial Board. In early October, approximately eight applicants will be selected, and they will present their completed drafts, for discussion and revision, at a conference to be held on February 22, 2025.

Contact Information: For inquiries and submissions, please contact: koreajournal@aks.ac.kr

Jooyeun Son

Managing Editor, Korea Journal

The Academy of Korean Studies

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Gyeonggi-do, 13455 Republic of Korea

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