CFP: IN AND OUT OF S. KOREA: EXAMINING INTER-ASIAN MOBILITIES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Call for papers, Special issue

“In and Out of South Korea: Examining Inter-Asian Mobilities in Higher Education”

We are seeking papers for a special issue to be published by Globalisation, Societies and Education (GSE).

The special issue, “In and Out of South Korea: Examining Inter-Asian Mobilities in Higher Education,” is based on an October 2020 conference exploring the same topic. We are looking for additional contributors to be considered for the special issue. For more information about the conference: click here.

The special issue will examine South Korea as an important node of the increasing inter-Asian mobility in higher education. Until the twentieth century, the most popular pattern of study abroad was movement from the non-West to the West. However, over the past two decades Asian students have increasingly withdrawn from traditional destinations and moved to other Asian countries for their university education. For instance, the number of international students going to South Korea increased 40 times since 2000. Additionally, in 2019 for the first time the number of Korean students heading to Asian destinations outnumbered those going to North America.

The special issue aims to address several themes. First, it examines the heterogeneous strategies, desires, and practices that individuals, universities, and states deploy in envisioning “opportunities abroad” for youth. Second, it studies the intimate dynamics of “Inter-Asia”—the idea that Asia is multiple and heterogeneous—through the window of higher education. Third, it not only presents Asia as an alternative to the West but critically rethinks global hierarchies and notions of “success” and “failure.”

We seek papers based on empirical research and theoretical exploration that address themes including (but not limited to) students’ desires and strategies, institutional responses and national policies, public discourses, and norms and ethics of globalization. GSE is an interdisciplinary journal and we welcome work carried out from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.

The special issue will be co-edited by Jiyeon Kang (Communication Studies and Korean Studies, University of Iowa), Younghan Cho (Korean Studies and Cultural Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies), and Le-Ha Phan (International and Comparative Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa).

A full paper of 5,000-8,000 words and an author bio should be submitted to jiyeon-kang@uiowa.edu no later than March 1, 2021.

Authors will be informed about acceptance or rejection by April 1, 2021. All manuscripts are due to GSE by June 1, 2021. If you have any questions, please contact Jiyeon Kang (jiyeon-kang@uiowa.edu) and Younghan Cho (choy@hufs.ac.kr).

Deadline: March 1, 2021

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Name: Jiyeon Kang

Email: jiyeon-kang@uiowa.edu