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 The 27th Biennial AKSE Conference10-13 July 2015The Department of Korean Studies at Ruhr-Universität Bochum will host the 27th Biennial AKSE Conference from 10 (Fri) to 13 (Mon) July 2015 in Bochum, Germany.&#160;The biennial AKSE conferences provide an opportunity for European scholars of Korean studies to gather and exchange research results. Hosting the membership meeting, they are the most important event of the association as such. AKSE conferences are also a way for European scholars to communicate with the global academic community. We thus warmly welcome non-Europeans and non-members.&#160;For submission of abstracts and panel proposals, please visit the conference web-site at http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/akse2015/submission.html.&#160;Deadline for submission is 30 June 2014.&#160;&#160;