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Korean Association for Multicultural Education’s

2013 International Conference

 May 9-11, 2013 at Hanyang University

Seoul, Korea

Theme: Reconstructing Education, Culture and Identity in a Global Age 

Hosted by the Korean Association for Multicultural Education (KAME)

The 2013 international conference of the Korean Association for Multicultural Education (KAME) will be held on May 9th-11th, 2013 at Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. Under the theme of Reconstructing Education, Culture, and Identity in a Global Age, the conference will provide a platform for educational researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from around the world to share ideas and research findings, and to build up a worldwide network of scholarly discussions and friendship.

KAME has established international collaborative partnerships with the National Association for Multicultural Education (NAME) in the United States and the International Association for Intercultural Education (IAIE) in Europe, as encapsulated in Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) signed with these organizations. The headquarters of KAME are currently located in Seoul, Korea.

The 2013 KAME international conference will be the first conference to be held by KAME after it has completed signing MOUs with both NAME and IAIE.

Keynote speakers of the 2013 KAME international conference include:

James A. Banks (University of Washington, USA)

Gerald W. Fry (University of Minnesota, USA)

Paul C. Gorski (George Mason University, USA)

Jagdish Gundara (University of London, UK; President of IAIE)

Kevin Kumashiro (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA; President of NAME)

Fabio L. Rocca (Universite 3 de Montpellier, France)

For further information, please visit the official website of KAME (http://kame.or.kr) or send an email to the managing assistant (kame2008@naver.com).

The conference will provide a platform for researchers, policy makers and practitioners in the field of multicultural education from home and abroad to share ideas and research findings, and build up a worldwide network of scholarly discussions and friendship.

KAME invites submissions of manuscripts (or extended abstracts which are detailed enough for the organizers to judge the merits of the paper). Any presentation pertaining to theconference theme or related topics dealing with research agendas and policy issues in the field of multicultural education are welcome. Please submit the manuscript or extended abstract electronically with a short curricular vitae to kame2008@naver.com (orsakim22@hanyang.ac.kr or yunkyung@hanyang.ac.kr ) by November 20, 2012. KAME will inform the authors of whether the submitted paper is accepted by December 20, 2012.

Please send any inquiry to the following addresses:

Professor Yun-Kyung Cha, President

Korean Association for Multicultural Education (yunkyung@hanyang.ac.kr). or

Professor Sunah Kim, sakim22@hanyang.ac.kr

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