Participation in 2019 AAS Annual Conference’s Book Exhibition

The Foundation took part in the book exhibition at the 2019 AAS Annual Conference held in Colorado. U.S., on March 21 to 25. The Association for Asian Studies (AAS), the largest academic group for Asian studies in the U.S., holds the conference annually. Western scholars, as well as those from Korea, China, and Japan majoring in Asian studies, meet to promote academic exchange and to share knowledge and information, while organizing a book exhibition as an auxiliary event.

This year’s AAS Book Exhibition saw participation by 97 academic institutions and publishing companies from Japan, China, the U.S., Britain, Taiwan, etc. to display and sell a variety of publications. Aside from the Foundation, Korea’s National Museum of Korean Contemporary History, Literature Translation Institute of Korea, and private publishing companies also participated in the exhibition. The Foundation shared a booth with the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History to create a one stop shop at which participating scholars could attain information related to Korean studies and other publicized Korean studies by exhibiting books published by the Academy of Korean Studies. The Foundation used the exhibition as a chance to actively advertise its publication projects by distributing multi-language leaflets and lists of English books, as well as exhibiting published books and fostering understanding about its overall activities. Meanwhile, the books on display were donated to Duke University.