The Heat of 'Untact' International Academic Events Heats Up

Pukyong National University Hosts Northeast Asia Graduate Students Next-Generation Development Forum
Graduate Students from 4 Countries Present Research and Engage in Online Discussions

The scene of the 3rd Next-Generation Graduate Student Forum held at Pukyong National University on the 17th. This year, the event was conducted online.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Although the warmth of the event venue was gone due to 'untact', the enthusiasm of the online academic conference was intense.

Due to the spread of COVID-19, the international academic exchange event for graduate students in the Northeast Asia region was also held online, attracting attention.

The Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) Project Group at Pukyong National University held the 3rd Next-Generation Graduate Student Forum on the 17th at the Convention Hall on the 4th floor of the Future Building under the theme "Development and Exchange of the Modern Northeast Asian Maritime Humanities Network."

Graduate students from four countries?Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan?participated, engaging in passionate discussions and presentations beyond spatial boundaries. This forum is an international academic event hosted by the Pukyong National University HK+ Project Group, which is conducting research on "Northeast Asian Maritime Humanities Network and Dynamism," to nurture next-generation researchers in the field of Northeast Asian maritime humanities.

Since 2018, the Pukyong National University HK+ Project Group has held forums where graduate students from four countries gather in one place to present and discuss, but this year, it had to be changed to an online format.

Although the discussion venue connected different spaces via online connections and Wi-Fi, attention focused on presentations and discussions, gradually heating up the atmosphere. One participant said, "Until now, I was only accustomed to the enthusiasm and on-site atmosphere of 'face-to-face' events."

On this day, graduate students from Pukyong National University, Mokpo National University, China Ocean University, Shanghai Normal University, Kagoshima University, Kanagawa University, Kansai University, Taiwan Ocean University, and Xiamen University met online.

They presented and discussed 11 papers across three sessions: historical materials and the Northeast Asian maritime region, the development of empires and the Northeast Asian maritime region, and locality and exchange in the Northeast Asian maritime region.

The presentations were simultaneously interpreted in Korean, Chinese, and Japanese and broadcast live worldwide through the HK+ Project Group's YouTube channel.

Son Dong-joo, head of the HK+ Project Group, said, "Through this forum, graduate students from Korea, China, Taiwan, and Japan not only share research results on the knowledge, people, and cultural dynamism of modern and contemporary Northeast Asian maritime regions but also create an opportunity to continue academic exchanges beyond time and space in the future."

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