Pukyong National University Hosts the 3rd Northeast Asian Maritime Humanities Network International Conference Online

Participation of Four Countries Including Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan on the 26th-27th

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) Project Group at Pukyong National University (Director Son Dong-joo) will hold the 3rd Northeast Asian Maritime Area and Humanities Network International Academic Conference online over two days on the 26th and 27th.

This international academic conference is hosted by the Pukyong National University HK+ Project Group (Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences Research · Institute of Marine Humanities Research) and sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Ministry of Education.

Due to COVID-19, the event will be held online and will include scholars from four countries: Korea, China, Japan, and Taiwan.

Pukyong National University holds this annual international academic conference to view the Northeast Asian maritime area from a humanities perspective together with scholars from the East Asian region, focusing on the importance and role of the Northeast Asian maritime area to foster healthy development of regional relations.

This year’s conference will begin with a keynote lecture titled "Postwar East Asian Society Construction, Repatriation, Expulsion, and Residuals" by the distinguished Professor Shinjo Araragi from Jochi University in Japan, followed by 14 presentations and discussions.

On the first day, in-depth academic exchanges will take place under the theme "Modern Reorganization of the Northeast Asian Maritime Humanities Network" in three sessions: "Northeast Asian Maritime Area and Cultural Network," "Northeast Asian Maritime Area and Industrial Network," and "Northeast Asian Maritime Area and Civil Network."

On the second day, a special session titled "Northeast Asian Maritime Humanities Network" will be held, centered on researchers affiliated with the HK+ Project Group.

Son Dong-joo, Director of the Pukyong National University HK+ Project Group, said, "Through this international academic conference, we hope that researchers of the Northeast Asian maritime area will establish a humanities academic network mediated by the sea and present a new humanities paradigm regarding the Northeast Asian maritime area."

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