Gwangju Nam-gu Sparks Wave of Humanities Popularization

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City operates various programs including a humanities academy, historical exploration, and a creative poetry and painting exhibition.

Nam-gu announced on the 19th that it will conduct the 'Nam-gu Humanities Academy' program year-round to create a people-centered happy community by fostering a humanities boom.

The academy will be held every Thursday from the 23rd of next month until November 2nd, and any resident interested in the humanities can participate.

Nam-gu plans to divide the program into four fields?poetry and music, history, and philosophy?so that residents in the district can experience high-quality humanities in various areas.

The humanities academy in each field will be led by the best instructors in Korea.

First, in the poetry and music fields, poet Woo Dae-sik, who served as a selection committee member for excellent books at the Cultural Arts Committee, and Professor Lee Ji-young, a Seoul National University College of Music graduate and principal cellist of the Seoul Orchestra, are positioned.

In the history field, Professor Ko Young-jin, who served as a senior specialist in the humanities field at the Korea Research Foundation and was a visiting professor at Harvard University, will lecture, and in the philosophy field, Professor Kim Eun-su, who is a professor in the Creative Writing Department at Gwangju University and president of the Korean Classical Poetry Society, will present lectures.

Nam-gu will conduct a historical exploration around Pochungsa Shrine and Jinju Fortress in August, and in October, it will hold a ‘Humanities Sports Festival’ with literary figures.

It will also promote the ‘Humanities Day’ program to commemorate Korea Book Day.

In November, a creative poetry and painting exhibition and a publication commemorative event will be held at Baegun Square, involving students of the humanities academy poetry field and residents.

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