Pukyong National University Hosts Humanities Special Lecture by Professor Stella Shu from Roanoke College, USA

Pukyung Humanities One-Day Special Lecture, Student and Professor Field Trip Participants

The Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) Project Group at Pukyong National University (Director Kim Chang-kyung) held the 12th Pukyong Humanities One-Day Lecture on the 12th at the CORE Community Hall in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Business Building.

On this day, Professor Stella Xu of the Department of History at Roanoke College in Virginia, USA, gave a special lecture on the theme "The Influence of American Missionaries during the Opening Period on the Influx of Western Culture."

Professor Stella Shu of Roanoke College is giving a special lecture at Pukyong National University on the topic of "The Influence of American Missionaries in the Opening Period on the Influx of Western Culture."

Professor Stella Xu delivered a lecture on the activities of American missionaries during the opening period, as well as on independence activist Kim Kyu-sik, Minister to the United States Lee Chae-yeon, and his wife's activities, with the participation of four Roanoke College students and officials from the Pukyong University HK+ Project Group.

Roanoke College is the university from which independence activist Kim Kyu-sik graduated. A delegation composed of current students and professors, who are his juniors, participated in this special lecture program while touring Korea for three weeks under a sponsorship program by the Asia Network.

Since 1892, after the opening period, Roanoke College has played an important role in the influx of Western culture and the expansion of Korea-US relations, with 34 Joseon students studying abroad there.

The Pukyong National University Humanities Korea Plus Project Group organized this special lecture as part of its various educational, research, and civic programs that combine maritime studies and the humanities.

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