Chonnam National University Selected for 'Youth Culture Program' for Three Consecutive Years

Photos of the 1st and 2nd sessions of the Youth Humanities and Culture Program conducted by the Institute of Humanities at Chonnam National University at Namwon Girls' High School.

The Humanities Research Institute at Chonnam National University (Director: Jung Mira) announced on the 3rd that it has been selected for the third consecutive year as the operating institution for the Jeolla region in the "Youth Humanities and Culture Program (Youth Humanities Class)," hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Arts Council Korea. Accordingly, the institute plans to run humanities programs this year as well, in collaboration with 14 institutions in Gwangju, Jeonnam, and Jeonbuk.

The "Youth Humanities Class" is a national public project aimed at fostering humanities literacy among youth and promoting the spread of humanities and spiritual culture. It supports youth in developing self-esteem and a sense of community through humanities and cultural programs. After a pilot project in 2022, the program has been fully implemented in five regions nationwide from 2023 to 2025. The Humanities Research Institute at Chonnam National University has been exclusively responsible for running the program in the Jeolla region (Gwangju, Jeonnam, Jeonbuk).

Over the past two years, the Humanities Research Institute at Chonnam National University has collaborated with more than 30 youth training facilities and institutions, providing humanities programs to approximately 6,000 youths. In particular, by offering "visiting humanities education" to youths in rural, fishing, and educationally disadvantaged areas, the institute has expanded opportunities for everyday engagement with the humanities, receiving a strong positive response from the local community.

This year marks the final year of the project, with a total of 14 institutions in the Jeolla region selected to operate the program. Notably, the institute is launching a new specialized program, "Rural School Humanities Journey," which it has planned independently. This program is a mobile humanities journey for students at small elementary and middle schools in areas at risk of depopulation, designed to allow youths to experience and view their region from a humanities perspective.

Kim Byungin, Deputy Director (Principal Researcher) of the Humanities Research Institute at Chonnam National University, said, "Based on three years of operational experience, we plan to provide more in-depth humanities education together with local youths," adding, "We will do our best to ensure that the humanities can naturally permeate even the smallest schools in the region."

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