Special Lecture from William Adams, Chair of the National Endowments for the Humanities, on Oct 25th
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- 2016-10-24
As the first event of CORE Promotion Week, CORE (Initiatives for colleges of humanities’ research and education) Project organization of SKKU invited William Adams, Chair of the National Endowments for the Humanities, to give a special lecture under the subject of “The reason why humanities are important: Cultivate humanities for STEM generation” on Oct 25th 10AM at the 1st meeting room of 600th Anniversary Hall in SKKU.
Mr. Adams received his Ph.D. at the University of California at Santa Cruz with a dissertation in history of consciousness titled Digging in the same place: an essay in the political and social philosophy of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. He served 5 years as president of Bucknell University and became Colby’s 19th president. After having nominated by president Obama, Mr. Adams has been serving as the 10th Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities since July 2014.
At the lecture, he will talk about three big themes: (1) Technology won’t adduce answers to our generation, (2) Crisis of democracy and community in the society of technology and knowledge, (3) Democratic citizens with professionalism on alternatives, integrated, and comprehensive viewpoint.
The special lecture from William Adams has been planned as a part of government’s CORE project for 16 selected universities including Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul National University, and Korea University.
Prof. Ho Duk HWANG (Korean Language and Literature) who organized this event mentioned the purpose of the event as “Since Korea and USA have been confronted from the similar problems of global society, the experiences and knowledge that Mr. Adams have would help to find solutions in Korean society where the appeal of humanities has been blunted.”
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