The opening ceremony of the K-Academic Spread Research Center was held.
- 유학대학
- Hit1690
- 2021-10-18
The "K Academic Spread Research Center" of the Korea Institute of Philosophy and Culture (Dean Shin Jeong-geun) will start communication and overseas expansion of Korean philosophy through online educational content development and distribution.
The Korea Philosophy and Culture Research Institute (Director Park So-jung, hereinafter referred to as the Institute) held the "K Academic Expansion Research Center" at 14:00 on Sept. 7 with related figures such as President Shin Dong-ryul, Director of Planning, Park Hyun-soon, Shin Jung-geun, Professor Kim Do-il, Baek Young-sun, Kim Dong-min, and Kang Kyung-hyun attending. Due to the COVID-19 situation, only a minimum of people attended, and it was carried out by thoroughly complying with the quarantine standards.
The "K Academic Spread Research Center" was launched when the institute was selected as the "K Academic Spread Research Institute Project" organized by the Ministry of Education and the Korea Research Institute. Under the name of "Build Bridge: Communication and Spread of Korean Philosophy," the center will play a role as a base for 1) establishing the foundation of Korean philosophy over the next five years, 2) responding to overseas demand and exchanging 4) expanding Korean philosophy. To this end, 10 courses and a total of 50 high-quality MOOC courses will be developed every year to be installed not only in Korea but also on global online content platforms such as Coursera. The course will be attended by 150 people, including domestic and foreign scholars, academic successors, and external experts.
The opening ceremony was held in the order of introducing the vision of the center and future business plans, and participants moved to the center office on the 5th floor together and attaching the signboard. President Shin Dong-ryul praised the university's innovation efforts to inherit the spirit of tradition through a speech of encouragement and renew it to suit today's reality, saying, "The K-Academic Spread Research Center should lead the future as well as the current discourse of Korean philosophy." Shin Jung-geun, president of the Graduate School of Study, said, "As a senior university with Sungkyunkwan University, we will complete the tasks given and lead to remarkable development," adding, "We will gather the capabilities of individual research institutes and centers to share the results as a one team."
In response, Professor Park So-jung, who concurrently serves as the head of the institute and the center, said, "I am happy to achieve our dream of globalization of Korean philosophy together," adding, "We will enhance our philosophy's status in the world by taking advantage of the strengths of our school."