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- Prof. Suho Bae Speaks on 'Traditions of Local Communities in History' in 4th Suseon Forum NEW
- In the fourth Suseon Forum, held on October 7, 2021, Prof. Suho Bae from Department of Public Administration and GSG is invited as a speaker to introduce traditions of local communities in history: focus on the case of Jungpyeong village community in Jinan-gun Seongsu-myeon of Jeolla Province’. About 20 professors attends the forum online and offline despite their busy semester schedule. On behalf of the College, we would like to express our gratitude to the professors who participated with academic enthusiasm.
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- 작성일 2021-10-07
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- 3rd Suseon Forum held on Sept. 8
- The College of Social Sciences held the 3rd Suseon Forum on September 8th, 2021. 15 professors and Dean Bi-Hwan KIM of the College gathered online at the forum. Prof. Seong Lim LEE from the Department of Consumer Science, brought an interesting topic of 'Intra-household Gender Earning Gap and Food Expenditure' and had a presentation and discussion with the participating scholars. To promote communication and exchange among faculty members, the College had held the two forums in the first semester of 2021 academic year and will be scheduled to hold a monthly-based academic forum continuously under the theme of 'Community and Social Science', till the first semester of 2022. Consequently, we anticipate that these forums will help revitalize a sustainable academic community in the College and professors find out research topics to engage jointly. For your reference, we put a bit of the past two forums held in the first semester as follows, *1st Suseon Forum: held on May 12 and Prof. Hoon Seok CHOI (Dept. of Psychology) presented on 'A New Model of Individualism-Collectivism that Suggests Us What to Do within and between Groups' *2nd Suseon Forum: on June 10th and Prof. Sou Hyun JANG (Dept. of Sociology) presented on 'Community-based Participatory Research to Promote Health among Immigrants and Racial/Ethnic Minorities"
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- 작성일 2021-09-09
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- Prof. Koo's New Course Titled "The Age of Upheaval" in Collaboration with Jared Diamond
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Prof. Jeong-woo Koo of the Department of Sociology will open a new course titled “The Age of Upheaval” in this semester, collaborating with the Chaired Prof. Jared Diamond, the author of Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this class, Prof. Diamond’s lectures include ‘What factors promoted the rise and fall of civilization?’, ‘How does a society choose success or failure?’ and ‘How does a society escape from crisis?’ Examining key questions, we look back on the past and present of civilizations and the world, and look into the future. The main lectures will be conducted by Prof. Jeong-woo Koo, who received the 2017 SKKU Teaching Award and is known to the public through tvN
, and Prof. Diamond will give two special lectures being held online in real time on Nov. 9 and Nov. 30 at Business Hall Theater, and anyone can attend. This course covers the origins of the modern economic and political system, the rise and fall of the state and society, and a new civilization and a sustainable future by integrating Prof. Diamond’s civilizational and environmental perspectives with Prof. Koo’s historical and sociological ones. In addition, Prof. Diamond’s trilogy will be the main thematic structure and dealing with closely related social change issues. In particular, it is supposed to examine the changes in the history of civilization related to the 4th Industrial Revolution and Transhumanism, and reflect on what these macroscopic social changes imply for the future of Korea. The class will be delivered in a mixture of pre-recorded online and real time streaming at 13:30-14:45 on Tuesday, 12:00-1315 on Thursday. -
- 작성일 2021-09-01
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- Prof. Gi Heon Kwon Offers a Lecture in Collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington
- Prof. Gi Heon Kwon, Dean of the Graduate School, who is affiliated in the Department of Public Administration at Sungkyunkwan University, offers an online lecture for graduate program titled, “Public Managers and the Policy Process”, in collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand for the fall semester of 2021. [Photo of Victoria University of Wellington] The online class will be held every Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and are jointly conducted by Professor Kwon and Professor Verna Smith. The lecture will cover the policy cases in Korea, New Zealand, and Indonesia along with policy studies such as policy making and policy process. The lecture is supported by the KF lectures (Professor Hyung-jun Park) of Graduate School of Governance at SKKU. In Korea, graduate students from the Global MPA program (20 foreign graduate students through KOICA program), and SKKU’s graduate students will join the lecture. In foreign countries, graduate students and government officials from Victoria University of Wellington and graduate students from the University of Gaja Mada (Based in Yogyakara) in Indonesia will participate in real-time. At the School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, this online lecture will be provided to graduate students and government officials. Victoria University of Wellington was founded in 1897 as the national university that is located in Wellington, the capital city. It is a prestigious national university named after Queen Victoria of England, and has traditionally produced many talents in the fields of law, administration, arts and music. Professor Verna Smith, a policy expert at Victoria University in New Zealand, is known as the foremost authority in the field of political science and wrote a book called 『Bargaining Power: Health Policymaking from England and New Zealand』, which compares British and New Zealand health care policies. In collaboration with the office of International Relations, SKKU’s graduate school plans to expand international cooperation with Victoria University of Wellington. On August 25 (Wed), the personnel from the two universities held an online meeting to discuss measures to expand collaboration such as student/professor exchanges, MOU, dual degree, etc, and decided to implement it in the future. Source of photo: Wikipedia
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- 작성일 2021-09-01
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- The 14th Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology Held at SKKU
- The 14th Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology was Held at SKKU [Image] Hoon-Seok Choi, Professor of Psychology The 14th Biennial Conference of the Asian Association of Social Psychology (AASP), where Professor Choi serves as the Committee Chair, was held at the Virtual Conference on the 600th Anniversary Building of Sungkyunkwan University from July 29 (Thu) to 31(Sat). The AASP is the largest international psychology association with 1,100 members, founded in 1995 with the aim of overcoming western-centric psychology and contributing to the development of psychology in Asia-Pacific region. The main theme of the conference was “Social Psychology of Intergroup Conflict: Towards Peace and Reconciliation in Asia,” and it was a virtual place to share academic thoughts of scholars from about 30 countries. The program and detailed schedule of the conference can be found on the event website (https://www.aasp2021seoul.org).
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- 작성일 2021-08-31
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- Prof. Yang-Hee Lee Gives a Lecture on JTBC’s Differential Class
- Prof. Yang-Hee Lee Gives a Lecture on JTBC’s Differential Class Professor Yang-Hee Lee of Department of Child Psychology and Education (Former UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar) will give a lecture on JTBC’s Differential Class with the theme of “Can Myanmar’s Spring Come?” at 10:30 p.m. on May 27 (Thur). ※Preview: https://tv.jtbc.joins.com/trailer/pr10010461/pm10041948/vo10494705/view After serving as a member of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, she served as a chairperson of the Committee on the Rights of the Child under the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2007 to 2011. Additionally, she has been working for 10 years since the founding of the International Center for Human Rights for Children (InCRD). Professor Lee was appointed as a special rapporteur of the UN on the situation of human rights in Myanmar since 2014 to 2020. She is highly recognized nationally and internationally for her expertise in human rights. Following the outbreak of Myanmar’s coup, she formed the Myanmar Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M) in early March this year, serving as a member and a channel to covey the voices of Myanmar activists to the world.
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- 작성일 2021-06-02
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- College of Social Science Holds the 1st Suseon Forum
- College of Social Science Holds the 1st Suseon Forum College of Social Science, Sungkyunkwan University held the 1st Suseon Forum on May 12 (Wed). At this forum, about 30 professors of College of Social Science gathered, and presentations and discussions were conducted to promote academic community. Starting with the welcome speech by Bi-Hwan Kim (Dean, College of Social Science), Prof. Hoon-Seok Choi (Department of Psychology) spoke at the forum with the theme of “A new model of individualism-collectivism that suggests us what to do within and between groups”. Based on the theme of “Community and Social Science”, the College of Social Science plans to hold the Suseon Forum on a monthly-basis until the first half of next year to promote communication and exchange among college members, create a foundation for sustainable academic community formation and discover common research topics.
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- 작성일 2021-06-02
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- “We aim for top 50 in the world ranking” – Interview with President SHIN
- On June 15th, President Dong Ryeol SHIN met with the alumni in United States at the 18th North America alumni association meeting in New Jersey. President SHIN said, “I came to United States to visit Ivy League schools for interaction with excellent scholars and to join the regular alumni meeting. North American alumni have been contributing to our university greatly.” The President also claimed, “the competitiveness of universities depends on acquiring excellent team of professors. We plan to meet and discuss with potential scholars in Harvard, Brown and Cornell University during this trip.” President SHIN also solidified the resolution to become one of top 50 universities in the world by developing excellent talents in the field of system semiconductor and software studies. link: http://www.koreadaily.com/news/read.asp?art_id=7341840
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- 작성일 2019-06-24
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- 2019 Annual Spring Conference of Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association
- 2019 Annual Spring Conference of Korean Social and Personality Psychological Association(Prof. Hoon Seok CHOI, President) will be held on Mar 25th, 2019 at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul. The banquet hall will be '9B118, Basement Floor 1, International Hall'. For more details or inquiries: ksppa1004@naver.com
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- 작성일 2019-05-22
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- Traditional and Unique Freshman Orientation, ‘Shin Bang Rye’ was held
- To welcome the new semester of 2018, 250 freshmen, including international students, participated in SKKU’s traditional and unique orientation ‘Shin Bang Rye’, held at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus from March 10th ~ 11th. ‘Shin Bang Rye’ is a traditional freshmen orientation stemming from the Joseon Dynasty, where newcomers can learn about the education curriculum, campus life, and expected behavior. The event that commenced during the ‘Shin Bang Rye’ ritual process are as follows: Al-Sung (commemorative rites in front of Dae-Sung-Jun), Sang-Eup-Rye (formal greetings between seniors and freshman students), Shin-Bang-Rye (welcoming party by sharing food), and Myun-Shin-Rye (initiation ceremony where senior students provides various tasks to freshmen). For 2018 Shin Bang Rye, 27 international students from various countries, including China, France, Morocco, Germany, Czech Republic, Vietnam, etc. participated to experience the culture and history of the Joseon Dynasty. “We tried to make a unique orientation by combining traditional and modern environments. We will continuously try our best to organize special and unique events with novel ideas,” said student Min Gyung OH, president of the student association ‘Chung Ryang’.
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- 작성일 2018-04-10
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