고려대학교 한자한문연구소

Day 1

08:30-09:00 Opening Ceremony 

Opening Remarks

ㆍHyokkey Song(Head of Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration, Korea University)

ㆍWiebke Denecke(Faculty Lead of the MIT Global Humanities Initiative)

ㆍByeongho Jung(Head of Humanities Utmost Sharing System, Korea University)

Welcoming Remarks

ㆍSeongtaek Yoon(Executive Vice President for Research, Korea University)

ㆍAgustin Rayo(Dean of School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; Co-Chair of the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, MIT)

09:00-10:00 Keynote Speeches

ㆍFritz Breithaupt(Professor, Department of Francophone, Italian, and Germanic Studies, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania) (virtual)

 “How to Tell Better Stories: Combining Science and Humanities Research”

ㆍDevdutt Pattanaik(Mythologist, writer, columnist, illustrator) 

 “Can Stem or AH Reduce Jealousy in the World?”

10:00-10:15 STEMAH: Convening and Converging our Disciplines for Human

 Flourishing and Planetary Stewardship

ㆍWiebke Denecke(S. C. Fang Professor of Chinese Language and Culture; Professor of East Asian Literatures and Philosophies in the Literature Section, MIT)

10:15-11:15 LIGHTENING TALKS: Session 1 

 Digital Minds and Human Hearts: AI, Media, and Emotional Intelligence

ㆍPattie Maes(Germeshausen Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab) (virtual)

 “Will AI Make Us Smarter or Just More Dependent?”

ㆍAnaïs Sieber(Ph.D. Student, Institute for Philosophy, University of Bonn) 

 “It Takes Time: On Intelligence and Computation” 

ㆍLana Cook(Associate Director, MIT Systems Awareness Lab) (virtual)

 “Cultivating Systems Awareness with AI” 

ㆍMikael Jakobsson(Research Scientist, MIT Game Lab) 

 “Games as Gifts of Culture”

ㆍRichard Eberhardt(Program Manager, MIT Game Lab) 

 “Understanding the World through Games and Play”

*Open Discussion

11:15-11:30

Coffee Break

11:30-12:30 Session 2 

 From Language to Mind: Cognition, Perception, and Human Flourishing

ㆍMonojit Choudhury(Professor of Natural Language Processing, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence) (virtual) 

 “AI and Culture – the Many Interactions”

ㆍEugene Chung(Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Korea University)

  “Language, Empathy, and Flourishing in the Age of AI"

ㆍNancy Tsai(Postdoctoral Research Scholar, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT) 

 “Stress and the Brain: Language and Perception”

ㆍSanghoun Song(Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Korea University) (virtual)

 “The Stochastic Parrot Speaks Only English”

ㆍJonas Mago(Ph.D. Candidate, Integrative Program in Neuroscience, McGill University) 

 “Neuroscience of Human Flourishing”

ㆍJustus Wachs(Ph.D. Candidate, Integrative Program in Neuroscience, McGill University) 

 “Contemplative Learning for Human Flourishing”

*Open Discussion

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:00 Session 3 

 Dialogues across the Humanities and the Sciences

ㆍShankar Raman(Professor, Literature Section, MIT),Frédéric Jaeck(Associate Professor, Philosophy of Mathematics, University of Aix-Marseilles) (virtual) 

 “Hamlet’s Dilemma”

ㆍMoritz Epple (Ph.D. Candidate, Center for Science and Thought, University of Bonn) 

 “Expanding Views on the Scientific Method”

ㆍChan Lee(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Korea University) 

 “Can the University Be Free from Money? Knowledge, Capital, and the Public Good”

ㆍRafal K. Stepien(Research Associate, Austrian Academy of Sciences) (virtual) 

 “Karma and the Ecology of Care”

ㆍCathy Wang (Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Chongqing University)

 “Cultivating a STEMAH Ecosystem: Buddhist Texts as Seeds & Disciplines as Landscapes”

ㆍAndreas Ohlemacher(Church Executive; Advisor for Ecumenical Theology, the German National Committee of the Lutheran World Federation) 

 “Interconfessional Consultations: Human Resources, Artificial Intelligence, and The Transcendent”

*Open Discussion

15:00-15:20

Coffee Break

15:20-16:20 Session 4

 Life, Ecology, and Healing: Human and Planetary Wellbeing

15:20-16:20 

ㆍMichael Stanley-Baker(Assistant Professor of History and Medical Humanities, Nanyang Technological University) 

 “Polyglot Asian Medicine: A Proof of Concept Website for Data Integration between Traditional and Modern Health Systems”

ㆍThomas Ryan(Assistant Professor, Department of Korean History, Korea University) 

 “The Cheju Uprising (4.3) as World Memory: Violence, Nature, and the Archive”

ㆍOr Porath(Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Studies, Tel Aviv University) (virtual)

 “Faith in Ruin: Buddhist Responses to Ecological Crisis”

ㆍHelen Shin(Associate Professor, College of Media & Communication, Korea University)

 “Critical Unintelligence: Reframing Knowledge, Creativity, and Agency in the Age of Machine Learning” 

ㆍSolmi Chung(Assistant Professor, Department of Sinographic Literatures, Korea University)

 “Imagining the Beggar Ghost: Ritual, Calamity, and Poverty in Cultural Memory”

ㆍJohann Noh(Research Professor, Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration, Korea University)

 “Landscape of Mind: The Old Future of Environmental Understanding”

*Open Discussion

16:20-17:30 Roundtable: WHERE is the University of the Future?

16:20-17:30 

ㆍMODERATOR: Wiebke Denecke(S. C. Fang Professor of Chinese Language and Culture; Professor of East Asian Literatures and Philosophies in the Literature Section, MIT)

ㆍYoungwoo Kwon(Professor, Department of Philosophy, Korea University)

ㆍHikyoung Lee(Dean of the College of Liberal Arts; Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Korea University)

ㆍDevdutt Pattanaik(Mythologist, writer, columnist, illustrator)

ㆍHelen Shin(Associate Professor, College of Media & Communication, Korea University)

ㆍSangkee Song(Vice President for International Affairs; Professor, Department of Spanish Language & Literature, Korea University)

17:30-19:00

Dinner (by invitation only)

Day 2

 (by invitation only)

08:30-10:00 Pillar & Project Reports 

08:30-10:00

Pillar & Project Reports (pillar coordinators and project leaders only)

10:00-10:20

Coffee Break

10:20-15:30 Strategy and Planning Meetings (by invitation only)

10:20-10:30

Introduction to the KU Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration

10:30-11:20

Tools for Human Flourishing (Contemplative Practices, Neuroscience & AI) and Traditional Medicines strategy meeting 

11:20-12:10

Governance Pillar and Diplomacy projects planning meeting 

12:10-12:40

Coffee & Snack Break 

12:40-13:30

Public Literacies Hub Brainstorming 

13:30-14:00

STEMAH Pillar Brainstorming (FOR ALL GHI MEMBERS & CONFERENCE GUESTS)

14:00-14:50

Atlas of Human Literatures strategy meeting (with World Poetries of the Neighborhood project)

14:50-15:40

Philology 2.0 2026 planning meeting 

15:40-16:30 Concluding Plenary Session (in person only)

Day 3

 Surprise Field Trip in the Seoul Area with a Cultural Heritage Tour Guide!