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The 7th World Humanities Forum
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  • The 6th
    World Humanities Forum 2020
    Humanities for Harmony : Striving towards Coexistence and Mutual Prosperity
    Date/Venue
    2020.11.19.(Thur.) – 11.21.(Sat.) / Gyeongju Hwabaek International Convention Center (HICO)
    Keynote Speech
    Kwang-Ok Kim (Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University)
    Robert E. Buswell (Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles)
    Tobias Blanke (Professor at University of Amsterdam)
    David Martin Jones (Professor at University of Glasgow)
    Attendees
    A total of 158 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 119 from domestic locations / 39 from overseas
    General attendees: 418 (offline) / 1,537 viewers on the live stream
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  • The 5th
    World Humanities Forum 2018
    The Human Image in a Changing World
    Date/Venue
    2018.10.31.(Wed.) – 11.2.(Fri.) / Busan Metropolitan City F1963
    Keynote Speech
    Tyler Stovall (Former President of American History Association)
    Han-Ku Lee (Director of KyungHee University Global Academy for Future Civilizations)
    Wang Hui(Professor at Tsinghua University)
    Rosi Braidotti(Professor at Utrecht University)
    Attendees
    A total of 127 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 34 from domestic locations / 93 from overseas
    A total of approx. 3,300 general attendees
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  • The 4th
    World Humanities Forum 2016
    The Humanities of Hope
    Date/Venue
    2016.10.27.(Thur.) – 10.29.(Sat.) / Ajou University, Gyeonggi Art center, Suwon SK Artrium
    Keynote Speech
    Roger-Pol Droit (Professor at College International de Philosophie, France)
    Monique Atlan (French Journalist)
    Kazushige Shingu (Professor at Japan Nara University)
    Karl Mertens (Professor at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg)
    Dong-Il Cho (Professor at Seoul National University)
    Attendees
    A total of 132 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 91 from domestic locations / 41 from overseas
    A total of approx. 3,603 general attendees
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  • The 3rd
    World Humanities Forum 2014
    Humanities in the Era of Transformative Science and Technology
    Date/Venue
    2014.10.30.(Thur.) – 11.1.(Sat.) / Daejeon Convention Center (DCC)
    Keynote Speech
    Chang-Rae Lee (Professor at Princeton University)
    Peter Galison (Professor at Harvard University)
    Reiko Kuroda (Professor at University of Tokyo)
    Attendees
    A total of 56 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 39 from domestic locations / 17 from overseas
    A total of approx. 2,601 general attendees
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  • The 2nd
    World Humanities Forum 2012
    Humanities and Healing
    Date/Venue
    2012.11.1.(Thur.) – 11.3.(Sat.) / BEXCO, Busan Metropolitan City
    Keynote Speech
    Konrad Jarausch (Professor at the University of North Carolina)
    Michel Maffesoli (Professor at Université Paris Descartes)
    Yersu Kim (Director of Kyunghee University Global Academy for Future Civilizations)
    Attendees
    A total of 67 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 33 from domestic locations / 34 from overseas
    A total of approx. 7,100 general attendees
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  • The 1st
    World Humanities Forum 2011
    Universalism in a Multicultural World
    Date/Venue
    2011.11.24.(Thur.) – 11.26.(Sat.) /BEXCO, Busan Metropolitan City
    Keynote Speech
    Woo-Chang Kim (Professor at Ewha Womans University)
    Fred Dallmayr (Professor at University of Notre Dame)
    Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (Nobel Prize in Literature 2008)
    Attendees
    A total of 65 Invited speakers (presenters, discussants, moderators, etc.) : 34 from domestic locations / 31 from overseas
    A total of approx. 1,000 general attendees
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