The 8th World Humanities Forum
Day 1   November 4 (Tuesday)
  • Date & Time

    November 4, 2025 (Tue) / 09:30–17:30

  • Program

    Parallel Sessions 1 (8 Themes AI, Coexistence), Opening Ceremony, Keynote Speech 1 (AI), Symposium 1 (AI), Symposium 2 (Coexistence)

  • Venue

    Andong International Convention Center B1F Grand Conference Hall (Main Venue), 2F Rooms 201–210 (Parallel Sessions)

Keynote Speech 1 & Opening Ceremony
Time Program Details
13:00~13:30 Opening Ceremony
13:30~15:00 Keynote Speech 1
(AI)
  • Presenter : Mohammed Ali Benmakhlouf
  • “Artificial Intelligence and the Challenges of Human Conversation”
  • Moderator : Seonwook Kim
  • Discussant : Heisook Kim
Symposium 1, 2
Time Program Details
15:30~17:30 Symposium 1
(AI)

Title : AI Governance

  • Presenter :
    • 1. Taewoong Park: The Age of AI: Challenges and Responses
  • Moderator : Chankyu Lee
  • Discussants : Jungwon Lee, Kwangho Lee
Symposium 2
(Coexistence)

Title : Coexistence in the Middle East

  • Presenters :
    • 1. Ahmed Nassim Barqawi: The Meaning of Coexistence Among Nations: Between Negativity and Positivity
    • 2. Heesoo Lee: Peace and Coexistence in the Middle East : Historical Background and Realistic Alternative
  • Moderator : Ilkwang Seong
Parallel Sessions 1
Time Program Details
09:30~12:00 Session 1
(AI)

Title : AI Ethics

  • Moderator : Whachul Son
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Barbara Janusz-Pohl: Ethical Challenges to AI Implementation in Criminal Justice Systems
    • 2. Ho Manh Tung: The Role of Nature Quotient in a Human-AI Co-Created Sustainable Future
    • 3. Sunghoon Jung: Unfolding the Paradox of Identity through the Profile Identity with Generated Image
    • 4. Eusun Heo: Rethinking Publicness in the Age of AI: Focusing on the Space of Appearance
  • Discussant : Insok Ko
Session 2
(AI)

Title : AI and Humanities Research

  • Moderator : Geonwoo Park
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Tony Veale: In Two Minds: Thinking Fast and Slow about Large Language Models
    • 2. Marcin Galiński: Categorical Imperative as the Philosophical Foundation of Punishing Al Agents
    • 3. June Jeon: Doing Humanities with Artificial Intelligence: A Comparative Perspective
    • 4. Baro Kim: Humanities Research Governance in the AI Era
  • Discussant : Sunghyon Myaeng
Session 3
(Roundtable)

Title : Education in the Age of AI

  • Moderator : Chankyu Lee
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Seonghoon Do: In the Age of AI, 읽걷쓰 is the answer!
    • 2. Sungwoo Um: Treating AI Teachers Virtuously
    • 3. Hyeoncheol Kim: The Direction of Education in the AI Era
    • 4. Wonjoong Kim: The Necessity of Changing the Education Paradigm and Establishing a Humanities-Based Talent Profile in the Era of AI Transformation
Session 4
(AI)

Title : AI and Translation

  • Moderator : Hobin Choi
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Ke Hu: Human–AI Collaboration in Translation and Creative Practices: Principles and Strategies of Prompt Engineering
    • 2. Muhammet Emre Korkmaz: AI-Supported Semantic Analysis in Korean Language Education: Insights from the Turkish University Context
    • 3. Younggil Yim: Current Status and Prospects of AI-Based Classical Chinese Translation
    • 4. Yohan Jang: Past Language, Future Technology: Integrating Korean Historical Morphological Corpora with AI
Session 5
(Coexistence)

Title : Museums as Inclusive Spaces

  • Moderator : Eunkyung Park
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Vicki Sung-yeon Kwon: From Decolonial Initiatives to Climate Change – Royal Ontario Museum
    • 2. Masao Oi: Beyond Walls, Connect Cultures: Digital Museums as Catalysts for Inquiry Learning
    • 3. Seongil Park: Management and Utilization of Classical Texts through the Lens of Interculturalism: Focusing on Kyujanggak Institutes for Korean Studies at Seoul National University
    • 4. Younghee Kim: Museum for everyone, Art history for everyone
  • Discussant : Byoungchan Min
Session 6
(Coexistence)

Title : Korean Literature and the World

  • Moderator : Taeyong Kim
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Jean-Claude de Crescenzo: Some Conditions for the Coexistence of Korean Literature with World Literature
    • 2. Seungwoo Lee: The Premise For The Global Coexistence Of Korean Literature
    • 3. Yongjoon Jeong
Session 7
(Coexistence)

Title : Books and Libraries in the Digital Age

  • Moderator : KyungHoon Moon
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Guillaume Fau: The Case of Marcel Proust’s Manuscripts : From Creative Genius to Artificial Intelligence. A Critical Perspective
    • 2. Rafael Olea Franco: Borges: Reading and Libraries as a kind of Paradise (and Hell)
    • 3. Younguk Kim: Melancholy of Books
  • Discussant : Sukkyun Woo, Jiyeon Cha
Session 8
(Coexistence)

Title : Encountering the Other

  • Moderator : Segeun Jeong
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Aditi Singh: Humans in the Loop: Encountering and Coexisting with the Human and Non-Human “Other”
    • 2. Suk Gabriel Choi: A Reflection on Communication and Empathy from a Gi-Philosophical Perspective
    • 3. Youngjin Yim: Similarities in the Origins of Ancient East Asian Adult Jar-coffins
    • 4. Mingyu Seo: Transcendence and Coexistence: Philosophical Responses and Tasks in a Civilizational Transition
  • Discussant : Namho Cho