The 8th World Humanities Forum
Day 2   November 5 (Wednesday)
  • Date & Time

    November 5, 2025 (Wed) / 09:30–17:30

  • Program

    Parallel Sessions 2 (8 Themes AI, Coexistence), Keynote Speech 2 (Coexistence), Symposium 3 (AI), Symposium 4 (Coexistence)

  • Venue

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

Keynote Speech 2
Time Program Details
13:30~15:00 Keynote Speech 2
(Coexistence)
  • Presenter : Heonik Kwon
  • “Rethinking Social Intelligence”
  • Moderator : Seonwook Kim
  • Discussant : Myunglim Park
Symposium 3, 4
Time Program Details
15:30~17:30 Symposium 3
(AI)

Title : AI Bias

  • Presenters :
    • 1. Phinith Chanthalangsy: Slow and Fast - AI facing the Humanities
    • 2. Bongrae Seok: AI as a Moral Agent from the Relational Viewpoint of Coexistence and Collaboration
  • Moderator : Jin Y. Park
Symposium 4
(Coexistence)

Title : Coexistence in East Asia

  • Presenters :
    • 1. Yumi Moon: Pacific War and the End of Japanese Pan-Asianism
    • 2. Junhyeok Kwak: Taming Value Rivalries: Peaceful Coexistence through Relational Non-domination
  • Moderator : Yangil Mo
Parallel Sessions 2
Time Program Details
09:30~12:00 Session 9
(AI)

Title : AI and Humanity

  • Moderator : Gilsan Lee
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Balaganapathi Devarakonda: How, Not Why: Reframing the Question of AI Rights and Human Dignity
    • 2. Johnson Thomaskutty: Christian Religious Education in India in the Context of Artificial Intelligence
    • 3. Jongwoo Bang: A Christian Reflection on Artificial Intelligence
    • 4. BOIL: A Buddhist Ethical Review of Human Life Extension Technology Based on AI Medical Big Data
  • Discussant : Seongho Choi
Session 10
(AI)

Title : AI and the Arts

  • Moderator : Pyungjong Park
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Alice Barale: Learning from the Artists? A Philosophical Exploration of Human-AI Dialogue
    • 2. Seohyon Jung: The Narrative Mind: The Aesthetics of Artificial Roughness
    • 3. Jinwan Park : Artificial Intelligence and Art (Interdisciplinary Major Course Report)
Session 11
(AI)

Title : AI and Korean Language Education

  • Moderator : Younghee Chae
  • Presenter :
    • 1. Srivastava Satyanshu: Korean for Indians in the Age of AI: Opportunities and Challenges
    • 2. Jieun Joe Kiaer: Care-Based Pedagogy in the AI Age.
    • 3. Junghee Lee: Korean Language Education and AI: New Roles and Possibilities for Teachers
    • 4. Yongjin Kwak : Korean Education After AI era
  • Discussant : Hyounhwa Kang
Session 12
(AI)

Title : AI and Language

  • Moderator : Mahnwoo Kwon
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Jean-Louis Vaxelaire: Writing and Translating Texts in the Age of AI
    • 2. Seok Kang: Artificial Intelligence in Collaborative Social Production: Present Developments and Forward-Looking Agendas
    • 3. Yumi Yi: Artificial Intimacy: The Transformation of Human Relationships
    • 4. Jeongweon Park: Curriculum Planning and Lecture Content Development for AI-based Convergent Humanities
  • Discussant : Jinho Park
Session 13
(Coexistence)

Title : War and Coexistence

  • Moderator : Hyunggon Kim
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Miklós Zeidler: An Early Attempt at World Peace: The League of Nations (1919 to 1939)
    • 2. Linda Sunarti: Oral Warnings and Oceanic Memory: Historicising the Smong Tradition in Simeulue, Aceh
    • 3. Kyengho Son: The Possibility of Co-Existence beyond a Trap of War
    • 4. Jiyoung Kim: The Causes, Current State, and Future of Far-Right Extremism in Central Europe: Implications for Korea
  • Discussant : Jaegwang Park
Session 14
(Coexistence)

Title : Crises and Resilience

  • Moderator : Gibong Kim
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Frank Uekötter: How Can We Increase Resilience in a Notoriously Crisis-Prone World Food System
    • 2. Yoshiyuki Yama: Community Revitalization and Disaster Risk Reduction in Depopulated Areas in Japan
    • 3. Hyejeong Park: Forest and Climate: Historical, Environmental-scientific, Ecological discussions
    • 4. Sejin Lee: Greening and Sharing Korea's Forests: Focusing on the Golden Pine Tree and Forestry System
Session 15
(Coexistence)

Title : Post-Colonial Culture and National Literature

  • Moderator : Taeyong Kim
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Melina Balcázar: Between Latin America and Abya Yala: Post-Colonialism, Heterolinguism, and Translation in Literature in Indigenous Languages
    • 2. Kuwada Kohei: Toward a Slower Postcolonial Critique in the Age of Globalization
    • 3. Sacha Sungwoong Choi: Practices and Explorations of Literature and Translation for Coexistence in the Postcolonial Era
Session 8
(Coexistence)
(Roundtable)

Title : Co-Existence in the Age of "the New Normal”

  • Moderator : Wonsup Jung
  • Presenters :
    • 1. Hoon Choi: Rethinking Pets in Dilemma
    • 2. Sanghyuk Park
    • 3. Shinhyung Seong: Rethinking Coexistence: Christianity, Confucianism, and Levinas in Dialogues
    • 4. Wonsup Jung: Beyond Democratic Pacifism