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New Release, Climate Leviathan

Konkuk University, the Academy of Mobility Humanities, published the book Climate Leviathan as part of the Mobility Humanities Translation Series (Interconnect). This volume is a translation of the book Climate Leviathan, authored by Joel Wainwright, a professor of the Geography Department at Ohio State University in the U.S., and Geoff Mann, a professor of the Geography Department at Simon Fraser University in Canada. In this book, the two authors delve into the challenges that global politics must confront in the face of climate change, which threatens humankind.

Mobility Humanities Policy Seminar #6

Theme: Mobile Communities: Multiculturalism and Ethics
Date: September 22. 3:00pm
Location: New Millennium Hall Room 1106, Konkuk University
Lecturer: Kyungjoo Park (NANCEN), Myoungkwang Kim (Daegu University)

Mobility Humanities Policy Semira #6 will address the Mobile Communities: Multiculturalism and Ethics

Mobility Humanities Colloquium #32

Title: Characteristics and Prospects of Transmedia Storytelling
Date: September 13. 14:00-16:00pm
Location: Room 1106, New Millnnium Hall, Konkuk University
Lecturer: Seongeun Seo(Hankyong National University)

In Mobility Humanities Colloquium #32, Professor Seo(Hankyong National University) will deal with Characteristics and Prospects of Transmedia Storytelling in the 4th Industrial Revolution.

Mobility Humanities vol. 2, no. 2

The Journal of Mobility Humanities publishes high-quality research articles in the broad field of mobility humanities. The latest issues in this journal was published on July 31.

This issue carries seven articles, an interview with Lynne Pearce, and a book review.
It also has a Special Issue section on “Understanding Neo-nomadic Mobilities beyond Self-actualisation,” guest edited by Fabiola Mancinelli and Noel B. Salazar.

  • Downlade all artitles, http://journal-mobilityhumanities.com.

Academy of Mobility Humanities, Special Guest Lecture

  • Title: Flow, Block, Stop, An Aesthetics of Mobilities and Immobilities in Subsurface Phnom Penh
  • Date: June 15 2023 , 15:00-17:00
  • Location: New Millennium Hall, Konkuk Univ
  • Speaker: Harriet Hawkins(Royal Holloway, University of London)

In Special Guest Lecture, Professor Harriet Hawkins(Royal Holloway, University of London) will deal with stories of subsurface Phnom Penh, in Cambodia, and its infrastructural evolution.

Humanities Festival, UCC Contest

  • Theme: The World of Mobility
  • Application Period: June 12~ June 18 2023
  • Eligibility: Anyone interested in making UCC
  • Awards: Gold Award(1) 5000.000 KRW/ Silver Award(2) 3000.000 KRW each/ Bronze Award(3) 2000.000 KRW each/ Encouragement Award(5) 1000.000 KFW each
  • File Formet: Less than 1GB MP4/2minutes
  • Method of Participation: Submit 1.application 2.personal information collection and utilization aggrement 3. terms of obobedience 4. UCC Video (the original file) via email(mobilityedu@konkuk.ac.kr)
  • Result: Scheduled to be announced on June 26.

Mobility Humanities Colloquium #30

Title: Migration Policy in Germany and the Changing Sociodemographic of Korean Immigrants

Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 1:00– 3:00pm

Location: Room 1106, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University

Lecturer: Jaok Kwon (Universität Heidelberg, Germany)

The 30th Mobility Humanities Colloquium aims to draw out the relationship between immigration policy and mobility, based on how the 1960s Germany’s skilled immigration policy impacted the Korean community in Germany.

2023 Mobility Humanities Conference

Date: Friday, May 26, 2023,

Location: Zoom

The 2023 conference, “Post-apocalyptic Imagination in the Age of Extinction,” organised by the Academy of Mobility Humanities and the Centre for Asia & Diaspora, Konkuk University asks how we can build a new relationship with the earth to overcome the Anthropocene era, bringing together researchers from philosophy, literature, and art history.

Mobility Humanities Policy Seminar #5

Theme: Mobility of Crime: Mobile Space and Sex Offenders
Date: Monday, May 22, 2023, 1:00-3:00pm
Location: New Millennium Hall Room 1106, Konkuk University
Lecturer: Dooyeon Kim (Seoul Metropolitan Police)
Dohee Jeong (Gyeongsang National University)

In this policy seminar, Lieutenant Dooyeon Kim will present the types and actual cases of cybersex crimes in the mobile space and introduce precautions and effective policies. Next, Professor Dohee Jeong will discuss the rising digital sex crime rate and the need to strengthen protection and support for victims.

2023 Hope Humanities Lecture of Seoul City, The Special Lecture, “The Psychology of Courage”

Date: Friday, May 12, 2023, 3:00 pm

Location: Room 102, Law School Building, Konkuk University.

Lecturer: Kyungil Kim (Professor, Department of Psychology, Ajou University)

The Academy of Mobility Humanities HK+ Education Centre (Director, Jooyoung Kim), Konkuk University will prepare the special lecture of 2023 Hope Humanities, “The Psychology of Courage” by Professor Kyungil Kim (Department of Psychology, Ajou University). The special lecture is organised for Seoul citizens who are unsure of their life’s direction and want to seek happiness.