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Life Adrift, one of the Interconnect series published by the Academy of Mobility Humanities, has been selected as a recommended book for the “2024 Sejong Book Academic Field.”

The Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea runs an annual program to select and support outstanding books. This year’s “2024 Sejong Books Academic Support Program” received 2,399 submissions across 10 categories, with 363 books selected as recommended books.

Dr. Jiyoun Choi, an English literature scholar, translated Life Adrift (2019), a compilation of humanities and social science journals on climate change and migration by Professor Andrew Baldwin from Durham University’s Department of Human Geography and Lecturer Giovanni Bettini from Lancaster University.

Life Adrift is a book that critically examines migration and climate change, two of the most important issues in today’s global political economy, from perspectives including politics, philosophy, media, art, and literature. The book approaches climate change and migration not as separate issues requiring technical and specialized solutions, but as interconnected issues requiring theoretical and historical explanation. The authors reconceptualize migration and environmental changes as sites of political possibility, exploring a wide range of contemporary topics in cultural and political theory including democracy, place, neoliberalism, humanism, affect, and race. Meanwhile, the Academy of Mobility Humanities has been publishing annual research series (Assemblages), general education series (Engagement), and translation series (Interconnection) since its establishment in 2018. This year’s selection for the “Sejong Book Academic Field” marks their fifth recommended book, following two books in 2021 (Alienation and Acceleration, Being and Motion) and another two in 2022 (Pandemic Mobility Technology, In the Meantime).

The journal Mobility Humanities, published by the Academy of Mobility Humanities, has achieved a remarkable milestone by being indexed in SCOPUS – the world’s largest citation database – just two years after its launch. Launched in 2022, Mobility Humanities achieved this recognition in an exceptionally short period, demonstrating Konkuk University’s growing prominence in global research.

Since winning the Humanities Korea Plus (HK+) project in 2018, the Academy of Mobility Humanities has led the “mobility humanities” agenda while building an international research platform. With Konkuk University’s continued support, including its designation as a university-sponsored research institute and journal funding initiatives, the Academy of Mobility Humanities has evolved into a world-class research institute that bridges the humanities with sociology and technology studies.

Scopus, maintained by the Dutch publisher Elsevier, is highly selective, indexing only the most academically influential journals. The National Research Foundation of Korea regards Scopus-indexed publications as equivalent to SCIE-indexed journals, making them important indicators of research excellence. During the Scopus evaluation process, Mobility Humanities received particularly high marks for the academic value of its published articles and international impacts, as well as its ability to extend beyond the research scope of existing academic journals. Mobility Humanities is a non-profit open access journal that publishes original journals, scholarly interviews, and book reviews contributing to humanities-based mobility research. The journal is published twice a year, in January and July, with all content available on its website (https://journal-mobilityhumanities.com).

“Human Mobility relating to Climate Change and Human Rights”

• Date: 28th Decemvber 15:00-17:00
• Location: Room 1106, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University
• Lecturer: Byung Do Park (Konkuk University)

In Mobility Humanities Colloquium #37, Professor Park (Konkuk University) will deal with “Human Mobility relating to Climate Change and Human Rights.”

“Problems and Solutions from Monopolization in Mobility Platforms”

Host: The Academy of Mobility Humanities and Jung Park, Member of National Assembly

1^st Seminar: Mobility Justice and Mobile Commons

• Date: Thursday, 22^nd August, 2024, 14:00
• Location: #11 Meeting Room, National Assembly Building
• Moderator: Yonggyun Lee (Department of Geography Education, Chonnam National University)
• Discussion: Youngsin Jeong (Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of Korea), Taehee Kim (The Academy of Mobility Humanities)

2^nd Seminar: Platform Workers and Labour Rights

• Date: Wednesday, 4^th September, 2024, 14:00
• Location: #3 Meeting Room, National Assembly Building
• Moderator: Eunjung Park (Department of Law, Korea National Open University)
• Discussion: Jinhee Jang (Strategy Coordination Team, Federation of Korean Trade Unions), Bomi Lim (The Academy of Mobility Humanities)

3^rd Seminar: Strategies for Enhancing Mobility for the Economically Disadvantaged

• Date: Wednesday, 25^th September, 2024, 14:00
• Location: #3 Meeting Room, National Assembly Building
• Moderator: Keumhwan Kim (Seoul Social Welfare Graduate University)
• Discussion: Ingyu Choi (Institute of Social Science, Yeungnam University), Bomi Lim (The Academy of Mobility Humanities)

Discussion Forum: Alternative Policy to Solve the Problems Stemming from Platform Monopolization

• Date: Wednesday, 30^th October, 2024, 14:00
• Moderators: Yonggyun Lee (Department of Geography Education, Chonnam National University), Eunjung Park (Department of Law, Korea National Open University), Keumhwan Kim (Seoul Social Welfare Graduate University)
• Discussion: Youngsin Jeong (Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of Korea), Jinhee Jang (Strategy Coordination Team, Federation of Korean Trade Unions), Ingyu Choi (Institute of Social Science, Yeungnam University), Bomi Lim (The Academy of Mobility Humanities)

“’Transnationalism from Blow’ of Refugee Women: Between Roots and Routes”

• Date: 28th August 14:00-16:00
• Location: Room 1106, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University
• Lecturer: Hyun Mee Kim(Yonsei University)

In Mobility Humanities Colloquium #36, Professor Kim(Yonsei University) will deal with “Gransnationalism from Blow.”

“Governance through Coercive Immobility: Striving for Harmony between Exclusion and Inclusion”

• Date: 5 June 2024 3:00pm
• Location: New Millennium Hall Room 1106, Konkuk University
• Lecturer: Heui Gab Mun (Incheon Probation Office), Young Shik Kim (Somang Correctional Institution)

Mobility Humanities Policy Semira #7 will address “Governance through Coercive Immobility.”

“Globalism and the Korean Wave”

• Date: 29th May 15:00-17:00
• Location: Room 1106, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University
• Lecturer: Younghan Cho(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)

In Mobility Humanities Colloquium #35, Professor Cho(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) will deal with “Globalism and the Korean Wave.”

“The Intersectionality of Post-Division Geopolitics, mobility, and Gender”

• Date: 8th May 15:00-17:00
• Location: Room 1106, New Millennium Hall, Konkuk University
• Lecturer: Haeran Shin(Seoul National University)

In Mobility Humanities Colloquium #34, Professor Shin(Seoul National University) will deal with “the intersectionality of post-division geopolitics, mobility, and gender.”

On March 8th, the Academy of Mobility Humanities (Director: Inseop Shin) held the 2024 seminar for Area Studies in collaboration with Ritsumeika’s Humanities Research Institute.

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 Jan 31.

Mobility Humanities (3.1) carries ten articles, an interview with Noel B. Salazar, and a book review. It also has a Special Issue section on “Mobility, Infrastructure, and the Humanities,” guest edited by Peter Adey, Jinhyoung Lee, Giada Peterle, and Tania Rossetto.

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

• Title: Tourism and Mobilities: Framing and Developing New Perspectives
• Speaker: Thiago Allis (University of São Paulo)
• Date: Feburary 15 2024, 15:00~17:00
• Location: #1106 New Millennium Hall, Konkuk Uni.

In the Special Guest Lecture, Professor Thiago Allis will discuss contemporary tourism issues from the perspective of mobility humanities.