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NEW Thought-Provoking Ajou Lecture Series
The Very Ajou Lecture Series, featuring back-to-back special lectures from notable figures and opinion leaders in Korea, was successfully streamed in their entirely on Ajou’s YouTube channel with to stimulate thought and interesting discussion online.
The Very Ajou Lecture Series was a three-day event lasting from November 24-26. Four speakers presented daily lectures from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. More than 14,000 viewers streamed these lectures live.
The 12 special speakers included:
“Thought provoking” was the keyword and theme of this year’s lecture series. The lectures were designed not to impart wisdom and knowledge unilaterally, but to provoke the audience into questioning and finding their own answers. More than a thousand live audience members were chosen based on their pre-event applications to participate in the interactive lectures through videoconferencing. These audience members posed questions before and during the lectures, and their communication with the speakers was moderated by Chae Ja-yeong.
Recordings of the lectures will be streamed individually on Ajou’s YouTube channel starting in December. The program was sponsored by the University Innovation Support Program of the Ministry of Education and the National Research Foundation of Korea.
Lecture Program
Day 1 (November 24)
Park Hyung-ju (President, Ajou University): “Universities in a Connected World”
Seo Eun-guk (Professor of Psychology, Yonsei University): “Happiness Is Not a Concept, but an Experience”
Yang Dong-su (CEO, Deoham): “A Public-Rights Lawyer for Apartment Communities”
Park Jun-yeong (Attorney at Law): “But I Still Hope in Relationships”
Day 2 (November 25)
Choi Jae-cheon (Chair Professor, Ewha Womans University): “With COVID-19 and the Ecological Turn”
Choi Jin-seok (Chair, New Word New Action): “We Can Cross Only by Thinking”
Jang Kang-myeong (Writer): “An Age of Snack Information”
Kim Gyeong-il (Professor of Psychology, Ajou University): “How Should We Study in the Age of COVID-19?”
*Day 3 (November 26)
Woo Seok-hun (Professor of Economics, Sungkyul University): “In the Middle of COVID-19”
Kim Yeong-ran (Chair Professor of Law, Ajou University): “Being a Judge and Reading”
Nam Hyeong-do (Journalist, Money Today): “The Power of Truth That Makes Everything Possible”
Roh Myeong-woo (Professor of Sociology, Ajou University): “You Are Not Alone”
Prof. Kim Yeong-ran
Chairman Choi Jin-seok (New Word New Action)