Event: The Social Science Korea International Conference Series
Date: 09:30, October 24 (Fri), 2014
Venue: Youngone Hall, Asia Center
Good morning, distinguished scholars and guests. Welcome to Seoul National
University on this fine autumn day.
It is a great pleasure and honor for me, on behalf of Seoul National
University, to congratulate the success of International Conference organized by
Korean Social Science Research Council, and sponsored by the National Research
Council for Economics, Humanities, and Social Sciences, and the National
Research Foundation of Korea.
The Korean Social Science Research Council, as an umbrella organization for
15 academic associations in the Social Sciences, has led multi-disciplinary
collaborations and produced valuable academic outcomes. Today’s conference is
a clear example of such a multi-disciplinary collaboration where sociologists,
historians, political scientists, and economists share and exchange their ideas and
opinions. The topic of the conference, “East Asia and Future Korea in the Gobo
Year: 1894 and 2014”, is also very timely, because Korean society is now
disclosing many problems as a result of its compressed modernization and thus
needs to reflect on past modernization and its relation with the future of Korea.
Seoul National University, as a leading university in Korea, has fostered
intellectual collaboration and international academic exchanges. I believe that
this conference is one of the most successful international conferences in terms
of academic excellence as well as in practical policy implications. In this regard,
I would like to congratulate Dr. Hyun-Chin Lim, the President of the Korean
Social Science Council on his wonderful organization of this Conference.
Once again, I heartily welcome you all to Seoul National University and hope
that you will enjoy the conference, and the beautiful colors of the leaves on the
campus. Thank you.
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