Stony Brook University Faculty of Sciences and Humanities

2021 FSH Fall Seminar: The Other and a Communicative Life Date: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Speaker: Dr. Hochul Kwak Dr. Hochul Kwak is a professor of Christian Ethics at United Graduate School of Theology, and a university chaplain at Yonsei University. He earned Ph.D in Theology, Ethics and Culture at Claremont Graduate University, California, U.S.A. His research areas include human rights and religion, climate crisis, and the study of the other. Abstract This lecture deals with the issue of communication with those who are different. We are living in a multicultural, multi religious, and multiethnic society. In a globalizing era, migration has brought salient differences to everywhere in the world. In a fast-changing society, the older generation has difficulty in understanding the younger generation. We are exposed to diverse kinds and levels of differences. While cultural differences can enrich our capacity to understand those who are different, we are witnessing exacerbation of cultural conflicts in every dimension of social life. Based on the concept of the other which is sophisticatedly developed by Emmanuel Levinas, this lecture aims at addressing such conflictual relationships among people in such a way as to build a constructive relationship with the other. 

2021 FSH Spring Seminar: Sports as a Diplomatic Tool: State of the Art Date: Friday, May 28, 2021 Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm Speaker: Dr. Giwoong Jung Dr. Giwoong Jung is currently the vice-head at HK+ National Strategies Research Project Agency, and the president of Minerva Political Sciences Association. He earned his Ph.D in Political Science at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Abstract Sport as a (potential) political issue – Sport has ideological potentiality.Embedded cultural subjects in sport can be converted into political ones atany time. Sport is also a good device for promoting social cohesion, makingnational identity, improving the national image abroad. Modern Sport hasbeen constructed by the demands of the state and capital. Domestically, it is adevice for political image manipulation, and externally it can be used as adevice for diplomatic purposes. Especially, sport can be used as a tool fordialogues or improving the relationship between hostile countries. It has lessburden when compared with political, economic and military agenda. Itdoesn’t have pending issues which must be solved. Sport has the effect ofhaving feelings of unification. Sport can have a great ripple effect withrelatively little cost. Against this backdrop, the lecture will deal with thevarious aspects of sport diplomacy.