Pukyong National University

Two research papers of PKNU, selected as '2019 Sejong Books'
『What is marine humanities』 · 『History of Underwater Archeology』

△ Book cover image of 『What is Marine Humanities』 and 『History of Underwater Archeology』

Two research papers published by Pukyong National University were selected as the '2019 Sejong Books' of the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea (KPIPA).

Pukyong National University has selected two research papers for the Academic Category of Sejong Books 2019, 『What is Marine Humanities』 and 『History of Underwater Archeology』 published by Institute of Global Area and Studies (Jeong Hae-jo, Chief director) and the Institute of Marine and Humanities (Jo Se-hyun, Chief director)

Sejong Books is a project that the Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea selects excellent books in 10 categories every year to develop academic fields and create a national knowledge-based society. In this year's Sejong Books Academic Division, a total of 400 books were selected as excellent books.

『What is Marine Humanities』 is the result of the work to establish the direction of marine humanities and to set specific fields by maritime literature, maritime history, marine culture and industry, and maritime history in Northeast Asia. This book examines each field's potential for the transition from land-based perception to sea-based perception and the possibility of new human thinking from the sea.

The History of Underwater Archeology is the work of Dr. Kim Do-hyeon, who introduces the Underwater Archeology, an area that is unfamiliar in Korea, through a wealth of data and discoveries in Korea and abroad. The author explains the implications of retrieving 'history' and 'culture' from the sea, and emphasizes the importance of interdisciplinary research in the basic humanities · natural sciences · engineering domains of a maritime nation surrounded by three sides.

These research papers were published by Pukyong National University as a part of the CORE project to strengthening university humanities capacity. The Institutes have explored marine humanities and have published research series in marine humanities such as marine literature, maritime history, marine culture and marine industry.

Meanwhile, the books selected as Sejong books will be distributed to public libraries with the support of Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea. <Pukyong Today>