SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY (SKKU), SEOUL, KOREA

January-February, 2019 Vol. 1
President
  • Inaugural Address of 21st SKKU President Dong Ryeol SHIN
Worldwide
  • Honorary Doctorate Degree was Conferred on Rector of Saint Petersburg State University
  • President of the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City Visits SKKU
  • Prof. Jae Kyo JIN of the Dept. of Classical Chinese Education Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree from Sofia University
Top School
  • SKKU Ranked 39th in the World's Most Innovative Universities 2018 by Reuters
  • SKKU Ranked 33rd in World and 2nd in Korea in Chemistry
  • College of Economics Celebrates 70th Anniversary
  • SKKU Ranked Top Korean Comprehensive University by JoongAng Daily
  • SKKU School of Medicine Ranked 41st in World by Times Higher Education
Global Campus
  • SKKU Holds 10th Central Asia Sungkyun Writing Contest
  • Academy of East Asian Studies Holds China Forum
  • 4th Central & Eastern Europe Sungkyun Writing Contest Holds in Vienna
  • Harvard University Professor Michael Puett Gives Special Lecture at SKKU
Discovery
  • Noticeable Articles Recently Published in Journals
Students' Activities
  • Research Team
  • Department of Economics Students Publish Articles in Leading Journals
  • Big Data Lab Students Awarded for Superior Presentations from the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
International Student
  • International Freshmen Welcome Program

Harvard University Professor Michael Puett Gives Special Lecture at SKKU

"A Human being is not a being that has a fixed self, but a being made by practices and external stimuli. So, it is important to break down habits and patterns with small changes."

Michael Puett, a professor at Harvard University's Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, gave a special lecture entitled "What is a Good Life?" on November 23rd at SKKU. Prof. Puett was chosen one of Harvard's best professors in 2013. He was also a speaker at Harvard Think Big 4.

Generally, the modern attitude focused on the concepts of self, free will, and independence was criticized by Prof. Puett. "It is an illusion that we make a choice by ourselves and our subject. You can believe you bought a watch with your own decision, but it was decided by an online ad thoroughly calculated and placed according to your personal information collected by Google," said Prof. Puett. He explained that human beings live along a simple pattern, and even search engines like Google can identify that pattern. In terms of this perspective, it may not be true that there is a "True Self" and we have to struggle to find it. Also, he said, "We can make the world a better place by questioning common sense and traditions which were taken for granted."

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