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Ewha Institute for the Humanities

Ewha Institute for the Humanities is a multidisciplinary and convergent research institute where researchers of literature, history, philosophy, art, science, and technology gather together. Ewha Institute for the Humanities was established as a research institute in August 2007 to overcome the 'crisis' of humanities and actively respond to changes in knowledge, technology, and cultural environment in the 21st century. From November 2007 to August 2017, Ewha Institute for the Humanities successfully carried out the Korea Research Foundation's project to support the Humanities Korea (HK) under the agenda of "Building and Spreading the Trans-Humanities.". We are confident that the posthuman research and East Asian knowledge research led in this process are not only a representative result of the Ewha Institute for the Humanities' multidisciplinary and convergent research, but also an important research achievement that has opened a new horizon in Korean humanities research. Since 2018, we are currently conducting research on "Ecology-Technology Criticism: Practice of Eco-Techne Humanities," a Key Research Institute project supported by National Research Foundation of Korea.


Ewha Institute for the Humanities publishes two academic journals; "Trans-Humanities", an academic journal indexed by the Korea Research Foundation, and "Journal of Posthuman Studies", which is indexed by the Scopus. EIH is also striving to share and spread research results by planning and publishing various series of academic books, including the "Eco-Techne Series". In addition, there are 23 undergraduate liberal arts courses available for the purpose of linking academic research results to university education, and the graduate program for Posthuman Studies has been established in hopes of building an academic ecosystem where research and education are in a virtuous cycle.

History of EIH

2007.08 Establishment of the Ewha Institute for the Humanities. Professor Jung-Hwa Oh was appointed as the first director. (Affiliated organizations: Ewha Womans University Korean Language and Culture Institute, Semiotics Research Institute, Ewha Institute for Women's Theological Studies, Ewha Historical Institutions)

2007.08 Selected as the Trans-Humanities research institute (Participating organization: Korean Culture Research Institute)

2007.08  Established <Ewha Institute for the Humanities Regulation> 

2007.11 Selected for the Humanities Korea (HK) support project of the Korea Research Foundation, initiated the first phase of the project: “Building and Spreading the Trans-Humanities” 

2008.01 Established <Humanities Korea (HK) support project operational regulations for performance> 

2008.03 Signed an exchange agreement with Haja Center

2008.04 Website built for the Ewha Institute for the Humanities (http://eih.ewha.ac.kr)

2008.08 The first issue of Korean journal, <Trans-Humanities> 

2009.06 Webpage built for the Trans-Boundaries Experience Archive (http://archive-eih.ewha.ac.kr)

2009.06 The first issue of English journal, <Trans-Humanities> 

2009.11 Signed an exchange agreement with Paju Gyoha library 

2010.11 Initiated the second phase of the project: “Building and Spreading the Trans-Humanities” for the Humanities Korea (HK) support project of the Korea Research Foundation. Professor Mi-Young Chang was appointed as the second director 

2010.12 Exchange with Fudan University’s Center for Korean Studies began

2011.02 Both Korean <Trans-Humanities> and English <Trans-Humanities> combined into <Trans-Humanities>

2012.01 Signed an exchange agreement with Paris University 8 Labex Arts-H2H 

2012.06 Exchange with Paris-Est University LISAA-Literature, Knowledge and Arts began 

2012.09 “Trans-Humanities Book Series” was selected for Korea Research Foundation’s top 50 Excellent Achievements in Foundation Research 

2012.11 Revised <Humanities Korea (HK) support project operational regulations for performance>

2013.03 Revised <Ewha Institute for the Humanities Regulation> (Expanded affiliated organizations: Center for Chinese Culture Studies, Ewha Institute of Philosophy) 

2013.09 Initiated the third phase of the project: “Building and Spreading the Trans-Humanities” for the Humanities Korea (HK) support project of the Korea Research Foundation. Professor Ki-Jeong Song was appointed as the third director

2017.06 The first issue of Journal of Posthuman Studies published 

2017.08 Completion of Humanities Korea (HK) support project 

2017.09 Professor Hye Young Jeon was appointed as the fourth director 

2018.09 Initiated <Ecology-Technology Criticism: Practice of Eco-Techne Humanities>, a Key Research Institute project supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea

2019.01  <Trans-Humanities> selected for KCI indexed journal

2019.08 Professor Kyungmi Kim appointed as the fifth director 

2020.09 Establishment of Posthuman Studies program, affiliated with the graduate school 

2021.02 Journal of Posthuman Studies indexed in SCOPUS 

2021.08 Professor Dong Ju Ham appointed as the sixth director

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