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NEW (2016.05.04)'Ajou Brown Bag Classic Lecture' kicks off the first of ten lectures

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< Professor Byoung Hoon Lee opens the first session of the '2016 Ajou Brown Bag Classic Lecture' on May 3rd. >
 
 
'Ajou Brown Bag Classic Lecture' kicks off the first of ten lectures 
 
[2016.05.04]
 
 
The '2016 Ajou Brown Bag Classic Lecture' opened with its first session of the year.
Professor Byoung Hoon Lee (University College) gave the first one-hour lecture on The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol, known as a master of Russian realism, which was attended by about 40 students. Professor Lee briefly introduced Gogol and then explained the psychological conflict of Akaky, the main character in the story, and the personal and social significance of his death, etc.
'Ajou Brown Bag Classic Lecture' is held at noon every Tuesday for about 50 minutes during the semester. Students wishing to attend the event should go to Room 303 of the University’s Seongho Building, and prior application is not necessary. Lunch boxes are prepared for all participants attending the lecture.
 
 
 
[Lecture Schedule]
 
 

Date

Author

Book Title

Lecturer

College

May 3

Nikolai Gogol

The Overcoat

Byoung Hoon 

Lee

University College

May 10

Ulrich Beck

(Das) Ganz Normale Chaos der Liebe

Suni Lee

College of Social Sciences

May 17

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

Hong Keun Choi

College of Natural Sciences

May 24

Sima Qian

The Records of the Grand Historian

Tai Seung Kim

College of Humanities

May 31

Karl Marx

The Manifesto of the Communist Party

Jae Young Chung

University College

Jun. 7

Plato

The Republic 

Jin Hee Lee

University College

Sep. 20

Franz Kafka

Die Verwandlung

Jae Hwang Lee

University College

Sep. 27

Sun Shou

Three Hundred Tang Dynasty Poems

Gyeong Hee Oh

University College

Oct. 4

Ian Stewart

Why Beauty Is Truth

Dong Seon Hwang

College of Natural Sciences

Oct. 11

Fukuzawa Yukichi

An Outline of a Theory of Civilization

Jong Sik Kim

College of Humanities