Nicholas Harkness | Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values

Nicholas Harkness | Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation Series on Ethics & Common Values

Author: The Korea Society October 20, 2025 Duration: 1:02:07

October 17, 2025 - With the ever-growing need to understand ourselves and humanity as a whole, it is necessary to examine the concepts of morality, ethics and universal values as guiding principles of the human condition. With generous support from Y.T. Hwang Family Foundation, The Korea Society presents a Series on Ethics and Common Values.

This series promotes the understanding of central themes of our human existence through a series of lectures by distinguished speakers and conversation with extraordinary individuals who exemplify the universal values in line with the mission of Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation and The Korea Society.

The Korea Society and Y. T. Hwang Family Foundation is proud to present Nicholas Harkness on the importance of global and regional studies in higher learning in relation to Korean Studies in the United States.

For more information, please visit the link below:
https://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/2050-y-t-hwang-family-foundation-series-on-ethics-common-values-nicholas-harkness


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