BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference to kick off in Korea

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SEOUL, July 12 (Yonhap) -- BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference which puts a spot light on the leading figure of K-pop culture, BTS, will be held from July 14 to 16 in Hankook University of Foreign Studies.

According to the music scene on Tuesday, BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference which will be the third of its kind will revolve around the topic of “The future of a new humanity”.

This event will be supervised by cultural marketing group Mushroom, while jointly held by the International Society for BTS Studies and the Semiosis Research Center.

Throughout the BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference, participants will look deeply into the message sent by the superstar BTS and their fans ARMY “Restoring the human value”, to the world that is tainted by the War and COVID-19.

Two of the previous conferences were held in UK and in the United States. This will be the first time the global Interdisciplinary Conference is being held in Korea.

Lee Ji-young, professor or Hankook University of Foreign Studies, Ahn Byong-jin, professor of Kyunghee University, An Jung-sun a member of Army who participated in BTS’s Seoul concert, who is also def, and more participants will give out the speech throughout the conference.

Moreover, famous Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho who wrote an award winning novel “The Alchemist” will also participate through video stream.

The organizer put on emphasis on the importance of this event by announcing, “​BTS Global Interdisciplinary Conference happening in Korea will be the touchstone of the possibility on the subject matter, BTS on whether they can become as big as The Beatles who inspired the future of human community.”

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

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