STEMAH
= The University of the Future
Once upon a time the study of the natural, human, and social worlds we inhabit belonged to a unified pursuit of knowledge. The modern birthing of sciences and social sciences from the studia humaniora catalyzed the development of sophisticated and highly specialized disciplinary toolboxes that are vital to the functioning of our complex societies and institutions. Yet, in the face of daunting ecological, political, economic, social and biological global challenges we need to continue our bold disciplinary innovation, while also advancing it by recovering the cross-pollination across all knowledge fields. Together we need to prototype knowledge-to-action systems for social transformation that help us build the University of the Future—a space to produce STEMAH research and curricula oriented towards a compass of human flourishing and planetary stewardship, echoing stemma, our “family tree” of human knowledge.
Join the MIT Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) and Korea University to imagine what STEMAH could be and do and help build the basis for the new STEMAH pillar to add to GHI’s nine big-challenge research platforms.
Check out our Visual Abstract to get a sense of our scope, goals, and resonance with your interests.
When: November 20-22, 2025
Where: Korea University, Seoul (Hybrid)
Co-hosts: MIT Global Humanities Initiative/ Korea University Institute for Global Humanities Research and Collaboration/ Korea University Humanities Utmost Sharing System (HUSS)
For further information, please feel free to contact Johann Noh, the program coordinator of GHI at noh1214@mit.edu.