Join us on our journey toward building a better world!
The Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) was born in 2021 with the goal of creating an MIT-based worldwide community that works globally towards reinvigorating humanistic learning and education by radically expanding the geographical scope and temporal depth of humanistic disciplines, thereby reimagining their critical relevance to the grand challenges of today’s world.
True to an enhanced version of MIT’s motto, “mens, manus et cor” (mind, hand & heart), GHI proposes a hands-on approach to addressing the pressing challenges of our time. Our motto is “Legacies for Our Future,” setting our compass on promoting human flourishing now, and creating good legacies for the future of humankind and our planet.
We invite you to a special evening celebrating our humanity and community. The event will feature a distinguished surprise speaker, dynamic pitches from GHI members, a keynote address by Kim Jae-hui, Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Boston, a special performance by Grammy Award-winning pioneering multi-style cellist Mike Block, a reinterpretation of Asian traditional dance by the student dance team MIT Flow, and a Korean folk painting (minhwa) experience with three artists during the reception.
Join us on this shared journey to reimagine the power of the humanities—together!
Warmest regards,
Wiebke Denecke and the GHI team
| Program Date & Time: May 14, 2025, 5:00–7:00 PM Location: Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building @ MIT Organizer: MIT Global Humanities Initiative (GHI) Co-sponsors: MITHIC, Literature, History, Global Languages, Music and Theater Arts Main Event Distinguished Surprise Guest Welcome: Wiebke Denecke (Faculty Lead of GHI, Literature) GHI Member Pitches – Jason Chen (MIT‘25, Mechanical Engineering & Literature) – Diana Henderson (Literature) – Otto Scharmer (Sloan School of Management) – Alicia Stevens (Cambridge University) & Kyaw Moe Khine – Richard Eberhardt (Game Lab, MIT) – Kelly Kim (MIT’26, Literature & Management) – Margery Resnick (Literature) – Johannes Makar (Harvard University) Mike Block @ Silkroad’s Global Musician Workshop – A Global Bach Surprise for GHI MIT Flow Dance Team – Arirang 《阿里郎》 Kim Jae-Hui (the Consul General of the Republic of Korea) – The Art of Cultural Diplomacy in an Age of Global Imbalance MIT Flow Dance Team – By the Water 《在水一方》 Mike Block – Special Sing-along Reception with Ch’aekkŏri (Scholars’ Studio Art) Donation Ceremony & Korean Painting Workshop Painting donation ceremony – Chung Byungmo (Director of the School of Korean Folk Art, Seoul) Opening of buffet and Korean Folk Art experience – Kwak Yunmi, Kim Hakyung & Lee Jisun (Minhwa Artists, Seoul) |
For questions, please contact the GHI coordinator Dr. Johann Noh at noh1214@mit.edu.