Institute for Humanities 2026 First-Half Thematic Great Books Lecture Series

Institute for Humanities 2026 First-Half Thematic Great Books Lecture Series

Institute for Humanities 2026 First-Half Thematic Great Books Lecture Series

The Institute for Humanities at Incheon National University, in collaboration with Haedodii Library in Yeonsu-gu, will host a humanities lecture series titled “Sports Narratives and the Humanities” over five sessions from March 12 to April 9. The lectures will be held every Thursday from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM, with the March 25 session scheduled separately on Wednesday.

This lecture series is designed to explore the question “What is a sports narrative?” from a humanities perspective, using popular works such as Slam Dunk, Haikyu!!, The Prince of Tennis, Moneyball, and Hot Stove League. While sports narratives are often understood within the framework of coming-of-age stories, they also reflect contemporary socio-cultural and political issues, including success and failure, gender, structural discrimination, meritocracy, and disability.

The 2026 first-half thematic lecture series expands and reinterprets the meaning of “classics” in a contemporary context, offering an opportunity to read and analyze sports narratives that capture the socio-cultural dynamics of the past two decades.

Lecture Schedule:

△ March 12일 소외되었던 리그의 사회사(김범성, 도쿄이과대)

△ March 19일 《슬램덩크》 보기의 즐거움(최지은 작가)

△ March 25 미술인의 야구 입문기 《아무튼, 야구》(김영글 작가, 돛과닻 대표)

△ April 2 《머니볼》과 《스토브리그》, 팬덤에 관하여(하인혜, 인천대)

△ April 9 《골때리는 그녀들》부터 《극한84》까지: 리얼리티쇼로서의 스포츠 예능(위근우 작가)

Further details about the lecture series are available on the Haedodii Library website in Yeonsu-gu.