"Based on the 45 year tradition of the society, I will work on the globalization of Korean aesthetics..."
[February 12, 2013]

 Professor Min, Joo Sik (Department of Aesthetics & Art History, 59) was appointed as the new president of the Korean Society of Aesthetics. He was elected as the new president through a special meeting of the Korean Society of Aesthetics held at Seoul National University on December 14 and his term will be for two years beginning on January 2013.

 President Min stated, "Based on the achievements and tradition as a pivotal society for Korean humanities for the past 45 years, I will work hard to show Korea's aesthetics to the world." He also emphasized that he will work on preparing for the 20th International Congress of Aesthetics that will be held in Seoul in 2016.

 President Min earned his bachelor's and master's degree in aesthetics at Seoul National University and completed his PhD program at the University of Tokyo Division of Aesthetics in Japan and served as a professor at the YU College of Design and Art since 1984. He worked on educating younger students by opening the Graduate School of Aesthetics & Art History in 1988 and also served as the director of Division of Culture and Convergence in the National Research Foundation of Korea (2009-2010). He is currently serving as a committee member of the Daegu Art Museum and the president of the Daegu-Gyeongbuk Culture Management Forum.

 Meanwhile, the Korean Society of Aesthetics was founded in 1968 and over 500 members are actively conducting research and academic exchange. Currently, the Korean Society of Aesthetics publishes <Aesthetics>, an academic journal registered with the National Research Foundation of Korea, four times a year and it also holds research conferences and operates research subcommittees, while publishing special academic books and pursuing academic exchange with other academic societies both in Korea and abroad.