Prof. Dana L. Robert Keynote Speaker at 14th Annual Underwood International Symposium in South Korea

On a stop on her lecture tour, Prof. Robert poses with STH colleague Prof. David Cho (third from right, middle row), PhD student Tim Shin, and former students Prof. Joohan Kim of Hanshin University, Prof. Myung Soo Park, President of the Korean Association for Political and Diplomatic History, Rev. Dr. Seung-Jung Ju, Senior Pastor of Juan Church. Also pictured are the presidents of International Association of Mission Studies, the orean YWCA, New Brunswick Seminary, the senior Pastor of Saemoonan Presbyterian Church, multiple faculty from Pyongtaek University, her friend Prof. Jinhong Kim, among others. STH alumnus Prof. Soo-Young Kwon was also in attendance.

June 2023 — William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor Dana L. Robert recently returned from a five-day trip to South Korea where she was the headlining presenter at the 14th Annual Underwood International Symposium, and the featured speaker at three educational institutions. Prof. Robert presented seven lectures at two churches and three universities as part of her tour, including Saemoonan Presbyterian Church, the oldest Presbyterian Church in Korea founded by Horace Underwood, and Yonsei University, Soongsil University, and Presbyterian University and Theological Seminary. 

In an article covering the Underwood lectures, Prof. Robert is quoted, “If Underwood were a missionary today, it would be a reciprocal missionary that moves actively around the world, rather than a one-way trip from the West to other regions.” 

Watch her keynote address from Saemoonan Church below, starting at 00:37:15.

Thank you to the Global Institute of Theology at Yonsei University for the following coverage of her lecture at Yonsei University.

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