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History of the Research Institute for Cultural Territory
March 4, 2019
  • Preparatory meeting for the establishment of the Research Institute for Cultural Territory (RICT)
March 21, 2019
  • Founding general meeting and first board meeting of RICT
  • Appointment of five directors (Hong Il-sik, Park Chan-se, Cho Kyung-gil, Son Dae-oh, Park Jong-yeol) and one auditor (Lee Dae-myung)
  • Hong Il-sik elected as the first chairman
April 8, 2019
  • RICT approved as a non-profit public-interest corporation (Seoul Metropolitan Government)
June 28, 2019
  • RICT approved as a designated donation organization
July 25, 2019
  • RICT website launched (http://www.rict.or.kr)
August 9, 2019
  • RICT overview brochure (16 pages) published
October 25, 2019
  • Founding commemorative academic seminar held at the auditorium of the Research Institute of Korean Studies, Korea University (73-page proceedings published)
July 10, 2020
  • First (inaugural) issue of the foundation's journal, Cultural Territory Studies, published
September 6, 2020
  • Call for entries for the 1st Happy Family Life Essay Contest for youth (focused on youth from multicultural and North Korean defector families)
March 2, 2021
  • Call for entries for the 2nd Happy Family Life Essay Contest (sponsored by the Ministry of Unification)
June 30, 2021
  • Cultural Territory Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 published
August 20, 2021
  • Call for entries for the 3rd Multicultural Family Life Essay Contest (sponsored by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family)
November 26, 2021
  • Academic conference "Hong Gye-hui, an 18th-Century Global Intellectual" heldDate: Friday, November 26, 2021, 13:30–18:00
    Venue: Kyungpook National University
    Host: RICT
    Organizer: Asia Research Institute, Kyungpook National University
December 31, 2021
  • Cultural Territory Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 published
June 30, 2022
  • Cultural Territory Studies Vol. 3 No. 1 published
December 16, 2022
  • 2022 Cultural Territory Academic Conference
December 30, 2022
  • Cultural Territory Studies Vol. 3 No. 2 published
June 30, 2023
  • Cultural Territory Studies Vol. 4 No. 1 published
October 20, 2023
  • Hong Sung-gul inaugurated as the second chairman
March 20, 2024
  • 12:00 Board of Directors meeting (Junghwa)
June 30, 2024
  • Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 published
December 30, 2024
  • Journal Vol. 6 No. 2 published
April 2025
  • Research Series No. 1 published.
June 2025
  • 12:00 Board of Directors meeting
June 2025
  • Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 published
November 2025
  • Academic seminar (Hansung University)
  • Joint academic conference of the Humanities Contents Society and the Research Institute for Cultural Territory
December 2025
  • Journal confirmed for registration in the National Research Foundation of Korea (KCI) index.
December 2025
  • Journal Vol. 6 No. 1 published
March 2026
  • Board of Directors meeting (Okhee, Gwanghwamun)
  • Retirement of outgoing directors and appointment of new directors
June 2026
  • Decision to support research for Research Series Vol. 3
June 2026
  • Journal Vol. 7 No. 1 published
July 2026
  • Decision to support research for Research Series Vol. 4
August 2026
  • Academic conference co-hosted by the Korean Association for Policy Studies and the Research Institute for Cultural Territory
November 23, 2026
  • 2026-2 Regular Board of Directors Meeting heldDate: Monday, November 23, 2026, 12:00
    Venue: Jinachun (進雅春), Gwanghwamun
    Host: RICT