Seongbuk foundation expands reading partnership to five Seoul universities
The Seongbuk Cultural Foundation signed an agreement on Aug. 1 with Korea, Kookmin, Dongduk Women's, Sungshin Women's and Hansung universities to run joint humanities and reading programs through district libraries.
The Seongbuk Cultural Foundation signed an agreement on Aug. 1, 2026 with five universities in Seoul to expand humanities knowledge and reading culture in the district, according to a press release from the foundation.
The partners are Korea University, Kookmin University, Dongduk Women’s University, Sungshin Women’s University and Hansung University. Kookmin University is a new participant, bringing the number of cooperating universities to five after the foundation signed a reading culture agreement with the other four in 2024, the foundation said.
Under the agreement, formally titled an agreement for the expansion of community-based humanities knowledge and reading culture, the parties will jointly plan and operate humanities programs, connect university human and academic resources with public library infrastructure, broaden opportunities for university students to participate in the community, and cooperate on revitalizing local reading culture.
Seongbuk district public libraries will host humanities lectures by university faculty, special lectures by invited figures, student-linked programs reflecting the characteristics of individual departments, and reading camps for children and parents, according to the release.
The university presidents party to the agreement are Kim Dong-one of Korea University, Jung Seung-ryul of Kookmin University, Lim Se-jin of Dongduk Women’s University, Lee Sung-keun of Sungshin Women’s University and Lee Chang-won of Hansung University. Seongbuk district mayor Lee Seung-ro serves concurrently as chairman of the Seongbuk Cultural Foundation. The foundation said it will identify and pursue specialized projects with the district’s public libraries as its base.