On February 27, 2024 (Tuesday), the HK+ Research Project Group of our university's Russian Institute (Director: Professor Sang-yong Pyo, Department of Korean Language) held a domestic academic conference as part of the academic activities of the Humanities Korea Project. This academic conference was the second year of academic activities in the second phase of the HK+ research project (Agenda: Recognition of Russian humanities space: the world in Russia, Russia in the world), and was held under the theme of “Russia’s new territorial policy and territorial discourse.”

With Putin's declaration in 2007 that “Russia's enormous territory is Russia's greatness,” many of Russia's national policies related to territory were revealed in earnest. This was reflected in various fields including Russia's foreign policy as well as society and culture. This academic conference looked at Russia's territorial expansion and policies, and how they affected various fields in Russia.

HK Research Professor Kim Seon-rae, who opened the first session, spoke on the topic of 'Ukraine War and Central Asia between Great Powers', related to the Russia-Ukraine War that broke out in 2022, and Russia and China's political, economic, and We analyzed diplomatic approaches and predicted whether Central Asia could strengthen its sovereignty and develop the country among powerful countries. Subsequently, Professor Hwang Seong-woo Hwang examined the changes in the Northeast Asian security landscape during the Cold War and post-Cold War period under the title 'Northeast Asia Security Topography: Past, Present, and Future', and how realistic is the possibility of restoring a northern-south triangular security structure similar to the Cold War era. analyzed to see if there was any. And HK Research Professor Hyejin Kim examined the overall characteristics and history of Russian Arctic cities under the theme of 'Land of opportunity or abandoned land, the transformation of Russian Arctic cities', and looked at the regional identity of Arctic cities through the example of Vorkuta, Komi Republic. announced about it.