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Online Forum: The Role of the Arts and Humanities in Troubling Times
This presentation will be live-streamed via Zoom (Online Access)
Wednesday, 13 May 2026 09:30
Session: Conference Featured Session
Room: Live-Stream Room 1
Presentation Type: Forum Discussion
Education, and the arts and humanities in particular, act as a positive force in framing and understanding the many contentious issues we collectively face in the pursuit of a sustainable world. In times that are increasingly uncertain, hostile, and contentious, and in which national governments focus on productivity, efficiency, technology, and security, considerations of humanity, human intelligence, and the wider common good are often ignored.
Have the arts and humanities made a sufficient case for their value to governments and the wider society today? In a world that focuses on progress and obsession with machines without considering the consequences, how do the arts and humanities remind us what it means to be human?
This Forum session invites participants to rethink the role of the arts and humanities in troubling times, and to explore how education can help cultivate stronger narratives of belonging.
Speaker Biography
Apipol Sae-Tung
Apipol Sae-Tung is an Academic Coordinator at IAFOR, where he contributes to the development and execution of academic-related content and activities. He works closely with the Forum’s partner institutions and coordinates IAFOR’s Global Fellowship Programme. His recent activities include mediating conference reports for the Forum’s international conference programme and facilitating the IAFOR Undergraduate Research Symposium (IURS).
Mr Sae-Tung began his career as a Program Coordinator for the Faculty of Political Science at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He was awarded the Japanese Government’s MEXT Research Scholarship and is currently pursuing a PhD at the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan. His research focuses on government and policy analysis, particularly on authoritarian regimes. Mr Sae-Tung holds an MA in International Relations and Diplomacy from Thammasat University, Thailand, where he studied foreign policy analysis and Thailand-China relations. He also holds a BA in History from the same institution.
About the Presenter(s)
Apipol Sae-Tung is an Academic Coordinator at IAFOR.
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