Overview of Activities
SUN has carried out diverse activities that can be summarized with four main categories abbreviated as "ACE":
Administrative, Academic, Cultural, and Expedition.
| A |
Administrative Program
Academic Programs
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| C |
Cultural Programs
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| E |
Expedition Programs
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Annual General Assembly of SUN
- Purpose
- To review SUN’s activities in the previous year and make necessary administrative decisions for the next year.
- Invitees
- Heads and their spouses of member universities and institutions of SUN + Representative students(two) nominated by the Heads of universities.
- Time
- Usually in August, but may vary upon request by the host institution
- Venue
- The city where the host institution is located
Annual Academic Conference of International Association for Silk Road Studies (IASS)
- Purpose
- To bring together researchers, practitioners and policy makers from the universities and other institutions from the countries along the Great Silk to discuss issues, tackle real challenges, find solutions and explore opportunities.
- Participants
- Professors and researchers in diverse fields of Silk Road related studies from the countries along the land or maritime Silk Roads.
- Time &Venue Dec
- Decided by the president of IASS in consultation with Secretary General of SUN
Annual Concert by the Silkroadia Phil-Harmonic Orchestra (SPO)
This organization was established as a cultural component of SUN, at the inaugural General Assembly in 2015. It is aimed at restoring the beauty of cultural diversities along the Silk Roads harmoniously through music.
Students of member universities majoring in Musical Instruments serve as members of this orchestra. Since the birth of this orchestra, a prominent Korean conductor Maestro Chi-Yong Chung, who is a professor of Korea National University of Arts has directed this orchestra. Once a year, students get together and perform regularly after a week of joint practice.
- Participants
- Students majoring in music at SUN member universities are recommended and chosen after a mandatory screening process to perform in the Silkroadia concert.
- Time &Venue
- To be decided jointly by the co-hosting organizations
- Hosted by
- SUN Silkroadia Phil-Harmonic Orchestra
- Co-organized by
- Korea National University of Arts and any member university of SUN sponsored by Gyeongsangbuk-do & SUN
International Joint Research for Having a Standard Map of Silk Road
This is a 5-year research project to be carried out jointly by a group of researchers recommended by the heads of member universities of SUN and nominated by the Secretary General of SUN. It aims to make a universal map of the Silk-roads without any political, cultural, racial, and religious bias. An international joint research team had convened its meeting at Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan in 2017 and it will continue its project in 2018.
PHOCOS: Photo Contest of SUN & Exhibition
- Participants
- Students from member universities of SUN
- Theme
- A variety of topics related to the Silk Road
- Application Period & Prize
- To be announced
- Hosted by
- SUN & United Students of Silk-road Universities Network (USSUN)
WRICOS: Writing Contest of SUN
- Participants
- Students from member universities of SUN
- Theme
- A variety of topics related to the Silk Road
- Category
- Poems and short essays about Silk Road written in the writers’ own languages. Selected works will be translated into various languages by co-organizing universities of WRICOS.
- Application Period & Prize
- To be announced
- Hosted by
- SUN& United Students of the Silk-Road Universities Network (USSUN)
Expedition of the Maritime Silk Road by Ship for Members of SUN
- Purpose
- University students from the Silk-Road Universities Network (SUN) in Asia, Europe, and Africa will be able to share the spirit of the Silk Road and strengthen their bonds as they walk along the land and sea routes of the old Silk Road and hold cultural exchange activities and volunteer activities on the places they went through.
Silk Road Students Festival
- Purpose
- Exchange of Information, Ideas, Knowledge, and Culture among the students of member universities of SUN
- Time
- during the General Assembly of SUN
- Venue
- Host University of the General Assembly of SUN
SRFF: The Silk Road Film Festival
- Purpose
- Sharing the beauty of cultural diversities along the Silk Roads with documentary as well as entertainment films
- Time
- During the General Assembly of SUN
- Venue
- Host University of the General Assembly of SUN
