Cultural Talk For Diversity

The 28th Cultural Talk looks at career breaks through the lens of gender, work, and everyday realities across Asia and beyond. The session centers on how expectations around care, ambition, family, and professional growth can shape women's career paths.

Anupama S Kapoor will lead the discussion on "Can Women Have It All? Gender, Work & Reality in Asia (India & Beyond)." Detailed speaker content will be updated later once the remaining materials are ready.

Korea and India each carry deep cultural traditions that continue to shape the world in visible and quiet ways. From everyday habits and family life to language, creativity, and social values, these cultures offer perspectives that feel both rooted and globally resonant.

Moderated by Hoseock Choi, the session opened space for wider reflection, fresh stories, and diverse ways of seeing the world through Korean and Indian cultural perspectives.

Reflecting on inherited belief systems in a small village in Poland, this talk looks at how taboos carry ideas about purity, luck, gender roles, and belonging, and how such beliefs persist or transform across generations.

A deep dive into the impact of decolonization on modern society and individual identity, exploring paths toward a more inclusive future.

Cultural context profoundly shapes how ADHD traits are valued in the workplace. Research comparing Belgium and South Korea highlights why traits like perseverance may be praised in one context but overlooked in another.

This session examined how AI can become more inclusive and human-centered through EdTech and neurodivergent support, showing how technology can expand access, confidence, and participation.

This session asked whether AI is truly for everyone by exploring cultural intelligence, inclusive design, and the risk of widening inequality if technology is built without broader human context.

This session looked at how cultures can remain connected through shared heritage while developing unique identities, communication styles, and social perspectives across different contexts.

This session explored how religion and belief shape identity, resilience, and intercultural understanding, from deeply personal faith journeys to the role of religion in everyday life, community values, and business culture.

This session explored how peace is practiced within communities and how resilience, courage, and collective effort emerge even in contexts marked by conflict and war.

This session used lived experience and community storytelling to explore transgender inequality, resilience, and the importance of education in building more inclusive societies.

This session explored how education reflects cultural values while also shaping belonging, curiosity, and personal growth across different national contexts.

This session brought together youth advocacy and coaching perspectives to reframe ADHD through inclusion, research, and strengths rather than deficit alone.

Held around International Women’s Day, this session explored how culture, language, and social expectations shape women’s lives and public debates in different contexts.

This session examined how social class is experienced and narrated across India, Latin America, and the United States, showing how history, race, and culture continue to shape inequality today.

This session explored how food tells stories of migration, heritage, and belonging through Malaysian culinary diversity and the global spread of Korean food culture.

This session looked at how dogs support healing, independence, and companionship through both service-dog education and an intergenerational care initiative in Korea.

This session explored psychological safety across workplaces and cultures, examining how hierarchy, communication, and social norms affect whether people feel safe to speak up.

This session brought together speakers whose lives and careers moved across borders, exploring how culture shapes values, adaptation, and belonging.

This session highlighted facilitation as a lived craft in East Africa, bringing together speakers from Uganda and Kenya to share professional insight and personal experience.

This session examined women’s lives through personal narrative, social rights, and intercultural identity, bringing together speakers from multiple regions and backgrounds.

This community-focused session centered on cyberbullying and social media isolation, using a poster-led format rather than named speaker profiles.

This year-end session combined cultural storytelling and performance, featuring Christmas traditions in Europe and a Korean Janggu drum performance.

This session connected workplace culture, identity-based language learning, and youth environmental activism through three concise talks.

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This session connected identity, intercultural work, and education through talks on mixed-Asian belonging, hospitality DEI, and universal life skills.

This session examined how language and national identity interact across Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Philippines.

The first Cultural Talk invited participants to reflect on Europe through stories of wine, East–West difference, and identity.