Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of recent periodic revolutions such as the 4th industrial revolution and the corona pandemic on the academic field, and in particular, to examine the impact of these changes on French studies.
Methods This study analyzed the invitation letters to academic conference through language network analysis and examined the influence of the current trend of change on French Studies research.
Results French studies between 2021 and 2023, when the corona was in vogue and the 4th industrial revolution accelerated, showed a change in the theme of the conference compared to before the pandemic. In other words, topics such as virtual reality, metaverse, and artificial intelligence, along with the search for the direction of French Studies research in the corona era and the post-corona era were selected, which reflected the trend of the new era.
Conclusion Trends of the times, such as the acceleration of the 4th industrial revolution and the corona pandemic, have been shown to affect research trends in academic fields such as French Studies in Korea.