UM scholar publishes two OUP book chapters on Shakespeare and music
Two book chapters on Shakespeare and music, written by Prof. Katrine Wong from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), have been published in a cutting-edge volume, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music. Prof. Wong, the only scholar from Asia featured in the 1064-page volume, is responsible ...
FAH Professor Honoured by The British Academy
On Thursday 19 May, Prof. Nick Groom of the Department of English (FAH) of the University of Macau delivered one of the 2022 British Academy Lectures. This is the first time that one of these prestigious lectures has been delivered by a member of the UM Faculty. Established in 1902, the British Acade ...
UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on the mission and responsibilities of translation scholars
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently held the second lecture of the Macao Humanities Forum in the academic year 2021/2022, featuring Prof. Xu Jun, a prominent and highly respected translation scholar from Zhejiang University. Prof. Xu’s lecture, titled “the Responsibil ...
UM presents Teaching Excellence Award to Professor Jeremy Centeno De Chavez
Jeremy Centeno De Chavez is the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award of UM At the Congregation 2021 held today (19 June), the University of Macau (UM) presented the Teaching Excellence Award, which recognises faculty members with outstanding performance in teaching. The recipient in the 2020/20 ...
UM student wins first prize at ‘One Hundred Translators’ Translation Contest
(1st from left) Tang Yi and (center) Ieong Sao Leng Tang Yi, a master’s student in the English-Chinese translation programme offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently won a first prize at the ‘One Hundred Translators’ Translation Contest, after competing with f ...
FAH hosts International Conference on Yue dialects
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently held a two-day 24th International Conference on Yue Dialects. In the online linguistics conference, local scholars and those from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Europe and the United States exchanged research findings and insights on the dialects of ...
Alumna of English Studies wins UM40 Slogan Design
Ms. NG Hio Tong (Andrena), an alumna of UM majoring in English Studies, has won the UM40 Slogan Design to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the University of Macau. Her award-winning slogan is “博雅傳承四十載 仁義禮知信常在“, which, according to Andrena, was inspired by the motto of UM. Andrena is currently enga ...
Launch of UMGothic: A New Interdisciplinary Research Network
On Wednesday 27 May 2020, UMGothic was formally launched with a Zoom meeting chaired by Professor Timothy Simpson (FSS). This one-hour symposium attracted an interdisciplinary audience of 40 participants from across the University and interest from other established scholars in the region and beyond. ...
Ronald from DENG published a monograph – The Chinese Resultative Construction – A Cognitive Constructional Analysis
The Chinese Resultative Construction – A Cognitive Constructional Analysis Ronald has published a monograph The Chinese Resultative Construction – A Cognitive Constructional Analysis in LINCOM Studies in Chinese Linguistics Series. It examines the structure and function of the Chinese resultative con ...