Philosophy Café
On November 20, 2024, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies held the fourth session of the Philosophy Café. This activity featured a special presentation by Lucas, DU YANBO, recipient of the 2024 Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay. In addition, Jan Gresil S. K ...
The Marco Polo Symposium: Cultural Exchange between the East and the West: Remembering Marco Polo at the 700th Anniversary of His Death. 18-19 OCTOBER 2024
The travels of Marco Polo symbolize a rich tradition of cultural encounter between China and the West. On the 7th centenary of death, the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, UM and the Macau Ricci Institute co-organized this symposium to celebrate Marci Polo’s legacy and the cultural exch ...
李晨陽教授訪澳系列講座
9月23日，由澳門大學人文社科高等研究院（IAS）和人文學院（FAH）哲學與宗教學系共同舉辦的澳大哲學名師系列講堂第六講於崇文樓演講廳成功舉行。此次講座主題為“重構儒學”，由南洋理工大學的李晨陽教授擔任主講人，人文學院哲學與宗教學系陳立勝教授和王慶節教授擔任與談人，高研院院長、法學院講座教授於興中教授擔任主持人。 講座伊始，李教授從歷史和發展的角度，對儒學和孔子主義這兩個概念進行瞭解釋和區分。他認為，儒學不僅包括孔子的思想，還有大量其他思想家的主張，同時儒學也隨著不斷變化的政治社會環境而不斷被定義和重新定義。隨後，李教授基於Richard Rorty所提出的歷史重構、理性重構這兩個概念，提出了研 ...
The 4th Philosophy Forum of Distinguished Scholars Series and the Philosophical “Translating China” Workshop 第四次“哲學名師系列講堂”及“翻譯中國”哲學研討會
On 14th March, the Institute of Advanced Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences (IAS) and the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies of the University of Macau (UM) presented the fourth “Philosophy Forum of Distinguished Scholars Series”. 由澳門大學人文社科高等研究院(下簡稱“高研院”)與人文學院哲學與宗教學系聯合主辦的第四次“哲學名師系列 ...
Why Do We Need Philosophy? The Philosophy Café goes to the Rose Garden
The 3rd session of the Philosophy Café was successfully held at Café Rose Garden (UM Library, North Wing) on November 15, 2023. With participants coming from different academic fields such as history, psychology, and business administration, the event was attended by a diverse group of undergraduate ...
Renowned scientist Robert Sapolsky discusses new book in Professor Hans-Georg Moeller and Chiang Hio Fai’s newly published interview
Professor Hans-Georg Moeller and Chiang Hio Fai recently released an interview with renowned scientist Robert Sapolsky on his new book, Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will (Penguin Press, 2023). Sapolsky is a professor of biology, neurology, neurological sciences, and neurosurgery at Stan ...
Philosophy Café session on Heritage attracts international students and professionals
The 2nd session of the Philosophy Café, organized by the PhD students of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, was held last March 29, 2023. For the first time, it was opened to the public through Zoom. Teng Wai Lao gave her talk entitled ‘A Paradox of Reusing Cultural Heritage: A Case ...
The Department celebrates Christmas at Sofitel Macau
The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau held a delightful Christmas buffet lunch on December 16, 2022 at the Mistral Restaurant in Sofitel Macau At Ponte 16. The event was attended by professors and PhD Philosophy students of the department who all enjoyed the su ...
Physics student wins the Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay at the Philosophy Café Session
The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at the University of Macau hosted its first session of Philosophy Café on November 18, 2022. Philosophy Café is an occasional meeting organized by the department to create a casual setting for students to discuss philosophy and open up a space for a ...
UM holds roundtable meeting on the problem of transcendence in phenomenology and Chinese philosophy
UM holds roundtable meeting on the problem of transcendence in phenomenology and Chinese philosophy The Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), and the Departments of Philosophy at Sun Yat-Sen University’s Guangzhou and Zhuhai campuses ...