Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “VisonBytes - Seeing in the age of intercultural digitality” by Prof. Holger Briel, Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University-United International College
2021-10-13 17:30 - 19:00 (Asia/Macau) | Online
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/ j/ 94504263949
Abstract
From Emojis to Manga, from Western adverts to “foreign” brand consciousness, visual products are continuing their near instantaneous circulation around the globe. Especially their apparent ‘naturalness’ and freedom from translation is appealing. But here also lies the problem: these materials have been constructed by social actors with specific agendas in mind; and especially their ‘foreign’ receptions create challenges, including ethical ones.
In order to properly study these fairly new phenomena, a different kind of terminology is needed, not one that relies on older media concepts, but one that does them justice in terms of their contextual and technological complexity, multivalence and mobility. In my research presentation, I will propose to introduce the term ‘VisionBytes’ for these phenomena. These are complex visual arrays, oftentimes of foreign cultural origin and consist of still or moving images. They circulate within a system of non-photography as sketched by François Laruelle (2013) and are akin to the ‘objects’ described in Quentin Meillassoux’ Beyond Finitude (2008). Invariably, they touch on issues of belonging, identity, exclusion, human rights and globalisation, issues I will foreground in my presentation. Even more recently, they have also begun participating in the preparations for the imminent gaze of the (technological) Other, of a possible singularity which for the first time will allow humans to re-view themselves and thus be judged by alien means.

FAH - CJS Lecture on Japanese Studies #2: Tips for Learning Japanese – Case Studies of Misuse of Japanese Learners of Chinese, and of Chinese Learners of Japanese
2021-10-13 10:00 - 11:30 | TBA

同一賬，記兩簿：傳統時代晉商的複式簿記
2021-10-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Zoom
最近幾年來，中國商業史的研究，從外史走向內史，即脫離以商路、商幫、市場、以及商人與政府的關係之類的議題，走向以商號會計制度與經營方式為主導研究。一大批傳統工商業帳本的面世，激發了學者的研究興趣。演講人利用正在整理出版過程的100冊清代山西食鹽零售商豐盛泰號帳本，以及40種清代至民國年間的當商帳本，首次揭示中國傳統工商業帳本採用的標準且完整的複式簿記。這一制度奠定了中國商業資本主義發展的基礎。
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/94871261096

CIUM’s Academic Seminar – The Aesthetics in Chinese & American Cinemas: A Comparative Study
2021-10-11 09:30 - 11:00 | Zoom
Please join the Zoom meeting by scanning the QR code on the poster.

Portuguese Legal Translation: A Procedural Approach Intensive Course
2021-10-11 - 2021-11-08
Portuguese Legal Translation: a Procedural Approach Intensive Course

Organizational units: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC)
Period: October 11th to November 8th 2021 (20 hours)
Schedule: Every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, from 18:15 to 19:45 at IPOR (the last lesson will end at 20:15)
Registration: IPOR reception counter (10:00-18:30)
Admission requirement:

Translators and Interpreters dealing with legal Portuguese language or anyone with an interest in legal Portuguese language with a B1/B2 level of Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Seats limited to 15, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the registration and pay the deposit to IPOR. Courses will be offered if the number of applicants reaches 10 or more. Your seat will only be confirmed after making full deposit payment to IPOR.

Costs: MOP500 deposit and refundable if participants meet 80% of attendance requirement; MOP250 for course materials; please pay the deposit to IPOR at their office.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/BJEEQxsSnpWgnLNe9 (Deadline: 12:00pm, September 30th, 2021)

Confucius Institute’s Online Student Gathering
2021-09-30 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Please register by scanning the QR code on the poster or visit https://forms.gle/qeAJxxy1kZyNbnoY8. We will then email you the Zoom meeting ID and password.

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: TRADUZINDO O BRASIL: O PAÍS MESTIÇO DE JORGE AMADO
2021-09-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/94126055583
The Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies (CIELA) is pleased to invite all those interested to the Webinar “TRADUZINDO O BRASIL: O PAÍS MESTIÇO DE JORGE AMADO”, being held on September 29, 2021, 7:00pm, via Zoom.

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Identity and dementia: a different approach” by Prof. Giovanni Boniolo, University of Ferrara, Italy
2021-09-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/95296752322
Abstract
In the talk, after clarifying terms such as ‘identity’, ‘self’ and ‘person- hood’, I propose an empirical account of identity based on the notion of “whole phenotype”. This move allows one to claim the persistence of the individuals before and after their being affected by dementia.

ELC-EWCC's Fall semester student activities: Academic workshops and Chatroom (cancelled)
2021-09-29 15:00 - 2021-10-20 16:30
ELC-EWCC’s Fall semester student activities: Academic workshops and Chatroom (cancelled)
Dear Students,
Please be informed that the Fall 2021 EWCC academic workshops and chatroom, including Crafting Your Personal Statement (29 Sep), How to Write an Academic Email (6 Oct), Organizing Your Mind’s Speech (13 Oct), and Writing an academic Curriculum Vitae for postgraduate study (20 Oct) are now cancelled, viewing the pandemic situation and complying with Macao SAR Government’s preventive measures against COVID-19. Rescheduling of the workshops and chatroom will be until further notice.
Thank you for your attention. Please take care and stay safe.
English Writing and Communication Centre
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

CCHC : Yang Yi Academic Thoughts and Method International Conference
2021-09-28 09:00 - 18:00 | Room 3118, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (E21)
Event Information

Event Name
:
CCHC : Yang Yi Academic Thoughts and Method International conference

Categories
:
Conference / Symposium

Organizer
:
Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Date
:
28 SEP 2021

Time
:
09:00 – 18:00

Venue
:
Room 3118, Humanities and Social Sciences Building (E21)

Target Audience
:
All are Welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepehenie Tong

Tel. No
:
8822 4028

Fax
:
8822 2383

Email
:
stephenietong@um.edu.mo

CCHC: the calligraphy exhibition “Native Land Emotion” of “Telling China’s Story Well”
2021-09-27 - 2021-10-30 | Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (34)
Event Information

Event Name
:
CCHC: the calligraphy exhibition “Native Land Emotion” of “Telling China’s Story Well”

Categories
:
Activity, Student Activity

Organizer
:
Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Co-organizer
:
Macao Wisdom Humanities Encourage Political Association

Date
:
27 SEP to 30 OCT 2021

Time
:
09:00 – 17:30

Venue
:
Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (34)

Content
:
Opening Ceremony
Date: 27 September 2021
Time: 15:00pm~16:00pm
Venue: Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (34)
Exhibition Period
Date: 27 September 2021 – 30 October 2021
Time: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

Target Audience
:
All are Welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepehenie Tong

Tel. No
:
8822 4028

Fax
:
8822 2383

Email
:
stephenietong@um.edu.mo

Dog Racing in Macau: Commodification, Gambling Culture, and the Place of Non-human Animals in the City
2021-09-24 13:00 - 14:30 | E21-3118
Dog Racing in Macau: Commodification, Gambling Culture, and the Place of Non-human Animals in the City
For a few years in the 1930s and then for another fifty-five years since 1963, greyhound racing was one of the attractions that helped boost Macau’s repertoire as the Monte Carlo of the East, the Las Vegas of Asia, Asia’s sin city, and the gambling capital of the Far East. Albeit short-lived, the city’s pioneering canidrome positioned the Portuguese colony at the centre of a global trend. The reopening and expansion of the dog-racing business in the 1960s brought not only new economic opportunities, but also triggered a series of crimes linked to the killing and abuse of greyhounds. While both experiences unfolded in highly differing circumstances, the two dog-racing businesses rose to popularity amongst tourists and Chinese punters in southern China and then declined for a similar reason: the shifting of public attention to alternative, often more-innovative, spaces of entertainment and pleasure. Adopting the Marxist framework of commodification, this study explores the shaping of human-animal interaction in the context of a gambling city and calls for a reappraisal of the place of non-human animals in the city beyond the framework of capitalism.

Recruitment: 1st Chinese History and Culture Promotion Ambassador
2021-09-17 08:00 - 2021-09-30 23:30
簡介
澳門大學中國歷史文化中心現正推出“中國歷史文化推廣大使”培訓計劃，以培養學生對中國歷史文化的熱誠，提高對中國優秀傳統文化的知識。“中國歷史文化推廣大使”培訓計劃將透過分享會、座談會、講座、研討會及交流計劃等，提高學生對中國歷史和優秀傳統文化的認識，讓學生成為致力於中國歷史文化傳播與推廣的骨幹力量。推廣大使任期兩年，可續任。而中國歷史文化中心亦將會在每年開學初進行招新工作，以壯大推廣大使的隊伍。
Introduction
To cultivate enthusiasm for Chinese history and culture and enhance the knowledge of excellent Chinese traditional culture, the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) at the University of Macau is launching the “Chinese History and Culture Promotion Ambassador” training program. This program includes share meetings, symposiums, lectures, seminars, and exchange programs, striving to make students become the backbone force committed to the dissemination of Chinese history and culture. The term of the Promotion Ambassador is two years and is renewable. The CCHC will also recruit new students at the beginning of each academic year to expand the team of promotion ambassadors.
主辦單位：澳門大學中國歷史文化中心
Organizer: The Centre for Chinese History and Culture, University of Macau
※ 計劃目的 Program Purpose
● 提高對中國及澳門歷史的認識
Enhance awareness of the history of China and Macao;
● 提高學生的文化質素
Improve the cultural education of students;
● 傳承優秀中國傳統文化
Inherit Chinese excellent traditional culture;
● 透過成為“中國歷史文化推廣大使”，鞏固愛國愛澳意識
Strengthen patriotism and cultivate affection for Macao by becoming a Chinese History and Culture Promotion Ambassador.
※ 招募對象 Requirements
● 澳門大學的學生(包括本科及研究生)
Students at the University of Macau (including undergraduate and graduate students)
● 對中國歷史文化感興趣
Interested in Chinese history and culture;
● 具有責任感、積極參與、投入度高
Student who are responsible, actively participate, and have a high level of commitment.
※ 成功加入的你將有機會 After joining successfully, you could have the opportunities to:
● 獲得“中國歷史文化推廣大使”委任狀*
Obtain the certificate of ” Chinese History and Culture Promotion Ambassador”;
● 參與中國歷史文化中心舉辦的培訓計劃
Participate in the study organized by the CCHC;
● 參與中國歷史文化中心舉辦交流等活動
Join in exchange and other activities held by the CCHC

FAH-DPORT: XXX Encontro da AULP, Macau, RAEM, China 2021
2021-09-16 17:30 - 2021-09-17 23:00 | Zoom
Instituição / Local: Universidade de Macau
País: Macau
Data de início: 2021-09-16
Data de fim: 2021-09-17
O XXX Encontro da AULP irá realizar-se nos dias 16 e 17 de setembro de 2021 em Macau (em formato online) tendo como anfitrião a Universidade de Macau, RAEM, China.
O XXX Encontro da AULP, previsto para se realizar em Macau, no ano de 2020, com o tema Diálogo de Culturas e Promoção do Ensino da Língua Portuguesa na China foi adiado para o corrente ano de 2021, em virtude da declaração de Pandemia, realizando-se ainda, todavia, em modelo virtual, via plataforma Zoom, a partir da Universidade de Macau.
As dificuldades associadas à presença de muitas Instituições de língua portuguesa em diferentes latitudes, determinou que será aberto ao público em geral, a assinatura da Aliança de Bibliotecas de Língua Portuguesa, que assinala a comemoração do 40º aniversário, da Universidade de Macau na RAEM e o lançamento das obras comemorativas “Repensar Macau” e “Fontes Históricas sobre Macau no Arquivo Histórico de Goa. Séculos XVI a XIX: Um Catálogo”, assinalando-se ainda, a cooperação existente em tempo COVID19.
http://aulp.org/xxix-encontro-da-aulp-macau-raem-china-2021/

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “The Variety of Minds: Why the Dao Mind Is/Becomes Huanghu (Ambiguous and Elusive)?” by Prof. Robin Wang, Loyola Marymount University, USA
2021-09-15 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/ j/ 99210467063
Abstract
This talk explores the link between Dao in cosmology and an epistemological pattern for illumination and well-being. It argues for a rou柔 (suppleness) cognitive style of knowing and an epistemological stance to embody the intellectual virtues. Rou does not only create a crucial space where one’s ethos and values can be displayed, but also where one’s cognitive capacities are enhanced.

[Deadline Postponed to 19/11] Short Video Shooting Contest of Higher Education Institutions in Macao
2021-09-01 - 2021-11-19
“Paixão” has many meanings in Portuguese: it can be the interest of something, the attraction of someone; it is love, desire, even resentment and pain; it is a kind of strong feeling. How would you interpret this word? How do you express this feeling and impulse? The purpose of this contest is to encourage undergraduate and postgraduate students in Macau to express their understanding of “Paixão” in the form of short video shooting in five minutes. Please refer to the contest information below:

Eligibility:

Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the higher education institutions in Macau
Student can either participate as an individual or in a group of 3 members or less
Each contestant or group can only submit one application

Video specification:

Length: 5-10 minutes
Format: MPEG/MP4/MOV
Tools: Any types of shooting equipment are welcome
Resolution: 1280 x 720 (720p), up to 1920 x 1080 (1080p) is an advantage
Subtitle: Bilingual in Portuguese and Chinese
Audio: Mono/Dual channel
Size: Depends on the video platform

Submission:

Upload the video to either Youtube or Bilibili, select “unlisted” in visibility and make sure the video link is available
Each contestant/group is required to submit a short description of the video with 150 words (either Chinese and/or Portuguese) at maximum
Submit your application from this weblink: https://forms.gle/SxVhEpugrhgGVZSG7

Schedule:

Application period: from 01/09/2021 to 19/11/2021 (Late submission will NOT be accepted)
Result announcement: 13/12/2021

Evaluation:

The organizer will form a review panel that consist of five members. The panel will review all video submissions and select the “1st Prize”, “2nd Prize”, “3rd Prize” and “Merit Prize”.

Prizes:
For all other details, please read the contest’s regulation that can be downloaded from here. Any updated information regarding the contest will be posted on this webpage.

澳門大學四十週年校慶：文學與國家形象建構暨第十四屆國際辭賦學學術研討會
2021-08-08 - 2021-08-10 | E21-3118

FAH - CCHC : Lecture on “The journey for the bonding between Jinjiang and Macao”- Macao’s Lotus Loving Culture
2021-07-19 14:30 - 15:30 | Room G011, Cultural Building, Lecture Hall (34)
Event Information

Event Name
:
FAH – CCHC : Lecture on “The journey for the bonding between Jinjiang and Macao”- Macao’s Lotus Loving Culture

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture

Organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Speaker
:
Prof. ZHU Shoutong

Date
:
19 Jul 2021

Time
:
14:30 – 15:30

Venue
:
Room G011, Cultural Building, Lecture Hall (34)

Target Audience
:
Representative group of teachers and students from Jinjiang

Language
:
Mandarin

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepehenie Tong

Tel. No
:
8822 4028

Fax
:
8822 2383

Email
:
stephenietong@um.edu.mo

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: International Conference: Narrating the Pearl River, July 8-9, 2021
2021-07-08 18:00 - 2021-07-09 23:00 | https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84034678554?pwd=[REDACTED]
International Conference
Narrating the Pearl River
8-9 July 2021

Zoom link: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/84034678554?pwd=[REDACTED]

Organization: CETAPS (NOVA FCSH), CIELA (University of Macau), CCCM (Lisbon).

Narrating the Pearl River Delta is an online international conference jointly organized by CETAPS (Center for English Translation and Anglo-Portuguese Studies) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and CIELA (Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies) of the Department of Portuguese, University Macau, in collaboration with CCCM (Macau Scientific and Cultural Centre, in Lisbon, Portugal).
The conference will convene international scholars researching on visual and written representations of the Pearl River Delta, specifically on Macau, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, from different periods, regarding materials ranging from travel writings, literary works, historical documents, and press publications, to photography.
Working languages: English and Portuguese.

Time Zone: GMT + 8 (Macau).

Programme

8 JULY

18.00 Opening ceremony: Carlos Ceia, Mário Pinharanda Nunes, Carmen Amado Mendes, Rogério Miguel Puga
18.10 Keynote speaker (Chair: Rogério Miguel Puga)
Paul Van Dyke (Retired): “The Safest Places in Asia: Pawn Shops in Macao and Canton and their Traditional Roles in the Pearl River Delta”
19.10 Kit Kelen (University of Macau): “Poetry and Pictures by Kit Kelen”
(Chair: Rogério Miguel Puga)

SESSION 1 (Chair: Mário Pinharanda Nunes)
19.30 Miguel Hernández (CHAM, NOVA FCSH): “A Relação da Grande Monarquia da China (1642), de Álvaro Semedo: Um Olhar Proto-etnográfico sobre a China Ming”
19.50 Jason James Santos (SKHCY Secondary School, Hong Kong): “(Re)reading Hong Kong’s History: The Portuguese who Built across the Delta”
20.10 Mário Pinharanda Nunes (University of Macau): “Makista Texts in Ta Sssi Yang Kuo: Sociocultural Narratives of 19th-Century
Macau and Hong Kong”
20.30 – 20.40: Q&A
20.40 – 21.30: Dinner Break

SESSION 2 (Chair: Gustavo Infante)
21.30 Dora Nunes Gago (University of Macau): “Prejudices and Stereotypes in the Works of Maria Ondina Braga and Rodrigo Leal de
Carvalho”
21.50 Gustavo Infante (University of Bristol): “E agora, João?: Muddy Complexities in John Mateer’s João (2018)”
22.10 Rogério Miguel Puga (CETAPS, NOVA FCSH): “Aestheticizing the (Poetical) Rhythms of the Pearl River Delta: A Comparative Approach to W. H. Auden’s Sonnets “Hong Kong” and “Macao” (1938)”
22.30 – 22.40: Q&A

9 JULY
SESSION 1 (Chair: Everton Machado)
18:00 Everton V. Machado (CEC, University of Lisbon): “O Sistema-mundo Moderno e a Macau de Wenceslau de Moraes”
18:20 Duarte Braga (CEC, University of Lisbon): “As Relações Literárias Goa-Macau no Ta Ssi Yang Kuo”
18.40 Sara Augusto (Polytechnic Institute of Macau): “Poemografia, a Escrita a Preto e Branco de António Duarte Mil Homens”
19.00 – 19.10: Q&A
19.10 – 20.30: Dinner Break

SESSION 2 (Chair: Catarina Nunes de Almeida)
20.30 Mónica Simas (Ca’ Foscari University, Venice): “A Orfandade: Estereótipos e Ambivalências em Os Dores, de Henrique de Senna Fernandes”
20.50 Catarina Nunes de Almeida (CEC, University of Lisbon): “Contemplação, Evocação e Naufrágio: Paisagens Fluviais Chinesas na Poesia Portuguesa Contemporânea”
21.10 Vera Borges (University of Saint Joseph, Macau): “Amor e História em Duas Vozes Femininas de Macau, Cecília Jorge e Fernanda Dias: ‘Porque a verdade do amor é um alvo/e a palavra/flecha’”
21.30 – 21.40: Q&A
21.40 Conference Closing

FAH-DPORT: 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course (Online)
2021-07-05 09:00 - 2021-07-23 18:00 | Online
35th PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE SUMMER COURSE (ONLINE)
FROM JULY 05 TO 23, 2021

PARTICIPANTS
The program on offer may be of interest for students of Portuguese in upper secondary education or for students who are attending a University undergraduate or graduate program.
If you are a teacher or a translator, you may also be interested in our theme-based courses. Please see the list below.
If you want to learn Portuguese just for the fun of it, you are also most welcome to join us!

GENERAL LANGUAGE COURSES
You will be assigned to one of the following courses once you have taken the placement test.
Language courses are organized in five different levels (A1, A2, B1, B2, C). Each one lasts 45 hours. Students also benefit from 15 hours of guided autonomous study. In addition to developing written and oral receptive and productive skills language classes, include sessions dedicated to grammatical and lexical topics and other specific level-based features.
These classes run from 3 to 6 p.m.
Language courses include listening, speaking, reading, writing and mediation activities as well as the study of key grammatical features and vocabulary for each level. Syllabi will be available on MOODLE.
All courses aim at helping participants to develop their linguistic, sociolinguistic, pragmatic and sociocultural competences in Portuguese as well as to raise their intercultural awareness.
Participants who will be attending a beginner or an elementary course may find it useful to attend Music, Dance and Gastronomy courses to enhance their grammar and vocabulary as well as their sociocultural knowledge.
Students receive a UM complementary digital textbook and other supplementary resources. The organization of the Summer Course will also make available other digital resources.

THEME-BASED COURSES
Theme-based courses consist of a 75-hour offer in literature, linguistics, cinema, gastronomy, dance, music, history, education, translation, topics of contemporary Portugal, contemporary art, Portugal and Europe. Task-based activities complement these workshops.
These courses run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in 50-minute sessions.
As schedules do not overlap, students can customize their summer study plan.
At lunchtime, participants can also get to know Macau and the Portuguese and Macanese communities in Macau and in Portugal, as well as institutions and places in Portugal.
In addition, they may also watch ‘Talking with…’, which includes interviews with writers, translators and people in the business and financial industries.
These courses require a B1, B2 or C language proficiency. Students attending an A2 language course may have trouble but they are also welcome and will have to be prepared to work harder. Please check below the language level requirement for each course.
Participants taking elementary classes may find Music, Gastronomy and Dance more adequate to supplement their study of the language and the culture.

CLASS SCHEDULES ARE AVAILABLE HERE

TEACHERS
Teachers are well known plurilingual and multicultural professionals in their academic areas. The specific expertise of Portuguese-Chinese bilingual teachers is an added advantage for students.

CERTIFICATES and CREDITS
At the end of the course, participants who attend 80% of the language course receive a certificate of attendance.
An achievement certificate is also available upon taking the language test and essay submission in attended theme-based courses. This certificate will provide the student’s linguistic profile.
University students may apply for equivalence to courses at their universities.

FAH-CCHC : Exhibition of winning works of the New Year Calligraphy Competition in Hong Kong and Macao
2021-06-22 09:00 - 2021-06-30 17:30 | Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)
Event Information

Event Name
:
FAH-CCHC : Exhibition of winning works of the New Year Calligraphy Competition in Hong Kong and Macao

Categories
:
Activity, Student Activity

Organizer
:
Calligraphy Education Research Association of Macau

Co-organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Date
:
21 June to 30 June 2021 (Monday to Friday)

Time
:
9:00 – 17:45

Venue
:
Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)

Target Audience
:
All are welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Tong (Stephenie)

Tel. No
:
8822-2708

Fax
:
8822-2383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “Multicultural Study Activities in Macao ── Father Matteo Ricci and Chinese Culture Lecture Series”
2021-06-18 16:30 - 17:30 | Colegio Mateus Ricci
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “Multicultural Study Activities in Macao ── Father Matteo Ricci and Chinese Culture Lecture Series”

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture

Organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Speaker
:
Prof. YE Nong

Date
:
18 June 2021

Time
:
16:30 – 17:30

Venue
:
Colegio Mateus Ricci

Target Audience
:
Students and teachers of Colegio Mateus Ricci

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepheni Tong

Tel. No
:
88224028

Fax
:
88222383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Are Conspiracy Theories Pathological?” by Prof. Lisa Bortolotti, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
2021-06-09 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3121
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/98738684301
Abstract
Conspiracy theories are often considered not just as an example of irrationality, but as a pathological phenomenon. This approach, which gets prima facie support from the observation of a correlation between conspiracist thinking and schizotipy (Douglas et al. 2019), has been quite common in the last decades of research. Recently, parallels have been drawn in the public discourse between conspiracy theories about COVID-19 and paranoid delusions. Here we argue that the pathologization of conspiracy theories is problematic for several reasons. First, looking at surface features, the behaviour of people who accept conspiracy theories differs in some key respects from that of people with delusions of persecution. Second, according to the most influential aetiological theories, the causal factors contributing to the acceptance of conspiracy theories and persecutory delusions are not the same. Third and lastly, from the viewpoint of political epistemology and in the light of imbalances in epistemic power, the advocates of conspiracy theories have motivations and interests that pathologization inappropriately excludes from public debate and deliberation.

CIUM’s Academic Seminar – Promoting Putonghua (Mandarin) in Ethnic Areas in the New Era
2021-06-03 10:00 - 12:00 | ZOOM
Please register by scanning the QR code on the poster or visit https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bIomWaPwjrmZps2?Q_CHL=qr . We will then email you the Zoom meeting ID and password.

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: Chinese History and Culture Comic Book Series' School Visit at Escola Oficial Zheng Guanying
2021-06-03 08:35 - 22:00

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Chinese and Western Values: Reflections on the Methodology of a Cross-Cultural Dialogue” by Prof. Karl-Heinz Pohl, Trier University, Germany
2021-05-26 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3121
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/95851898439
Abstract
Value systems have their origins in religious traditions. Christian ideas and values still form the basis of Western societies, although now mostly in a secularized fashion; hence they can be called post-Christian values. Comparing the impact of Confucianism in East Asia to that of Christianity in the West, one can regard Confucianism as a functional equivalent of the Christian faith: Confucian values have exerted a profound and lasting influence on China over a period of even more than 2000 years. As “post-Confucianism” it still forms the ethical basis of Chinese society.
Considering these differences, basic methodological aspects concerning a cross-cultural dialogue between China and the “West” will be explored. They include: the relation between partners who participate in a dialogue; asymmetry in the use of language (mostly English nowadays); different historical experiences (collective memory); different kinds of cultural framework (i.e., the symbolic orientation which, apart from language, is the basis of cultural identity), and others.
In view of these general conditions and impediments, a dialogue between cultures could deal with the following four aspects: 1. historical reflection and sensitivity; 2. getting to know the respective other culture; 3. search for common concepts; 4. openness towards the other and willingness to be informed by the other.

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : "British Desert Island Literature in the Visual Threshold of Chinese Culture"
2021-05-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Room G019, Cultural Building (E34)
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “British Desert Island Literature in the Visual Threshold of Chinese Culture”

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture

Organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Speaker
:
Prof. XUE Jiabao

Date
:
26 May 2021

Time
:
17:00 – 18:30

Venue
:
Room G019, Cultural Building (E34)

Target Audience
:
All are welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Tong (Stephenie)

Tel. No
:
8822-2708

Fax
:
8822-2383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC:Chinese Culture Exhibition Series: Huangmei Opera Appreciation Event
2021-05-21 14:30 - 16:00 | Room G001, Student Activity Centre Theatre (E31)
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC:Chinese Culture Exhibition Series: Huangmei Opera Appreciation Event

Categories
:
Activity, Student Activity

Organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Date
:
21 May 2021

Time
:
14:30 – 16:00

Venue
:
Room G001, Student Activity Centre Theatre (E31)

Target Audience
:
All are welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Tong (Stephenie)

Tel. No
:
8822-2708

Fax
:
8822-2383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：““語法化-詞匯化”關係漫談”- 彭睿教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “How are grammaticalization and lexicalization related” by Prof. Peng Rui
2021-05-19 10:30 - 12:30 | E21-3118

FAH-DPORT: 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course
2021-05-19 00:00 - 2021-06-24 23:30 | https://fah.um.edu.mo/department-of-portuguese/dportsummercourse/
35th PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE SUMMER COURSE (ONLINE)
FROM JULY 05 TO 23, 2021
REGISTRATION PERIOD HAS ENDED
For Course information, please visit us HERE

For enquiries, please email us at fahpt_summer@um.edu.mo
