Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

Please join the UM Team and support the online Walk for a Million!
2020-12-13
The annual charity event, Walk for a Million, will be held online this year on 13 December (Sunday). You are welcome to join the UM team through either of the following ways.
1. Via WeChat App ‘Online Walk for a Million’

Scan the QR code on the poster on or before 23:59 of 11 December to join the online Walk for a Million, or
Search for the WeChat APP ‘Online Walk for a Million’ , and type in the code for the UM Team, ‘KYLJLSX’

2. Enable WeRun for Step CountingParticipants should enable WeRun before 13 December for step counting on the day of the walk (This can be done repeatedly without affecting the original number of steps on WeRun)
You are welcome to invite your family and friends to join us by sharing the UM poster with them. Upon successful registration, you will receive an electronic walking certificate. Individuals who complete 6,000 steps or more and organisations who compete 1 million steps or more, during the day of the walk, will receive an electronic certificate in recognition of their participation in this charity event.

For students:
If students walk over 6000 steps for the online walk for a million under the group of “University of Macau”, students can get one Smart Point and 35 Citizenship with Global Perspectives CS points after they submit the online walk electronic certificate on e-form: https://go.um.edu.mo/n8nsam36 before 16 December (Wednesday).

For enquiries, please contact Ms Connie Cheong of the Public Relations Section, Communications Office at 8822 8090 or conniecheong@um.edu.mo

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: Tribute to Clarice Lispector on her Centennial Birth
2020-12-12 18:00 - 19:30 (Asia/Macau) | https://umac.zoom.us/j/94582244259
The Department of Portuguese of FAH, through its Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies is pleased to invite all those interested in participating to join the “Tribute to Clarice Lispector on her Centennial Birth”.
The Department of Portuguese

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“《詩經》與中國傳統文論”- 李山教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “The Book of Songs and Traditional Chinese Literary Theory” by Prof. Li Shan
2020-12-11 17:30 - 19:00 | E22-G013

DHIST guest lecture: 淮安"漕運之都"的形成機制 以城市中心轉移為中心, 吳滔教授
2020-12-11 15:30 - 17:00 | E21-G002

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: Tribute to Clarice Lispector on her Centennial Birth Anniversary
2020-12-10 20:30 - 22:00 | https://umac.zoom.us/j/96888961500

FAH-CCHC: Endless life in difficult times: Views of Macao University Students on the Value and Significance of Chinese Traditional Culture
2020-12-10 15:00 - 16:00 | Room G019, Cultural Building (E34)/ Zoom
Event Name
:
FAH-CCHC: Endless life in difficult times: Views of Macao University Students on the Value and Significance of Chinese Traditional Culture

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture

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

Speaker
:
Prof. GONG Yang

Date
:
10 DEC 2020

Time
:
15:00 – 16:00

Venue
:
Room G019, Cultural Building (E34)/ Zoom

Content
:
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/ j/ 7053346108?pwd=[REDACTED]
ID：705 334 6108
PASSWORD：88222708

Target Audience
:
All are welcome

DHIST guest lecture: 時勢、觀念與歷史論述——“中國近代史”如何形成
2020-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-3118
講座摘要:
關於中國近代史的論述最初是由西人進行的。1830年代，西人中的對華激進派為實現通過武力迫使中國開放的政治目標，進行早期中西關係史的建構。其政治論辯又導向對國際法與自然法、中西文明地位與價值的論述，多種因素導致了西人闡述鴉片戰爭史的方式。與此相聯繫，他們將相關論述延伸到對清代社會形態與中國歷史分期等問題的討論，並以進步史觀為依託，形成對中國歷史走向的認識，對晚清的歷史進行評論與書寫。在19世紀後期到20世紀早期的一系列著作中，上述論點與史觀逐漸沉澱為具有較長遠影響的早期中國近代史體系。

DHIST guest lecture: 商會與近代市民社會雛形的形成, 馬敏教授
2020-12-07 15:00 - 16:30 | E21-3118
講座摘要:
近代商會組織與其它城市民間社團組織的集體互動、協作效應，導致了某種更複雜的社會自組織過程的發生，形成了所謂“在野市政權力網路”。其實質內涵，是城市行政權力部分由官方下移民間，構成國家權力機關之外的社會權力體系。這一權力體系儘管仍受官方的監督與控馭，但已多少具有相對獨立性和自治權，實際上是一種正在形成中的、職能尚不完善的“地方性民間自治社會”，換言之，也就是與近代早期西方類似的“市民社會”（Civil Society）的雛形。
有關近代商會組織與市民社會雛形的描述與認知，對我們理解今天中國的國家與社會關係具有某種提示性意義，並有助於進一步完善現代社會治理體系及其理論。

FAH-CCHC: Macao Forum for Chinese Culture
2020-12-07 09:30 - 18:30
Event Information

Event Name
:
FAH-CCHC: Macao Forum for Chinese Culture

Categories
:
Conference / Symposium, Activity

Organizer
:
FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) & Think Tank of United Citizens

Date
:
07 December 2020

Time
:
09:30 – 18:45

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

Content
:
Opening Ceremony
Date: 07 December 2020
Time: 09:30a.m.~10:30.a.m
Venue: Room G011, Cultural Building, Lecture Hall (34)Conference Period
Date: 07 December 2020
Time: 10:45 a.m. to 18:45 p.m.
Venue: Room G011, Cultural Building, Lecture Hall (34)

Target Audience
:
All are Welcome

Language
:
Mandarin

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepheni Tong

Tel. No
:
88224028

Fax
:
88222383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

[POSTPONED] FAH-DPORT: Guest Talk Series - World Portuguese Varieties
2020-12-03 19:15 - 20:30 | TBC
DUE TO UNEXEPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES THIS TALK HAS BEEN POSTPONED. NEW DATE AND TIME TO BE ANNOUNCED ASAP.

ELC Student Activity - English Festival 2020 "Tending to Your Mind" Video Contest
2020-12-02 - 2020-12-08 | UM Moodle
Dear Students,
The submission deadline for the ELC Tending to Your Mind Video Contest is now extended to 8 December 2020 (Tuesday). This gives you extra weeks to create and send in your videos.
All current undergraduate or graduate students are welcome to enter the contest. We encourage interested individuals to use this extension to their advantage. If you have yet to submit a video, take this opportunity to craft one. Submit your video for a chance to be awarded prizes!
As you may know theme of this year’s ELC English Festival is “Tending to Your Mind”. We always seem to be so busy with everything – academic achievement, career, wealth, family, friends, and so on. Certainly not everyone can avoid mental health problems—but we can do our best to let those around us be aware of taking care of their emotional health in their lives.
The ELC is pleased to launch a video contest “Tending to Your Mind”. To showcase your creativity, you are invited to make a 2-3 minutes video that is relevant to the overarching theme – mental health. The contest is divided into the following two stages:
1. Submission: candidates will submit their videos on Moodle (Nov 3 – Dec 8). Please submit your video here: https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/assign/view.php?id=1890267
2. Evaluation: these videos will be judged by a committee made up of tutors and instructors (Dec 9).
Winners will be announced on Dec 10, and the prize-awarding ceremony will be held on Dec 16.
Prizes are given in first, second, third, most liked video, most shared video, and most visually stunning video according to voting result and judges’ feedback. Prizes include wireless massager, air purifier, electronic toothbrush, smart watch, and lunch box warmer – all are products that can improve your overall well-being.
All UM students are welcome to participate. Please note that collaborative (pairs/groups) videos are NOT accepted.
We encourage you to reflect on your mental health while making this video. All videos must be submitted on/before 8 December (Tuesday), much appreciated! We look forward to receiving all the great content.
Best regards,
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: "Professional Standards and Norms of Translation: Reflections from the Perspective of the Sociology of Law" by Prof. Zhao Junfeng
2020-12-01 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-3118
Abstract:
As the only national professional association, Translators’ Association of China (TAC), along with other relevant departments and institutions, developed and issued a host of professional standards and norms of translation which, to some extent, has contributed to and will continue to push for an orderly development of language services industry in China. Nevertheless, related laws with binding force are yet to be developed to ensure the transition of the industry from “a chaotic market” to “a professional autonomy.” Interactive relations between industry norms and prospective laws are explored from the perspective of the sociology of law, and suggestions on the legislation of translation industry are accordingly presented in this talk.
Biography:
Junfeng Zhao is Ph.D. in forensic linguistics, professor and director of Centre for Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). Professor Zhao is now the Secretary General of China National Committee for Translation and Interpreting Education, vice president of WITTA, vice director of Legal Translation Committee of TAC, vice chairman of Translators Association of Guangdong Province, China. From 2014 to 2018 he was the dean of the School of Interpreting and Translation Studies (SITS), GDUFS. He has published extensively in translation and interpreting studies, especially in legal translation and court interpreting domains.

DPORT-CPC-CRIPOR: INTERNATIONAL RADIO PROGRAMME IN PORTUGUESE – “CHINESE IDEAS” – SEASON 2
2020-11-30 - 2021-09-01
Organizational units: University of Macau (UM)’s Department of Portuguese (DPORT) and the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC), with the Department of Portuguese Language of the China Radio International (CRIpor)
Period: Continue to be updated (15 episodes)
Purpose and objective of the radio talk: The program, titled “Chinese Ideas”, will offer a systematic introduction to a group of major thinkers and works which shaped the Chinese intellectual tradition. It is aimed at the Portuguese-speaking general public and requires no previous knowledge of Chinese. The broadcasts are multidisciplinary in scope, providing the necessary background to put authors and ideas in their appropriate cultural context. Moreover, other than laying out a factual outline, the talks will also adopt a comparative outlook, with a view to engaging the audience with the ancient Chinese mindset and worldview.
Season 2: “Laozi” and the Dao de Jing
To listen to the radio program, please visit the following weblink:
Episode 1: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20201130/584920.html
Episode 2: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20201130/584924.html
Episode 3: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20201130/584944.html
Episode 4: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20201130/584945.html
Episode 5: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20201130/584957.html
Episode 6: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210301/627385.html
Episode 7: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210318/637019.html
Episode 8: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210318/637031.html
Episode 9: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210513/662383.html
Episode 10: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210513/662394.html
Episode 11: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210831/698829.html
Episode 12: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210831/698830.html
Episode 13: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210831/698831.html
Episode 14: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210831/698832.html
Episode 15: http://portuguese.cri.cn/audioonline/silkroad/415/20210831/698833.html

FAH-DPORT: Seminar on "BILINGUALISM, LANGUAGES OF HERITAGE AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE: TO MAKE KNOWN THE PROBLEM RELATED TO HERITAGE"
2020-11-27 18:00 - 20:00 | https://umac.zoom.us/j/96420708931
BILINGUISMO, LÍNGUAS DE HERANÇA E PRÁTICA LETIVA: DAR A CONHECER A PROBLEMÁTICA RELACIONADA COM A HERANÇA.
BILINGUALISM, LANGUAGES OF HERITAGE AND EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE: TO MAKE KNOWN THE PROBLEM RELATED TO HERITAGE
ABSTRACT
According to Flory & Souza (2009), studies show that there is no universally accepted definition for bilingualism and for this reason; it makes sense to investigate this phenomenon in relation to its social, cultural, linguistic and cognitive consequences. Garcia (2009) understands bilingualism as a complex linguistic, psychological and sociocultural behavior, and that has multidimensional aspects because it involves different areas of human life (social, cultural, family, identity, linguistic, emotional). Thus, our goal is to discuss bilingualism as a complex phenomenon in which various elements interact and, as such, can be observed and analyzed from different perspectives. It is also our intention to establish your relationship with the languages of heritage
Key works: Bilingualism. Heritage language: Identity
SHORT BIO
Professor Maria Luisa Ortiz Alvarez graduated in Russian language and literature and pursued her Master degree of Pedagogical Sciences from the Moscow Higher Pedagogical Institute. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the State University of Campinas, a postdoctoral degree from the Federal University of Bahia and a postdoctoral degree from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. She also graduated as a teacher of Portuguese at the University of Havana, Cuba in 1992, where she worked as a teacher trainer of Russian language for 22 years (1978 -2000) and 10 years (1990 – 2000) as a teacher trainer of Portuguese as a foreign language.
She is currently an Associate Professor (level IV) of the Institute of Letters of the University of Brasilia, an institution in which she has already held the positions of Deputy Head of the Department of Foreign Languages and Translation and Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Applied Linguistics. In 2006 she was elected director of the Institute of Letters from 2006 to 2010 and re-elected in 2010 from 2010 to 2014.
She was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Portuguese as a Foreign Language (Siple) between 2001 and 2004. She is currently a member of the SIPLE Advisory Board (2010-2013 and 2014-2017). In 2005, she was elected president of the Association of Applied Linguistics of Brazil (Alab) and re-elected in 2007. She was a member of the ALAB Advisory Board from 2009 to 2011.
She has an extensive record of publications and research work. She is also involved in teacher training of Portuguese as a Foreign Language in several countries worldwide (Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay, Switzerland, Cuba, Colombia, and Spain, among others).
She is an external collaborator of the FRASEONET Research Group of the University of Santiago de Compostela, at the invitation of the project coordinator Prof. Dr. Maria Isabel Gonzalez Del Rey. She is currently doing her third Postdoctoral in the area of Portuguese as an Heritage Language under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Katia Chulata from the University of Pescara, Italy and Prof. Dr. Maria José Grosso from the University of Macau
She has 4 book chapters in the press, three of them to be published in 2020 and one in 2021.

FAH-DPORT: CIELA Interdisciplinary Guest Talk Series – Mônica Simas
2020-11-26 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
CIELA Interdisciplinary Guest Talk Series
Rostos de Macau / Facets of Macau
Abstract
This speech seeks to show that, in the unfinished story of A Quinta Essência [The Fifth Essence], written by Agustina Bessa-Luis, contradictory and mysterious memories of Macau are put into circulation along the path of a protagonist, who in conflict with himself, reflects on the impossibility of knowing the world. The self-reflective narrative, full of anachronisms and fusion of diegetic levels, presents China as a desired “other”, permeated with crossed imagery. The main purpose of this communication is to verify how the intersections of these imaginary points to the possible meanings of Luso-Chinese contacts at the same time that erase the organization of Portugal’s old colonial records. The relations between fiction and history, typical of historiographical metafiction could multiply the meanings of understanding about Macau.
Keywords: Contemporary Portuguese Fiction; Macau in the Portuguese Language Literature; Postmodern Portuguese Literature; Colonial Archives and Fiction; Macau’s literature.

Short Bio Mônica Simas
Professor Simas is a Portuguese Literature Professor in the University of Sao Paulo (USP-SP), Brazil. She had her Master and Doctorate’s degree in Portuguese Literature from PUC-Rio. There, she has taught in graduation and post graduation programs until 2003. In the University of Sao Paulo, she actually coordinates the LIA (Laboratory of Intersections with Asia) with the Professor Ho Yeh Chia from the Department of Orient Studies. She has published extensively on Macau Portuguese Literature and related topics. Beyond that she also has some publications about contemporary Portuguese poetry.

FAH-DPORT: The 18th Portuguese Language Speech Contest, 26/11/2020, 10:00a.m., Auditorium Student Activities Centre (E31)
2020-11-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Auditorium of the Student Activities Centre (E31)
The Department of Portuguese of FAH is pleased to invite all those interested in participating in the 18th Portuguese Language Speech Contest to register as per below information and regulations:
– Information for Registration
– Regulations
Should you have any inquire of require assistance, please contact us at telephone numbers 8822 8903 / 4703 or by email through the contacts below.
The Department of Portuguese

Hand-written Literature and the Compilation of Eastern Daoist Canon 道教寫本文獻與《東方道藏》
2020-11-19 15:00 | E21-3118

周恩來與電影《李善子》
2020-11-18 15:00 - 17:00 | E21-3118

Steppe Archaeology: Tracing the Remains of the Yuezhi 草原考古——尋找月氏人的遺跡
2020-11-13 15:30 | E21-3118

FAH-DENG Conference: “The 24th International Conference on Yue Dialects”
2020-11-13 09:00 - 2020-11-14 18:00 | E21-G049; E21-G047

FAH-DPORT: CIELA Interdisciplinary Guest Talk Series – Leonor Diaz de Seabra
2020-11-11 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
CIELA Interdisciplinary Guest Talk Series
Rostos de Macau / Facets of Macau

Title of talk: Macau and Brazil: Cultural Contacts
Speaker: Leonor Diaz de Seabra, PhD
Date: 11/11/2020
Time: 19 – 20h (GMT+7)
Venue: Zoom link – https://umac.zoom.us/j/91494589953

Abstract
To understand the relationships of Macau and Brazil it is necessary to consider the historical and geographical context of the relationship Europe/America/Asia. The Portuguese city of Macau was the only port in China permanently authorized to receive foreign embarkations.
In spite of the prohibitions, clandestine trips, since early times, allowed the direct contact from Macau to America, through the Philippines, evading the regulations.
The messages and goods carried via the route of the Cape of Hope, from Macau to Brazil, whether smuggling or legally, became gradually more frequent.
From 1810 tea growing in Rio de Janeiro began with plants imported from Macau and about 200 Chinese working on tea `plantations.
Traces of this cultural interchange still exist, especially in architecture, sculptures, porcelains and in paintings.

Short Bio Leonor Diaz de Seabra
Professor Leonor Diaz de Seabra obtained a Masters in Luso-Asian Studies from the University of Macau and holds a PhD in History from the University of Porto. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Macau where she has worked as teaching staff and researcher since 1996. Prof. Seabra was the 1st Director of CIELA. Her field of research lies in History of Macau, History of Southeast Asia, Gender Studies, Culture and Mentalities and Population Studies and has published extensively through academic articles, book chapters and books on these topics.

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: “Interpreters and the Interpreting Profession in the COVID-19 Pandemic”
2020-11-09 16:00 - 17:30 | E21-G049

FAH-DCLL: Photography Exhibition for Field trips to the Greater Bay Area by students and staff 人文學院中國語言文學系：“教與學：走進大灣區”—澳門大學中文系師生攝影展
2020-11-07 - 2020-11-28 | E34-G016

Staging Chinese Student Movement in post-colonial Singapore: Performing China, Socialism and Malayan Culture (1950s-1960s)
2020-11-06 13:00 - 14:30 | E21-3118

Historiography Lecture Series
2020-11-05 19:00 - 2020-11-13 19:00 | E21-2003 (Or via Zoom)

ELC Zoom Workshop – Motivating Techniques – Online and Face-to-Face
2020-11-04 15:00 - 16:30 | Zoom

FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “Classics Reading and the Context of Humanity” by Prof. Xu Jie & Prof. Pan Wuzheng 人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“經典閱讀與人文情境”- 許結教授、潘務正教授
2020-11-03 17:30 | E21-G035

ELC Student Activity – 2020 ELC English Festival: “Tending to Your Mind”
2020-11-03 - 2020-12-09 | Please refer to the posters
Please check out the featured English Festival activities:

1. "English Festival Video"

Description:
The 2020 ELC English Festival is here! The theme of this year’s English Festival is “Tending to Your Mind.” Through this theme, we would like to raise students’ awareness on the importance of mental health. A series of inspiring English activities will be held from November 3 to December 9, 2020. Want to learn English and explore your inner mind in a relaxing way? Please don’t hesitate to sign up and join us!
Please see the following posters for registration and details.
Should you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us.

1. Poster Cover

2. Registration links

3. Video contest and registration link

4. Poetry writing workshop and registration link

5. Film documentary screening and registration link

6. Mental health guest talk and registration link

FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “From Chinese Characters to Chinese Cultur
2020-10-29 15:00 - 16:50 | Escola Choi Nong Chi Tai Macao

2020/2021 FAH Bentobox Lecture #1 by Prof. Katrine K. Wong & Prof. Damian Shaw
2020-10-28 13:00 - 14:30 | E21-3118
FAH Bentobox Lecture offers an opportunity for academic staff to share academic experiences and foster collegiality in the faculty. All academic staff, administrative staff and students of UM are welcome to join.
There are three lectures scheduled this semester. The speakers for the Oct session are Prof. Katrine K. Wong and Prof. Damian Shaw, both from Department of English. Prof. Wong’s lecture is entitled “Musical Response to Shakespeare in Greater China: Mandopop and Cantopop of Recent Decades” and Prof. Shaw’s “Unstable Identities in Bed: A Literary Motif in Longus, Shakespeare, Richardson, and Harriet Jacobs”.
For registration, please visit this link before 25 Oct.
