Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

Dog Racing in Macau: Commodification, Gambling Culture, and the Place of Non-human Animals in the City
2021-09-24 13:00 - 14:30 (Asia/Macau) | 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

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“漢代藝術解碼： 博山爐表現的是山嗎？”- 張瀚墨教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “Decoding Han Pictorial Art: On the Form and Name of Boshan Incense Burners” by Prof. Zhang Hanmo
2021-05-13 19:30 | E21-2104

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “Confucian Etiquette and Its Modern Value”
2021-05-13 11:50 - 12:30 | The Affiliated School of the University of Macau, Macau
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC Lecture Series : “Confucian Etiquette and Its Modern Value”

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture

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

Speaker
:
Prof. YEUNG Siu Kwai

Date
:
13 May 2021

Time
:
11:50 – 12:30

Venue
:
The Affiliated School of the University of Macau

Target Audience
:
Students and teachers of The Affiliated School of the University of Macau

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stepheni Tong

Tel. No
:
88224028

Fax
:
88222383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

南國人文講座：“從上海世博會到迪拜世博會”- 吳建中博士
2021-05-12 19:00 | E34-G011

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Harmony, Domination, and Freedom" by Prof. Chenyang Li, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2021-05-12 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3121
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/95990453576
Abstract:
Much of the pre-Qin Chinese philosophy during the Spring-Autumn and Warring States period can be understood in the light of issues related to harmony as a solution to a chaotic world. Harmony takes place mainly in two forms, active and passive harmony. Active harmony is a state or process in which involved parties dynamically engage one another in a constructive way while maintaining a good level of equity. Passive harmony is merely the absence of discord or conflict, without active engagement. Disharmony is characterized by confrontation, conflict, and chaos. Domination exists with order, even though with an oppressive one. Domination may be disguised as, but must be distinguished from, harmony. While clarifying these concepts, I will also discuss their relation to freedom.

The Floating People and the Stationary Order: The Formation of Traditional Social and Spatial Structure in the Greater Bay Area 流動的人與凝固的秩序——大灣區的傳統社會結構與空間格局的形成
2021-05-12 15:30 - 17:30 | E21-3118
流動的人與凝固的秩序——大灣區的傳統社會結構與空間格局的形成
今天的大灣區，在古代是一個廣闊的海灣，海灣裏島嶼星羅棋布。在這個海灣裏生活著數以萬計的船居或島居的人群。宋代以後，海灣裏的島嶼周邊生長出由泥沙沉積形成的土地，隨著沖積土地的增長，以船爲生的島民也逐漸轉爲從事農耕的人口，在這些人口定居同時，明代以後，王朝秩序在灣區早期形成的社區聚落逐步確立，這些人口借助在王朝政治秩序下獲得的社會身份，逐步壟斷了灣區內新生長土地的開發和經營，形成了以民田-沙田分區的空間格局，民田區的大族與沙田區的疍民成爲身份上不可逾越的人群等級區分。在這樣的格局下，形成了大灣區獨特的社會結構。

The Floating People and the Stationary Order: The Formation of Traditional Social and Spatial Structure in the Greater Bay Area
During ancient time, most part of the area what now we call “the Greater Bay Area” were still under the sea. There were just many islands in this bay. Many people based on boats or islands lived in this big bay. After the Song dynasty, many lands brought by sedimentary sand (sand-lands) emerged around those islands. With the expansion of those new lands, many people living on boats became settled farmers. After the Ming dynasty, the political order in this area was constructed by the state. Relying on the state power, those settled farmers monopoly on the exploitation of the new emerging sand-lands. A dichotomy of farmlands and sand-lands became fixed. The distinguishment of the social hierarchy between the great clans living on farmlands and the Tanka people living on sand-lands emerged.

FAH-ELC Student Activity: ELC Board Game Workshop
2021-05-12 15:00 - 16:00 | E6-2112
FAH-ELC Student Activity: ELC Board Game Workshop
Learning English isn’t always the most fun task in the world, but with board games, it can be! ELC is glad to hold a board game workshop to facilitate a meaningful and interesting English learning process for UM students. Playing board games puts the focus on students’ interactions, which will improve their vocabulary, discussion techniques, and communication skills.
During the process of solving crimes in the CS FILES, students are encouraged to work through the challenges with ample speaking opportunities. By means of role-play conversations, students will be able to practice using their vocabulary, including location, duration, daily supplies, and crime-related words, improve critical thinking in evidence collection and investigation, and practice communication skills in discussion and presentation.
Register now! Let’s have fun learning English with board games.
Date: 12 May 2021 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:00 – 16:00
Venue: E6-2112
Language: English
*0.5 Smart Point will be provided for students with full participation.

Please refer to the poster or the following link for registration.
https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/choice/view.php?id=2137005&forceview=1

For enquiries:
Tel: 8822 4614; Email: fah_elc_elta@um.edu.mo

English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of Macau

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: "Women's Voices in Maria Teresa Horta" by Prof. Cândido Oliveira Martins, Catholic University, Braga
2021-05-10 19:00 - 21:00 | https://umac.zoom.us/j/96900829325
The Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies (CIELA) is pleased to announce its upcoming event included in its Interdisciplinary Series – a Guest Lecture by by Prof. Cândido Oliveira Martins, Catholic University, Braga on “Women’s Voices in Maria Teresa Horta”.
The Guest Lecture and Q&A session is open to all those interested and it is being held via ZOOM.
Abstract:
Cultivating various literary genres (from poetry to prose fiction), contemporary Portuguese writer Maria Teresa Horta has also dedicated herself to short stories, as in the book Meninas (2014). In this work of short stories, we come across voices and stories of very diverse women, who are often located on the margins of society, in spaces of neglect or the target of various forms of violence. All together, they allow for a reflection on the place and the condition of women.

Short Bio of the invited author:
José Cândido de Oliveira Martins – Associate Professor at the Catholic University of Portugal (Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Braga, North of Portugal), in the area of Portuguese Literature (modern and contemporary), Theory of Literature and Comparative Literature. He is also a member of the Center for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (CEFH), supported by FCT – Foundation for Science and Technology, as well as a researcher of the Centre for Philosophical and Humanistic Studies (CEFH), R&D unit recognized by FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology, in Portugal). Besides numerous articles in international academic journals, he has published several books of literary essays. In terms of literary editing, with fixation of the text, critical introduction and notes, he has also edited works by authors such as Diogo Bernardes, António Feijó, Teófilo Carneiro and Camilo Castelo Branco.
ZOOM LINK

CIELA WEBSITE

FAH/DPHIL: Macau Roundtable on the Problem of Transcendence in Phenomenology and Chinese Philosophy
2021-05-09 09:45 - 15:15 | E21-G035

Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC : Exhibition of Masters Rare Signature Collections and Book launch of “Chinese Cultural Research Series” and Boya Lecture
2021-05-07 10:00 - 11:30 | 1/F of Zone C & E2-G012, University of Macau Wu Yee Sun Library (E2)
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: FAH-CCHC : Exhibition of Masters Rare Signature Collections and Book launch of “Chinese Cultural Research Series” and Boya Lecture

Categories
:
Seminar / Lecture, Activity

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

Date
:
7 MAY 2021

Time
:
10:00 – 11:30

Venue
:
1/F of Zone C & E2-G012, University of Macau Wu Yee Sun Library (E2)

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: Miracle of Autographed Collection : Exhibition of Masters Rare Autographed Collection
2021-05-07 08:00 - 2021-05-31 20:00 | 1/F of Zone C, University of Macau Wu Yee Sun Library (E2)
Event Information

Event Name
:
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the University of Macau: Miracle of Autographed Collection : Exhibition of Masters Rare Autographed Collection

Categories
:
Activity

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

Date
:
7 May to 31 May 2021

Time
:
08:00 ~ 00:00

Venue
:
1/F of Zone C, University of Macau Wu Yee Sun Library (E2)

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: Macao Humanities Forum#3 by Professor Xiangchen SUN
2021-05-06 16:00 - 17:30
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) is going to organize the 3rd Macao Humanities Forum on 6 May 2021 (Thursday). The forum will provide a platform for world-renowned scholars of different research fields to share their research with us. All members of the UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.
In this forum, we are honored to have Professor Xiangchen SUN to deliver a lecture on the topic “Back to the Family — from a philosophical perspective (何以歸家-一種哲學的視角)”. Professor SUN is Dean of the School of Philosophy at Fudan University, Shanghai. He received his BA, MA and Ph.D. degrees at Fudan University. He has been visiting scholar/visiting professor at world-class universities such as Yale University, University of Chicago, École normale supérieure Paris and Freie Universität Berlin. He has been selected into various prestigious talents programmes, including the National Cultural Master and “Four Groups of Talents Project” (2019), Shanghai Leading Talents (2019), and Cross-Century Talents of the Ministry of Education (2009). He has also won numerous prizes as a well-regarded researcher, including the Second Prize and Third Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Book Category and the Second Prize for Outstanding Achievement in the Article Category at the Shanghai Municipal Philosophy and Social Sciences Award.

Details of the forum are as follows:
Date: 6 May 2021 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Venue: E21-G035 (FAH Lecture Hall)
Language: Mandarin (Simultaneous interpretation into English will be provided)

Title: Back to the Family — from a philosophical perspective
Abstract:When talking about 家jia (family/home), Chinese people often have a special cordial feeling, but they have also criticized fiercely the culture of jia since the May 4th New Culture Movement. In modern Chinese philosophy, on the one hand, there is not enough space to examine the issue of jia positively. On the other hand, there is an obvious “deficiency” in the western modern “individual-subjective” philosophy. That is the reason why we see a lot of discussions of the “Other” in contemporary western philosophy. The philosophy of the “Other” still has its shortcomings. The traditional Chinese idea of 親親 qinqin (relations) may provide some solutions to the problem. In other words, this philosophy of 歸家 guijia (homecoming) may open some new possibilities in building a “warmer” life-world in the future.
Please register for the forum on or before 6 May 2021 via https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6g3TeDIzF4jM8ZM
Kindly refer to the below poster for more information.
