Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

FAH-DPORT-CIELA: Seminar on ROBINSON CRUSOE IN TRANSIT. Re-location (Translations) in China and as a Historical Episode in Brazil
2023-03-23 19:00 - 21:30 UTC | By Zoom
The Research Centre for Luso-Asian Studies (CIELA) is pleased to invite all those interested to the Webinar ‘ROBINSON CRUSOE IN TRANSIT. Re-location (Translations)in China and as a Historical Episode in Brazil’, comprising of two guest talks followed by a Q & A session. The session will be conducted in English.
ABSTRACTS
The Re-location of Robinson Crusoe in China: Global Context and Local Dynamics
Prof. Ren Haiyan
(Hunan Normal University)
Robinson Crusoe is more than a myth of modern individualism as Ian Watt labels. It is an embodiment of the Enlightenment ideology. When this modern myth first arrived in China via Japan at the turn of the 20th century, it has been intentionally appropriated. This paper examines several translations in the early 20th century to reflect on how, in an attempt to continue the Chinese tradition of wenren (literati), these translated discourses are expected to contribute to the renewal and transformation of society in a painful period of transition. Meanwhile, this examination offers a glimpse of how translation has become a powerful contributor to the establishment of China’s academic discipline of foreign literature studies.
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The historical significance of the Brazilian episode in Robinson Crusoe
Prof. Sandra Vasconcelos
(University of São Paulo)
My presentation explores the Brazilian episode in Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719). It argues that this episode not only plays a pivotal role in the novel’s plot, as it ends up in disaster and Crusoe’s shipwreck, but also has historical significance once it offers a glimpse of the transnational and transcontinental nature of the slave trade in the South Atlantic, involving Portugal, England, and Brazil.

Speakers CVs: https://ciela.fah.um.edu.mo/category/activities/

ZOOM Link: https://umac.zoom.us/j/92330947208

Astonishment and Epiphany - A Journey of Fernando Pessoa Studies
2023-03-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Online (Zoom)
Registration link (for those who would like to collect Smart Points for the seminar):
https://forms.gle/WdBCLSWvSNePLcuk9
Zoom link:
https://umac.zoom.us/j/91470891752?pwd=[REDACTED] (Meeting ID: 914 7089 1752 Password: [REDACTED]
Important Notes on Smart Points Scheme:
1. Students who registered to the seminar, attend the WHOLE activity AND arrive ON TIME will be given 1.0 Smart Point and 20.0 Knowledge Integration(CS);
2. Students who arrive late or leave early within 10 minutes will be given only half a Smart Point;
3. Students who arrive late or leave early over 10 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point;
4. Students who leave the venue during the activity for over 15 minutes will NOT be given any Smart Point; and
5. CPC reserves the right to make the final decision, in case of any disputes on the awarding of Smart Point(s).

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: "Reflection on the Status Quo of Translation Norms for Chinese Legislative Language" by Prof. Zhao Junfeng
2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-G049
Abstract
Translation norms for legislative language constitute an essential part of the normalization of legislation. Non-normative expression of legal provisions imperils the quality of legislation, which further impacts the development of legal education, judicial practice and law enforcement. So far, China has come to noticeable fruition in the normalization of legislative language, but more efforts are in urgent needs with regard to the systematization and institutionalization of linguistic norms. Furthermore, few efforts have been devoted to establishing norms for the translation of legislative texts. By investigating the status quo of translation norms for Chinese legislative language and comparatively examining the legislative technical specifications in other countries and regions, this paper puts forward feasible suggestions for systematic and institutional construction of translation norms for Chinese legislative language.
Keywords: legislative language; translation norm; legal translation
立法語言翻譯規範是立法語言規範化的重要方面。法律條文的語言表述規範與否直接決定了立法品質的高低，進而影響到普法教育、司法實踐以及執法活動的開展。而立法文本的翻譯是否規範關乎我國法治故事的國際傳播和法治形象的國際塑造。當前，我國在立法語言規範工作中取得了顯著成效，但在規範的體系化、制度化建設方面仍有待完善。就立法文本對外翻譯實踐而言，翻譯規範建設才剛剛起步。本文通過考察我國立法語言翻譯規範的現狀，在比較分析其他國家和地區的立法技術規範檔的基礎上，嘗試為我國立法語言翻譯規範的體系化、制度化建設提出可行的建議。
關鍵字 立法語言；法律翻譯；翻譯規範

FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Talk: “Debate and Negotiation in a Professional Setting” + Follow-up Competition
2023-03-22 17:30 - 19:00 | E6-2102
FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Talk: “Debate and Negotiation in a Professional Setting” + Follow-up Competition
Speaker: Mr. Emanuel Roth Soares
This workshop will introduce the practice of negotiation and debate in a professional setting. Students may take away communication skills for having constructive verbal discussions in a variety of formal or professional settings.
There will be a follow-up competition which will give students an immediate platform to use their newly obtained knowledge in practice. Winning students will be awarded book coupons.
Date: 22 March 2023 (Wednesday)
Time: 17:30-19:00
Venue: E6-2102
Number of participants: 30 UM students
Target Participants: All UM students
Level(s): Students of all levels of English proficiency are welcome to join
About the guest:
Emanuel Roth Soares earned his Bachelor’s degree in law at the University of Macau and is now a lawyer in MdME Lawyers. He is also the coordinator of MdME Venture. He is active in advising on and coordinating both local and cross-border M&A projects and local advisory work in relation to Hong Kong Stock Exchange Listings. Mr. Soares has experience in assisting Macau-based private equity funds in their structuring, operations and investments. He also works with government and private entities – including startup incubators and other support institutions – in providing ongoing pro bono support to local innovators and startup projects.
Registration: https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=2982411

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “Effective Persuasion in Presentation”
2023-03-21 18:00 - 19:30 | E3-G033
FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “Effective Persuasion in Presentation”
Presentation is one of the main tasks of college students, and most of these presentations involve persuasion.
In this workshop, students will learn about specific skills to improve their persuasiveness in public speaking, especially the strategies to convince their audience to believe in them or take certain actions. Students will also have the opportunity to present their persuasive speech on given topics in different settings and have fun talking time with their peers!

Date: 21 March 2023 (Tuesday)
Time: 18:00-19:30
Venue: E3-G033
Number of participants: 30 UM students
Target Participants: All UM students
Level(s): Students of all levels of English proficiency are welcome to join
Registration: https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=2982453

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-CCHC: The inauguration ceremony of "The 2nd Chinese Culture Promotion Ambassador"
2023-03-21 15:00 - 16:00 | E34 Cultural Building – Lobby
Event Information

Event Name
:
FAH-CCHC: The inauguration ceremony of “The 2nd Chinese Culture Promotion Ambassador”

Categories
:
Activity

Organizer
:
FAH – The Centre for Chinese History and Culture

Date
:
21/03/2023 ~ 21/03/2023

Time
:
15:00 ~ 16:00

Venue
:
E34 Cultural Building – Lobby

Target Audience
:
Chinese Culture Promotion Ambassador

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Ms. Stephenie

Tel. No
:
88222708

Fax
:
88222383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: ‘Introducing Text-paratext Symbiotic Narratology / 文本-类文本共生叙事学引介'
2023-03-21 10:00 - 12:00 | E21-1053
Abstract:
This presentation will provide a comprehensive overview of text-paratext symbiotic narratology, elucidating its concepts, narrative communication situations, and critical frameworks. The three autobiographies of Frederick Douglass, which are considered classics of American slave narratives, will be examined and analyzed through the lens of text-paratext symbiotic narratology, thus uncovering the unique role and significance of text-paratext symbiotic relation, and how it contributes to a deeper understanding and interpretation of textual works.

Biography:
Professor Xu Dejin is the Dean of the School of Foreign Languages at Sun Yat-sen University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Literature from Peking University. He is granted the Distinguished Scholar of Sun Yat-sen University and was awarded the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University and the Hundred Talents Program for Young Social Scientists in Beijing. He also serves as the director of China Foreign Language Bureau’s Innovation Base for Foreign Discourse, the distinguished researcher at the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Development Institute of China Top Think Tanks, and the chairman of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau University Foreign Language and Literature Union. Up till now he has published over 60 articles in leading academic journals around the world, authored four books, translated seven books, and edited more than 20 textbooks (10 of which were selected for the National Twelfth Five-Year Plan). He has hosted (including completed) two projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and eight provincial and ministerial projects.

FAH/DPHIL Guest Lecture – “Kant's Philosophy of Moral Luck” by Prof. Samuel Kahn, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
2023-03-17 16:30 - 18:00 | E21A-3118
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/95785802564
Password: [REDACTED]

Abstract
In the modern moral luck debate, Kant is standardly taken to be the enemy of moral luck. My goal in this paper is to show that this is mistaken. The paper is divided into six sections. In the first, I show that participants in the moral luck literature take moral luck to be anathema to Kantian ethics. In the second, I explain the kind of luck I am going to focus on here: consequence luck, a species of resultant luck. In the third, I explain why philosophers have taken Kantian ethics to reject moral luck and, in particular, consequence luck. In the fourth, I explain why these philosophers are mistaken, and I set out Kant’s theoretical framework for consequence luck. In the fifth, I clarify and defend this framework, and in the sixth, I interrogate and attack it.

Bio
Samuel Kahn is currently an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He received dual degrees in Philosophy and Bioengineering in 2005 from the University of Pennsylvania, and he received a PhD in Philosophy in 2012 from Stanford University. He has been the recipient of numerous prizes and scholarships, including a Fulbright in 2008 and a Geballe in 2011. In 2013 Samuel won the Review of Metaphysics dissertation essay contest, and in 2015 he was included in the Prindle Institute for Ethics Young Philosophers Lecture Series. His work on Kant has won the prestigious Markus Herz prize (2011), and he is the first person to win the North American Kant Society Wilfrid Sellars prize twice (2019, 2021). He has published over 30 articles and book reviews in journals including Ethics, Kantian Review, Kant Studien, and British Journal for the History of Philosophy. His first research monograph, Kant, Ought Implies Can, the Principle of Alternate Possibilities, and Happiness, appeared with an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield in 2018; his second, Kant’s Theory of Conscience, appeared in the Cambridge University Press Element series in 2021.

FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “Impromptu Speech”
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | E3-G033
FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “Impromptu Speech”
An impromptu speech is a speech given with little or no predetermination and preparation. In preparation, it requires speakers to focus on the given topics, search for relevant information, and organize their thoughts in little given time. The presentation requires students to deliver their points of view along with supporting information.
This workshop can practice students’ abilities to organize and deliver their thoughts and ideas in English with limited preparation. Participants will also reflect on each other’s points of view.

Date: 16 March 2023
Time: 18:00-19:30
Venue: E3-G033
Number of participants: 30 UM students
Target Participants: All UM students
Level(s): Students of all levels of English proficiency are welcome to join

Registration: https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=2982447

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

CIUM's Academic Seminar - How to comment on Chinese characters
2023-03-15 20:00 - 21:00 | Voov Meeting/E21-3121

CIUM's Academic Seminar - 國際學術話語權基本要素與提升路徑
2023-03-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Voov Meeting/E21-3121

FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Talk: “The Way You Talk and What It Says About You” + Follow-up Competition
2023-03-15 18:00 - 19:30 | E3-G034
FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Talk: “The Way You Talk and What It Says About You” + Follow-up Competition
Speaker: Ms. Natacha (Nash) Ilagan
This workshop aims to help students break down what makes a speech (and consequently a speaker) engaging and credible. Students will come away with a better understanding of how they can improve their public speaking.
There will be a follow-up competition which will give students an immediate platform to use their newly obtained knowledge in practice. Winning students will be awarded book coupons.
About the guest speaker:
Ms. Nash Ilagan is a three-time champion of the Macau-wide English Speaking Competition. Nash is now a co-coach of the Public Speaking Team of UM and has guided students to become finalists and champions in different contests. Aside from the university level, Nash privately coaches primary and secondary students. Outside UM, Nash is also a primary school teacher.

Number of Participants: 30
Venue: E3-G034
Date: 15 March 2023
Time: 18:00-19:30
Targeted Participants: all UM students
Level(s): Students with all levels of English proficiency are welcome to participate.
Smart Point: 1 for those who joined the guest talk; 0.5 for those who participate in the follow-up competition (*pre-requisite: only students who joined the guest talks can participate in the follow-up competition)

Registration: https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/scheduler/view.php?id=2982393
Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “After Order: Interregnum and Ethics of Disorder in Global Politics” by Prof. Xiaoyu Lu, Peking University, China
2023-03-15 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3118 or via Zoom
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/98714060738
Password: [REDACTED]

Abstract
Departing from the concept of “failed world”, this lecture explores the politics of co-living in the time of uncertainty. The liminal and in-between state of international society is no longer a state of exception, but a state of inception that introduces overlapping layers of hybrid orders and norms. Instead of proposing alternative world orders as attempts to formulate a minimalist morality, this lecture overturns the direction of inquiry and asks how we can manage to live in disorder, in the absence of normative consensus. It proposes a new form of cosmopolitanism, that is built on and adapted to contingencies, risks and ruins of our existing political and ecological disasters, and envisions an emancipatory politics of dissensus.

Bio
Xiaoyu Lu is an Assistant Professor at School of International Studies at Peking University and was a Research Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Xiaoyu received MSc and DPhil degrees in Politics at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, and previously worked at the United Nations Development Programme. His research focuses on conflict and peace, and International Relations theory, with field experience in Syria, Lebanon, Myanmar and Colombia. He is the founding director of PeaceLab that promotes conflict and peace studies and dialogues in China. His monograph titled Norms, Storytelling and International Institutions in China: The Imperative to Narrate is published with Palgrave MacMillan in 2021.

The Appreciation and Painting of Portuguese Azulejos Workshop
2023-03-15 14:30 - 2023-03-29 17:30 | Avenida do Dr. Francisco Vieira Machado nº 431 – 487 Edf. Industrial Nam Fong
Session#1 on 15/03:

Introduction on the history of Azulejos and tools
Demonstration of preparation of tiles (glaze) and painting techniques
Glazing of own tiles for the next session

Session#2 on 22/03:

Practice of painting traditional pattern
Paint your own tiles

Session#3 on 29/03:

Continue to paint your own tiles
Wrap-up

Registration link: https://forms.gle/cKksuQZJ7UE1YMWk6 (Deadline: 15:00 March 10th 2023)
Seats limited to 20 (minimum of 15), on a first-come-first-served basis. Participants must be able to attend ALL three sessions.

FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “English Presentation & Public Speaking Skills"
2023-03-09 17:30 - 19:00 | E3-G034
FAH-ELC EWCC Student Activity Workshop: “English Presentation & Public Speaking Skills”
March is the presentation season. It is a time when many students are working on their class presentations. In order to give a good presentation, not only do students need to have good delivery skills, but they also need to know how to effectively bring out their main points and their take-home messages. In this workshop, Miranda will guide participants through some hands-on activities to help them design effective take-home messages. They will also practice giving speeches to develop their confidence.

Date & Time: 09 March 2023
Venue: E3-G034
Time: 5:30 pm-7:00 pm
Number of participants: 30
Target Participants: All UM students
Level(s): Students of all levels of English proficiency are welcome to join
Facilitator: Miranda Ma

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-ELC ECAC Spring Workshops for UM Students from February to April
2023-03-08 19:00 - 2023-03-15 20:30 | E6-2116
FAH-ELC ECAC Spring Workshops for Students from February & April
The English Co-Curricular Activities Committee (ECAC), English Language Centre (ELC) of FAH, is inviting to you ECAC Spring workshops for UM students from February to April, 2023

‘Presentation Techniques – PECHAKUCHA’ – IN PROGRESS
hosted by Dr. Jean-Paul Duquette, Senior Instructor of English

Through this workshop, students will learn and perform a Pechakucha style timed powerpoint presentation. They will also practice public speaking using English and improve their powerpoint presentations.

This is a 2-session workshop.
In the first session, students will use the Internet to quickly create a Pechakucha-style PPT based on an interest of event in their lives.
In the second session, students will perform their Pechakucha timed PPT presentation and get additional tips to make their presentations more effective.
For registration, please scan the QR code on the poster.

‘Learning Styles: VARK’ – COMPLETED
hosted by Mr. Mark Wong, ELC Senior Instructor

The workshop will be held on Wednesday, 22 February 2023, from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon. Through this workshop, students will come to an understanding of their learning styles and preferences. Suggestions will be shared on how to help students make the most of their learning preferences and have a good and memorable learning experience at university.

“Communicate with Self Portraits” workshop – COMPELTED

Learn contemporary and historical photographic trends.
Practice English to critique photos with the correct terminologies.
Employ effective techniques in photography including composition, lighting, colour and image quality

This is a 2-session workshop where students will develop an understanding of the use of English related to contemporary and historical photographic trends. In the first session, students will consider the grammar and vocabulary of photography (i.e. color, composition, camera functions and movement) and analyze how famous photographers have used these to communicate ideas and feelings. In the second session, students will share their own photographs with the class and discuss how successful they were in communicating their own ideas and feelings. Students will employ effective techniques of photographic execution. It is highly suggested to complete the 2 workshops for better results.

Should you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us at ECAC_ELC@um.edu.mo

Best Regards,
English Co-Curricular Activities Committee (ECAC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“面向計算的中文語法研究：形義對應複雜性的挑戰”- 詹衛東教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “The challenge of computational linguistics of Chinese: the discrepancy between form and meaning” by Prof. Zhan Weidong
2023-03-08 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-2100

FAH-ELC Student Activity: “EWCC Open House” 2023
2023-03-08 14:30 - 17:30 | E7-1022
FAH-ELC Student Activity: “EWCC Open House” 2023
The Open House event aims at letting students know more about the English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) of FAH-ELC, as well as our services and upcoming activities. On this Open House Day, we are going to play some games related to the English language and enjoy refreshment with students. Students are also welcome to bring in their assignments and projects for consultation, or ask any questions regarding English learning. No registration needed. Come and join us!

Number of participants: No limit
Targeted Participants: all UM students
Date: 08 March 2023
Time: 2:30 pm-5:30 pm
Venue: E7-1022 (English Writing and Communication Centre)
Facilitators: ELTAs

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-ELC Student Activity: EELC2008 Poster Sessions Week (March 6th and 7th, 2023)
2023-03-06 09:30 - 2023-03-07 18:00 | E4-Lobby Ground Floor
FAH-ELC Student Activity: EELC2008 Poster Sessions Week (March 6th and 7th, 2023)
Students from ELC’s Academic Speaking Classes (EELC2008) will be hosting POSTER SESSIONS in the E4 Lobby, Ground Floor. Part of their semester coursework is to engage about a topic of interest to the larger community through an informative poster board. Please come out and support them from 9:30am – 6:00pm on March 6th and 7th (Monday and Tuesday).
Feel free to interact with the students about their poster.
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Kang Youwei on Sexual Equality” by Prof. Xinyan Jiang, University of Redlands, USA
2023-03-01 13:30 - 15:00 | E21A-G047
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/94306394241
Password: [REDACTED]

Abstract
This talk examines Kang Youwei’s view of sexual equality based on the study of his The Book of the Great Unity (Da Tong Shu 《大同書》). In the existing literature Kang’s feminism has rarely been discussed in depth, even though the volume on women’s oppression and liberation is one of the most significant parts of The Book of the Great Unity. In the talk I argue that Kang’s critique of the subjection of women is the most systematic, profound, and fierce in the history of modern Chinese philosophy. Although his theory of sexual equality is essentially the combination of liberalism, utilitarianism, and socialism, his work on the subject should be given a special place in modern feminist philosophy. Unlike Western feminist thinkers, Kang understood the suffering of oppressed women in non-Western countries, especially in China, and spoke out for them in a way that no one did before. His work on sexual equality remains very relevance today, especially to women’s liberation in developing countries.
Bio
Xinyan Jiang is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Redlands. She received her B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from Peking University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She was a faculty member of the Department of Philosophy at Peking University before leaving China. She has taught and published in both Chinese and Western philosophy. Besides publishing numerous scholarly articles and several book chapters, she is also the author of two books and the editor of two anthologies. She was the founding chair of the Committee on Asian/Asian American Philosophers and Philosophies of the American Philosophical Association (1998-2002), Currently she is Deputy Executive Director for North America of the International Society for Chinese Philosophy.

History Forum 12: “ Historical Traces of Tung Sin Tong in the context of Guangdon-Hong Kong-Macao 粵港澳脈絡下的同善堂歷史”
2023-03-01 13:00 - 14:30 | E21-G002

FAH-ELC Student Activities: “EWCC Communication Month” 2023
2023-03-01 09:00 - 2023-03-31 17:00
FAH-ELC Student Activities:
“EWCC Communication Month” 2023
Hello UM students! Exciting news from the English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC), English Language Centre of FAH!
In March 2023, EWCC is holding our first-ever “Communication Month” to celebrate the joy of speaking and effective communication! Our theme this year is: “Sit Down, Speak Up.” Our featured activities include an Open House event, three workshops in the “Guest Talk Series” and three workshops in the “Academic Workshop Series”.
Our Open House on 8th March welcomes students to freely drop by at EWCC. Students can know more about EWCC and have fun speaking English. This day will mark the onset of the Communication Month. The rest of our activities throughout the month will give students the opportunity to “sit down” among peers and “speak up”, putting what they have learned in the workshops into practice. Students who excel in these activities will be awarded book coupons as prizes.
To learn more about our workshop series, check out our posters! Students will receive a certificate of completion from the ELC if they have full participation in the guest talk series (3 workshops) or the academic workshop series (3 workshops).
Please see more details in the following poster.

We look forward to seeing you at our events!

Best Regards,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“出土漢簡與漢代詞語”- 胡敕瑞教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “Unearthed Han slips and words of Han Dynasty” by Prof. Hu Chirui
2023-02-22 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-3118 or via Voov

History Forum 11: “ 在澳門中學做歷史教師”, 陳浩東老師
2023-02-18 15:00 - 16:00 | E21-3118

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Small Atomes of Themselves a World May Make” by Prof. Claudio Calosi, University of Geneva, Switzerland
2023-02-15 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3118 or via Zoom
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/94886729254
Password: [REDACTED]

Abstract
Atomism is the thesis that everything is ultimately composed of atoms. Typically, this thesis is characterized by an axiom stating, more simply, that everything has atomic parts. In the talk I argue that the success of this standard characterization crucially depends both on how the notion of sum and composition are defined. In particular, I put forward a novel definition of mereological sum such that: (i) is not equivalent to extant definitions in the literature, provided no strong decomposition principle is assumed; (ii) can be used to claim that the standard characterization of atomism fails in that having atomic parts is not sufficient to be the sum of atoms; and (iii) delivers a purely mereological distinction between structured and unstructured wholes, (iv) accounts for cases of hierarchical composition.

Bio
Claudio Calosi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, where he leads the project: The Metaphysics of Quantum Objects. He held various research positions at Oxford, Leeds, UNAM to mention the most recent ones. He specializes in metaphysics, philosophy of physics and philosophical logic. He dresses in black.

FAH-DPORT: CELPE-Bras Exams in April 2023 will not be held at the University of Macau
2023-02-13 00:00 - 2023-04-24 23:30 | University of Macau
Certificado de Proficiência em Língua Portuguesa para Estrangeiros
Edição do Celpe-Bras em Abril de 2023

O Posto da Universidade de Macau não participará da Edição do Celpe-Bras em Abril de 2023.
O Posto mais próximo é o da Universidade de Comunicações da China, em Beijing.
Para mais informações, contacte por favor a coordenação em robts@um.edu.mo.
Fique atento a futuras informações na internet, pois o exame poderá ter suas datas de realização alteradas.

The 2nd FAH MACAO HUMANITIES ROUNDTABLE
2023-02-10 08:00 - 2023-03-17 17:00
The Roundtable aims to foster collegiality in the faculty and serves as an excellent platform for FAH colleagues and PhD students to share and showcase their research with UM members. To that aim, the Organizing Committee of the MACAO HUMANITIES ROUNDTABLE cordially invites all FAH academic staff, and the PhD students (who have passed their thesis proposal assessment), to present their research with the FAH community at this event. Please refer to the following for details.

Research Areas
Any topics in Arts and Humanities

Abstract submission
Please send your abstract with a title (200 words maximum) to lisalam@um.edu.mo by 17 March 2023

Eligible presenters
FAH academic staff and PhD students (who have passed their thesis proposal assessment)
Either single-authored or joint-authored presentations would be acceptable.

Presentation & discussion time
35 minutes (25 min talk + 10 min Q&A)

Language
English or Chinese

Important dates
Submission deadline: 17 March 2023
Notification of results: 04 April 2023
Roundtable date: 04 May 2023

Inquiry
Please contact Ms. Lisa Lam via lisalam@um.edu.mo should you have any questions.

Coffee-tea with Professors
2023-02-08 15:00 - 2023-04-19 16:00 | E21-3118

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Agent-Focused Moral Realism: Zhu Xi's Virtue Ethics Approach to Virtue Ethics” by Prof. Huang Yong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2023-02-01 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3118 or via Zoom
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/96271731725
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Abstract
The Moral realism is normally considered to consist of two theses: (1) (a) moral propositions can be true or false, and (b) at least some of them are true, and (2) their truth depends upon moral properties or facts that are mind-independent in a relevant sense. Moral realism, according to a well-known distinction, can be naturalistic, regarding moral properties and facts as natural ones, or non-naturalistic, regarding them as non-natural ones; according to a less-known, it can be action-focused, primarily concerned with the moral properties of rightness and wrongness of the action, or agent-focused, taking the moral properties of the goodness and badness of the agent as its primary concern. Combining these two classifications, we may have (1) non-naturalistic action-focused moral realism, (2) non-naturalistic agent-focused moral realism, (3) naturalistic action-focused moral realism, and (4) naturalistic agent-focused moral realism. In this talk, drawing on Zhu Xi’s work, I shall argue for and defend the 4th variety of moral realism.

Bio
Yong Huang, Ph.D in Philosophy (Fudan University) and Th.D in Religious Studies (Harvard University), is currently a professor and chairperson of Department of Philosophy, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. The editor-in-chief of Dao: A Journal of Comparative philosophy and Dao Companions to Chinese Philosophy, Huang is the author of Religious Goodness and Political Rightness: Beyond the Liberal-Communitarian Debate, Confucius: A Guide for the Perplexed, and Why Be Moral: Learning from the Neo-Confucian Cheng Brothers, as well as five books in Chinese. In addition, he has published more than 100 journal articles and book chapters each in Chinese and English.

FAH-DPORT: SEMINÁRIO HÍBRIDO - Português como Língua Pluricêntrica: conceitos e implicações em sala de aula, 28-30/04/2023
2023-01-19 00:00 - 2023-04-30 23:30 | Please refer to Programme
SEMINÁRIO HÍBRIDO
Português como Língua Pluricêntrica:
conceitos e implicações em sala de aula
28-30/04/2023
PROGRAMAÇÃO PLURI 2023 — MESAS E NOMES
CADERNO DE RESUMOS DO PLURI 2023
LINKS PARA AS TRANSMISSÕES ONLINE – PLURI 2023

Universidade de Macau
Universidade de São José

Prezados professores, estudantes e parceiros,
O Departamento de Português da Universidade de Macau e o Departamento de Línguas e Cultura da Universidade de São José realizarão o seminário híbrido “PLURI 2023 – Português como Língua Pluricêntrica: conceitos e implicações em sala de aula”, a ter lugar em Macau, China, entre 28 e 30 de abril de 2023.
O seminário conta com o apoio do Instituto Guimarães Rosa (IGR) do Ministério das Relações Exteriores do Brasil (MRE), do Consulado-Geral do Brasil em Hong Kong e do Instituto Português do Oriente (IPOR), e com as parcerias do Instituto Internacional da Língua Portuguesa (IILP), do Centro de Linguística da Universidade do Porto (CLUP), do Observatório de Português Língua Estrangeira/Segunda Língua, da Cátedra UNESCO em Políticas Linguísticas para o Multilinguismo e da Casa do Brasil em Macau.
O PLURI-2023 é sobretudo uma plataforma para a formação de professores. Busca oferecer um espaço de reflexões teórico-práticas sobre ensino com base em conceitos contemporâneos de língua, cultura, identidade e comunidades. Esperamos, assim, partilhar ideias e práticas com professores de diferentes níveis de ensino.
O eixo norteador será a discussão da concepção do Português como Língua Pluricêntrica. O conceito de pluricentrismo, ao mesmo tempo em que abriu espaço para legitimar as diferentes variedades das línguas, trouxe ainda vestígios de uma linguística fundada em modelos centro-periféricos, típicos de epistemologias coloniais que continuam situando algumas línguas e as suas comunidades em lugares desprivilegiados. Nesse sentido, o encontro busca refletir sobre o conceito e discutir o seu impacto e a sua aplicação prática nas salas de aula da contemporaneidade. Apesar das discussões promovidas pelo conceito, observa-se que nas salas de aula a diversidade da língua portuguesa torna-se invisível na maioria dos espaços de ensino.
O encontro será uma oportunidade para profissionais em geral, professores em especial e estudantes de graduação e de pós-graduação manterem-se atualizados com as tendências atuais da pesquisa em torno da língua portuguesa com conferências, painéis, rodas de conversa, comunicações e oficinas.
As ideias e trabalhos debatidos no evento ganharão diferentes formatos de publicação:

Publicações online das sessões plenárias;
Livro em coedição com editoras de prestígio internacional (com comissão editorial e peer review);
Número especial de uma revista Qualis A cujo tema preliminar é “Reavaliando o conceito de pluricentrismo e as suas implicações em sala de aula”.

Eixos temáticos – não limitado a apenas estes

Conceito de pluricentrismo: discussão das bases do conceito e das interpretações que recebe nas práticas de sala de aula;
Pluricentrismo e os currículos para ensino de língua portuguesa: desafios e necessidades contemporâneos;
Variedades de português e a formação de professores, tradutores e intérpretes;
Ensino de língua portuguesa em uma perspectiva pluridiversa: reflexões e atividades para a prática de sala de aula.

DATAS IMPORTANTES:
Até 01 de abril – INSCRIÇÃO COM APRESENTAÇÃO DE COMUNICAÇÃO
Até 10 de abril – INSCRIÇÃO COMO OUVINTE (presencial/a distância)
Obs.: Professores da rede de ensino não-superior de Macau poderão participar e receber certificados que contam como ação de formação (com descrição das atividades e número de horas).

Incentivamos professores de todos os níveis de ensino a virem partilhar suas experiências concretas! Inscrevam-se e apresentem comunicações com as suas vivências de trabalho! Todos são bem-vindos!

ALOJAMENTO
PEDIDO DE ALOJAMENTO

Coordenação Geral
Roberval Teixeira e Silva – Universidade de Macau/Cátedra UNESCO PLM
Tânia Ribeiro Marques – Universidade de São José

Comissão Organizadora
Camila Oliveira Macêdo – Instituto Guimarães Rosa – Universidade de São José
Flávio Américo Tonnetti – Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal de Viçosa
Júlio Jatobá – Universidade de Macau/ Cátedra UNESCO PLM
Nuno Tiago Pinto Rocha – Universidade de São José
Roberval Teixeira e Silva – Universidade de Macau/Cátedra UNESCO PLM
Tania Ribeiro Marques – Universidade de São José

Comissão Científica
Adérito Marcos (Universidade de São José)
Ana Boléo (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal – Escola Superior de Educação; ISEC – Instituto Superior de Educação e Ciências)
Carlos Sena Caires (Universidade de São José)
Edleise Mendes (Universidade Federal da Bahia / UNESCO Chair “Políticas Linguísticas para o Multilinguismo” – Observatório PLE-PL2)
Elisa Monteiro (Universidade de São José)
Flávio Américo Tonnetti (Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Federal de Viçosa)
Gilvan Muller de Oliveira (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina / UNESCO Chair “Políticas Linguísticas para o Multilinguismo”)
Inocência Mata (Universidade de Lisboa – Centro de Estudos Comparatistas da FLUL)
Isabel Poço Lopes (Universidade Politécnica de Macau)
Jingrang Gao (Universidade de Comunicações da China, Beijing)
João Veloso (Universidade do Porto / Universidade de Macau)
Júlio Jatobá (Universidade de Macau / UNESCO Chair “Políticas Linguísticas para o Multilinguismo”)
Liliana Inverno (Universidade Coimbra)
Luiz Paulo da Moita Lopes (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Manuel Pires (Universidade Politécnica de Macau)
Margarete Schlatter (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul)
Margarita Correia (Universidade de Lisboa – CELGA – ILTEC)
Maria Célia Lima-Hernandes (Universidade de São Paulo)
Maria José Grosso (Universidade de Macau)
Micaela Ramon (Universidade de Minho)
Neusa Bastos (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo / Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie)
Nuno Tiago Pinto Rocha (Universidade de São José)
Paulo Feytor Pinto (Universidade de Coimbra)
Qiaorong Yan (Universidade de Comunicação da China, Beijing)
Regina Pires de Brito (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie)
Roberval Teixeira e Silva (Universidade de Macau / UNESCO Chair “Políticas Linguísticas para o Multilinguismo”)
Sara Augusto (Instituto Português do Oriente – IPOR – Macau)
Sara Santos (Universidade de Macau)
Song Haoyan (Universidade de Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau)
Vanessa Amaro (Universidade Politécnica de Macau)
Xu Yixing (Universidade de Estudos Internacionais de Xangai)
Zhang Fang Fang (Universidade de Estudos Estrangeiros de Beijing)

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