Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

ELC Student Activity – “Zoom Chatroom: Take Caring of Your Emotional Hygiene”
2020-10-23 11:00 - 12:00 (Asia/Macau) | Zoom

CIUM’s Academic Seminar – Three Basic Ideas of Construction Grammar
2020-10-22 09:00 - 23:30 | Zoom
Please register by scanning the QR code on the poster or visit https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4Yq9B3dyPsToF9P. We will then email you the Zoom meeting ID and password.

ELC Student Workshop – EWCC – Crafting Your Personal Statement
2020-10-21 15:00 - 16:30 | E6-2112
This workshop is designed for undergraduate student who needs support with crafting your personal statement for graduate school application. It will help them to reflect on their achievements and experience in order to write a statement that stands out. Attend this workshop to gain insight into how to effectively incorporate interests, skills, and career goals in it!
*This workshop is for Year 3 and 4 undergraduate students who intend to pursue postgraduate studies abroad
* Participants will be awarded 1 Smart Point and 15 CS on “Interpersonal Relation and Teamwork”.

ELC Online Workshop 2020 – Aligning Authentic Texts, Language, and Critical Thinking in Lower-Level EAP Classes
2020-10-21 13:30 - 15:00 | Zoom

History Forum No. 1 – Discovered and Forgotten: The Maldives in Imperial China
2020-10-16 13:00 - 14:00 | E21-3118
Small and remote, the Maldives did not enter the Chinese world until Wang Dayuan’s visit in 1330-31. Decades later, the Zheng He Voyages (1405-1433) followed to visit this island kingdom, and brought its tributary envoys to Beijing. Take the Maldives as a case, angle and approach, this talk on one hand examines the Chinese knowledge of the island kingdom by highlighting Chinese toponymy, local products including coconuts, coir ropes, dried fish, cowrie shells, and ambergris, ship without nails, and women, thus providing a valuable glimpse of medieval Maldives; on the other hand, the talk introduces the Sino-Maldivian interactions, both politically and economically. In conclusion, the Maldives symbolizes the heyday of the Chinese activities in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese understanding of this region, and this small kingdom indeed shaped imperial China to a surprising degree as illustrated by cowrie shells, the Maldivian tributes, and ambergris (including its absence) in the Chinese court. Nonetheless, the Chinese had showed little interest by the end of the sixteenth century. “Discovered” in the 1330s, the island kingdom would had been forgotten in post-1600 China.

FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “Research Advances of Dependency Parsing: Data, Modeling, and Applications” by Prof. Li Zhenghua 人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“依存句法分析研究進展： 數據、建模及應用”- 李正華教授
2020-10-15 10:00 - 12:00 | E21A-3118 (講座以線上/線下形式進行)

FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “The Development of the Dragon and Lion Dance Culture in Macao” by Mr. Pun Keng Man & Mr. Chio Man Tou 人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“澳門舞龍舞獅文化的發展與認識”- 潘敬文先生及趙文杜先生
2020-10-10 14:30 - 16:00 | E31-G001 學生活動中心劇場

Film Art Changes your Perspective?
2020-10-08 19:00 - 2020-10-22 22:00 | Zoom
The “Film Art Changes Your Perspective?” workshops aim to introduce the different stages of film production, including pre-production, production and post-production. The speaker will provide training on the technical aspect of film-making and on how to make technical choices to illustrate the emotions of the characters.
Workshop#1: Pre-production (08/10/2020)
Workshop#2: Production (15/10/2020)
Workshop#3: Post production (22/10/2020)
Date: 8, 15 and 22, October, 2020*
Time: 19:00-22:00
Location: Video-conferencing via Zoom (meeting ID and password will be sent to registrants via email)
Language: Portuguese and English
Registration link: https://forms.gle/RAVVpnbWWdqE15pe9 (Deadline: 12:00PM 30/09/2020)
*Note: Please note that participants are required to be present at the entire session in order to receive a certificate of attendance for each workshop.

FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “Chinese Dialects and Chinese Cultures along the Silk Road” by Prof. Xing Xiangdong 人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“絲綢之路沿線的漢語方言文化”- 邢向東教授
2020-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | E21A-3118 (講座以網上形式進行)
摘要：西北地區處於“絲綢之路”起點和沿線，蘊藏著極其豐富的語言文化資源。其中漢語方言有晉語、中原官話、蘭銀官話等，還有西北方言的域外變體——東干語。民族語言則有藏、蒙古、土族、東鄉、保安、東部裕固、撒拉、維吾爾、哈薩克、錫伯、西部裕固、柯爾克孜等多種民族語言。由於多民族雜居共處，漢語同藏語、阿爾泰語系諸語言發生密切的接觸，所以出現了諸多接觸性演變和方言創新的現象。因此，絲路沿線方言兼具存古性與創新性。而絲路沿線的地域文化也同樣豐富多樣，異彩紛呈，民歌如享譽海內外的“信天遊”、“花兒”，飲食民俗如多種多樣、美不勝收的麵食，風俗如獨特的“贖身（圓鎖兒）”“打火”等。本文從方言分佈和特點、民歌與民俗兩個方面，描寫了絲綢之路沿線地區的方言文化現象，闡述了絲路沿線地區語言文化資源的調查、保護與開發，對實施“一帶一路”倡議、傳承優秀傳統文化、建設新文化的重要意義。

Release Conference for 2019 Chinese History and Culture Cognition Index Survey for Primary and Secondary School Students in Macao
2020-09-23 15:00 - 15:30 | Cultural Building Lobby (E34-Lobby)

CIUM’s Academic Seminar – How Linguistic Knowledge and its Resources Nudge the “Explainable” Artificial Intelligence
2020-09-23 09:00 - 11:00 | Zoom
Please register by scanning the QR code on the poster or visit https://forms.gle/5M7jo83THpfSrG8P9. We will then email you the Zoom meeting ID and password.

A1 Level Portuguese Program for Business Administration Professionals II
2020-09-21 08:00 - 17:00 | Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR)
A1 Level Portuguese Program for Business Administration Professionals II

Organizational units: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC)
Period: Sept 22nd to Nov 3rd 2020 (30 hours)
Schedule: Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6.30pm to 9:00pm at IPOR
Registration: IPOR reception counter (10:00-18:30)
Admission requirement:

Completion of the “A1 Level Portuguese Program for Business Administration Professionals” or equivalent to 30 hours of learning Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Seats limited to 20, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the registration and pay the deposit to IPOR. Your seat will only be confirmed after making a full deposit payment to IPOR.

Costs: 500 MOP deposit and refundable if participants meet 80% of attendance requirement; plus 250 MOP for course materials.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/WF377FfRM29qX7Fn9 (Deadline: 12:00 p.m. Sept 15th 2020)

English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) of FAH-ELC opens from September 17 to December 18, 2020, running on Zoom
2020-09-17 09:00 - 2020-12-18 17:30 | E7-1022

A1 Level Portuguese Program for Legal Professionals III
2020-09-08 18:30 - 2020-10-20 21:00 | Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR)
A1 Level Portuguese Program for Legal Professionals III

Organizational units: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC)
Period: September 8th to October 20th 2020 (30 hours)
Schedule: Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at IPOR
Registration: IPOR reception counter (10:00-18:30)
Admission requirement

Completion of the “A1 Level Portuguese Program for Legal Professionals II” or equivalent to 60 hours of learning Portuguese as a Foreign Language
Seats limited to 20, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the registration and pay the deposit to IPOR. Your seat will only be confirmed after making a full deposit payment to IPOR.

Cost: 500 MOP deposit and refundable if participants meet 80% of attendance requirement; plus 250 MOP for course materials.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/fEPZcvVHD2fiFrZm6 (Deadline: 12:00 p.m. August 25th 2020)

Workshop on Strategies to Excel in the Examinations of CAPLE-ULisboa
2020-09-01 15:00 - 2020-10-23 18:00 | Zoom

Anti-epidemic Exhibition: Poetry, Calligraphy and Painting
2020-08-21 09:00 - 2020-09-30 17:30 | Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (34)
Opening CeremonyDate: 21 August 2020Time: 11:00am~11:30amVenue: Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (34)

Exhibition PeriodDate: 21 August 2020 – 30 September 2020Time: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)

省思與開拓–先唐文學與文化國際學術研討會 Reflection and Exploration–International Symposium on Pre-Tang Literature and Culture
2020-08-18 - 2020-08-19 | E21A-G047 (網上形式進行，會議連結另行發送與會嘉賓)
會議議題：

回顧和總結先唐文學和文化
解讀先唐文學和文化典籍
運用新方法詮釋先唐文本

日期：
2020年8月18日(二) 上午9:30 開幕式
2020年8月19日(三) 上午9:00

FAH-DENG Online Seminar: “CoronaGothic: Cultures of the Pandemic”
2020-06-30 17:00 - 19:15 | Zoom
UMGothic are delighted to announce an innovative research event: ‘CoronaGothic: Cultures of the Pandemic’. We have invited six leading academics from Europe and the UK who work in the Humanities and Social Sciences to join with UM in a ‘flash’ Zoom conference on the cultural implications of Covid-19. UMGothic will be represented by Prof. William Hughes and Prof. Nick Groom, with Prof. Victoria Harrison chairing; the other speakers will be Prof. Mariaconcetta Costantini (D’Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara), Dr Sam George (University of Hertfordshire), Prof. Steve Hinchliffe (University of Exeter), Prof. Darryl Jones (Trinity College, Dublin), Prof. David Punter (University of Bristol), and Prof. Corinna Wagner (University of Exeter).
The ‘flash’ format will consist of very short ten-minute presentations followed by questions from participants. Abstracts will be circulated shortly before the event to allow participants to submit questions.
You may register here before 5 p.m. on 29 June 2020: https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3awBw8Na13qiQO9
All updates will be available via the @UMGothic Twitter account.

The ELC welcomes 300 incoming UM students for the Summer English Programme 2020
2020-06-30 - 2020-07-21 | Zoom
Today marks the beginning of the ELC’s 3-week Summer English Programme, which will welcome 300 students from Macau and surrounding areas who plan to enter UM in September. The Summer English Programme 2020 aims to bridge students’ current academic language, conceptual and study abilities and better acquaint them with the study expectations within an international university context. Over 20 experienced ELC teaching faculty will support the programme, and more than 30 graduate-student programme assistants will provide important mentorship to assist the student transition from high school to university.

This year also marks an evolution from previous years as the ELC adjusts the programme to better suit student needs and the ongoing COVID teaching situation. The programme will focus more specifically on the English and skills necessary for academic and faculty-specific language environments that students will encounter upon university entry. Other programme adjustments include updated teaching materials, approaches and assessments to match the online teaching context. The programme aims to comprehensively support students through a raft of in-house produced materials for instruction and support via Moodle, Zoom, DingTalk and other accessible technology platforms. Finally, the programme will address student motivation, learning and assessment through integration of numerous student-produced digital projects and an E-portfolio to exhibit a body of students’ work from the 3 weeks.
The ELC wishes students the best for the Summer English Programme 2020 and their ongoing studies at UM, as we strive to support student success at the university.

第七屆南國人文論壇 The 7th Southern China Humanities Forum
2020-06-06 09:30 - 2020-06-07 09:30 | E21A-3118 (講座以網上形式進行)
會議議題：

當代中國文學文化自信的檢視
多媒體、全球化時代的中國文學文化自信問題
漢語與中國文學的文化自信

FAH-DENG: Introducing UMGothic: A Research Seminar
2020-05-27 11:30 - 12:30 | Zoom
UMGothic is a new research initiative lead by Prof. Nick Groom and Prof. William Hughes, both recent appointments to FAH and both internationally acclaimed for their publications on the Gothic, an exciting and provocative field. This introductory seminar will be an opportunity for Prof. Hughes and Prof. Groom each to introduce their research to the UM community and to discuss their current and future plans. The seminar will be run on Zoom, and is open to Faculty, postgraduates, and undergraduates. The seminar will be chaired by Prof. Tim Simpson (FSS).

Registration is now opened until 17:00 Tuesday 26 May 2020.

FAH-DHIST Guest Lecture – “道教寫本文獻與《東方道藏》”
2020-02-06 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-3118
內容簡介：道教經籍文獻的傳承編修在歷史上有刊本與寫本兩種傳統。寫本文獻在道教的醞釀、創立時期就形成，此後一直延續下去而形成寫經、抄經傳統。刊本文獻與寫本文獻之間存在著互動現象。道教科儀現場使用的文獻，寫本多而刊本極少。這反映了：其一，由於因應各地的需要，所呈現的是地方道法的地域性特色。其二，道士抄寫經懺、文檢及書符是有行規的。其三，寫本文獻是道士在實際宗教活動中使用的文獻，是反映道教的宗教實踐活動的文獻，能夠真實而全面地反映道教存在的方方面面，學術界應該充分認識到這一點，研究中從以使用刊本文獻為主轉變到以寫本文獻為主，注重寫本文獻的搜集、整理和研究，拋棄舊的學術範式，建構新範式，實現道教研究的創新。
孔令宏簡介：孔令宏，男，博士後，教授，博士生導師，浙江大學道教文化研究中心主任，浙江大學東西方文化與管理研究中心執行主任。國際哲學家聯合會、國際宗教學會常務理事，國際華人超心理學會中國分會副會長，香港儒釋道功德同修會名譽會長，中國實學會理事、中國宗教學會理事、香港中文大學教授升等評審專家。已出版個人專著《溫州蒼南正一派科儀音樂》《道教新探》、《宋代理學與道家、道教》、《從道家到道教》、《宋明道教思想研究》、《儒道關係視野中的朱熹哲學》、《朱熹哲學與道家、道教》、《中國道教史話》。另有合作著、編《東方道藏· 民間道書合集》第一輯（20冊）、《道教概論》、《江西道教史》、《浙江道教史》、《丹經之祖——張伯端傳》等十部（已出版），在國內外學術刊物發表研究論文一百六十餘篇。主要研究道教、中國哲學。

FAH-ELC Student Activity: i-learner Contest “English for Universities”
2020-02-03 - 2020-04-20
This contest is for students who can use: um.i-learner.com.hk
Please visit the website above or scan the QR code on the poster to login.

FAH-ELC Student Activity: i-Learner Workshop – Using Online Resources to Learn English **0.5 Smart Point**
2020-01-17 14:30 - 15:30 | E7-1025
What’s your plan during the holidays? What is your New Year resolution? Have you ever thought of improving your English during your spare time? Here comes the chance. You can learn English wherever you are with your mobile phone, laptop or computer and win huge prizes up to 1000 MOP!
In this workshop, you can learn how to operate the useful platform to improve your English. You can establish the ability of independent learning and achieve self-improvement. Come and join us!
Date: 17 JAN. (Friday), 2020
Time: 14:30PM-15:30PM
Venue: E7-1025
Quota: 20
Registration: scan the QR code on the poster or please click:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1YQ9_rTyrPtvOavgNDzLZDtLmh1qk2IZVs344-BbZw5g/edit*0.5 smart point will be awarded for full participation.

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

FAH-DENG: Holocaust Survivor Talks about Auschwitz, by Ms. Eva Schloss
2020-01-15 16:30 - 18:30 | E4-G078

Philosophy and Religious Studies Programme Lecture: “Kang Youwei’s Confucianism and Its Relevance to the Contemporary Study of Chinese Philosophy”
2020-01-15 16:00 - 17:30 | E21-3118
A few decades ago, Kang Youwei was mostly studied in departments of history. Recently more and more scholars of philosophy departments have begun to publish on Kang Youwei’s Confucianism or his New-Text Classicism. A natural question is: Why did it happen? This lecture introduces the existing interpretations of the phenomenon. It then indicates that the phenomenon reshapes the debate regarding the legitimacy of Chinese philosophy and unravels the peculiar interplays between Chinese philosophizing and Chinese political discourses.

FAH-DCLL Liberal Arts Seminar: “How to tell Chinese stories in overseas cultural exchanges” by Prof. Chen Ping 人文學院中國語言文學系博雅講座：“如何在海外文化交流中講中國故事”- 陳平教授
2020-01-15 15:30 - 17:00 | E1大學展館校史館演講廳

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “The difficult progress of the international standardization of Chinese characters” by Prof. Chen Xuechao 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“國際漢字規範化的歷程與前瞻”- 陳學超教授
2020-01-15 10:30 | E21-3118
摘要：
一、漢字是中國對世界文明的重大貢獻，它是中國的也是世界的；隨著中國綜合回國力提升，必將成為國際強勢文字
二、國際漢字“尊崇、弱化、復興”的歷史行程
三、關於漢字拼音化的曲折道路
四、關於繁簡字的論爭
五、漢字文化圈關於漢字規範化的建設
六、“識楷寫行”：關於國際漢字規範化的設想
七、行書書法演示

A1 Level Portuguese Program for Healthcare Professionals III
2020-01-14 18:30 - 2020-02-25 21:00 | Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR)
A1 level Portuguese program for Healthcare Professionals III

Organizational units: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC)
Period: January 14th to February 25th 2020 (30 hours)
Schedule: Every Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6.30pm to 9.00pm at IPOR
Registration: IPOR reception counter (10:00-18:30)
Seats limited to 20, on a first-come-first-served basis. Please complete the registration and pay the deposit to IPOR. Your seat will only be confirmed after making a full deposit payment to IPOR.
Costs: 500 MOP deposit and refundable if participants meet 80% of attendance requirement; plus 250 MOP for course materials.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/GZasMweurdNHLDTc6 (Deadline: 12:00 p.m. January 10th 2020)

FAH-DHIST Guest Lecture – “The Role of the Korean Peninsula in the Culture of the East Asian Bamboo and Wooden Texts 東亞簡牘文化圈中韓半島的位置
2020-01-07 16:30 - 18:30 | E21-G002
漢字作為古代「東亞儒家文化圈」的通行文字，簡牘作為古代「東亞記錄文化圈」的共同文字載體，在韓、中兩國的文化交流方面起到了十分重要的作用。本講座主要分析韓、中、日三國共同出土的《論語》簡、戶口簿木牘、習字簡、九九表木牘以及書寫工具（毛筆、書刀），查明東亞簡牘記錄文化圈中韓半島佔有的位置，而且了解古代東亞地區文化的傳承關係與其歷史意義。
春秋戰國到秦漢時期是典型古代中國文化的形成、發展時期，這一時期的文化資料均書寫於簡牘。自前108年在韓半島設置楽浪郡以來，韓半島中北部地區直接吸收漢朝簡牘記錄文化；韓半島中南部地區通過樂浪郡接觸吸收簡牘記錄文化。韓半島的簡牘記錄文化再傳播到於日本列島，可知近期日本列島發現的公元8-9世紀的木簡，在形制、用途以及書寫格式方面都類似於韓半島發現的6-7世紀木簡。
對東亞簡牘文化的深入研究是了解東亞地區歷史文化核心主幹的基礎，通過東亞簡牘文化的共同研究，可以宏觀地擴大東亞文化視野，進而達到三國間的互相了解，以及和平發展的共同目標。
The Korean Peninsula had played a significant role in the cultural interaction among China, Korea, and Japan. Starting from 108 BCE, when Emperor Wu of Han established Lelang Commandery, the northern Korean Peninsula was incorporated into the Han Empire. The notable amount of bamboo and wooden texts excavated in mainland China, Korea, and Japan in recent decades attest that a cultural sphere was formed among the three countries between the 2nd century BCE and 9th century CE in which they shared similar written and material culture. Drawing lights from these newly excavated texts, this lecture will explore the role of the Korean Peninsula in the culture of the East Asian bamboo and wooden texts.
