Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

FAH-CPC: Portuguese Culture Course
2019-11-12 18:30 - 2019-12-04 20:30 (Asia/Macau) | Centro de Formação dos Trabalhadores dos Serviços Públicos Alameda Dr. Carlos D’Assumpção Nos. 336-342 Centro Comercial Cheng Feng 6° Andar, Sala 609-611, Macao
Course Outline:
The course consists of a total of 8 sessions of 2 hours each, and aims to provide an introduction to the essentials of Portuguese as a variety of cultural domains, material and immaterial. At the end of the course, the audience is expected to be better prepared to understand the cultural references driving Portuguese presence in Macao and the world.
Topics:
Class 1. An identity centered on language. Portuguese and other languages in Portugal. General introduction to Portuguese language history and geography, past and present.
Class 2. The growth of a country in feudal times. Lyricism and the feminine: cantigas de amigo, Rainha Santa Isabel (and D. Dinis), Inês de Castro, Menina e Moça, “Barbara the slave”. Medieval poetry and contemporary popular music.
Class 3. The establishment of a nation in history, literature and art. Batalha, Fernão Lopes, Nuno Gonçalves.
Class 4. Expansion and the East I: literature out of history. Three authors (Gil Vicente, Luís de Camões and Fernão Mendes Pinto) and three texts (Índia, Os Lusíadas, Peregrinação). Sixteenth-century travel and contemporary popular music: Fausto Bordalo Dias.
Class 5. Expansion and the East II: stories and myths. The shipwreck of Sepúlveda and King Sebastião in history, contemporary music and film.
Class 6. The second Portuguese empire: Brazil, from António Vieira and the Gold Cycle to Independence. The third Portuguese empire: Africa, from the Rose-Coloured Map to the Colonial Wars.
Class 7. Contemporary Portugal I. Nationalist symbolism and commemoration. The cockerel from Barcelos and other handicrafts. Popular music before the Carnation Revolution (1974): Lisbon fado, Coimbra fado/balada and back to lyric.
Class 8. Contemporary Portugal II. History and art after the Carnation Revolution. Popular traditions today.
Speaker:
Professor Hélio Alves joined the University of Macau as Associate Professor of Portuguese Literature in January 2019. He is a well-known scholar of Renaissance and Early Modern Portuguese and Comparative Literature, and also the director of Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC).
Seats are limited to 20 and registrations are on a first-come-first-served basis. Please register by 8 November 2019 12:00PM.
To register, please scan the QR code on the attached poster or visit the following link: https://forms.gle/taFryZsa4fi2UkaH8

FAH-DHIST Guest Lecture – ‘International Network of the Hokkien Temples: An Interpretation of Religious Inscriptions ’
2019-11-06 15:00 | E21-1017
‘International Network of the Hokkien Temples: An Interpretation of Religious Inscriptions ’

Abstract:
Ancestral shrines and temples, together with overseas Chinese immigrants constituted a complicated international network. A reading of existent religious inscriptions would facilitate our understanding of the maritime history and cultural connotations made by the Hokkien people.

FAH-DENG Conference “Assessing World Languages 3”
2019-11-06 - 2019-11-09 | E22-G010, E21-G049

FAH-DENG “Asia-Pacific Writers and Translators Conference 2019”
2019-11-05 - 2019-11-07

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “Several Questions of Folk Culture Studies” by Prof. Zhang Mingyuan 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“民俗文化研究的幾個問題”- 張明遠教授
2019-10-31 15:00 | E21-2003
摘要：民俗文化包括民歌民謠，民間戲曲，民間風俗和生活習慣。民俗文化研究的歷史：鍾敬文先生的貢獻。民俗文化與文化人類學、社會學和藝術美學的關係。嶺南民俗文化研究的重要性以及可預期成果。民族文化研究的國際視野以及敘述開拓。

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “Comparison of literature Texts and Research on the Evolution of Early Modern Chinese” by Prof. Zhang Meilan 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“文獻文本比較與近代 漢語演變研究”- 張美蘭教授
2019-10-31 14:45 | E21-3118
摘要：文本（Text），或因文獻刊刻版本不同，或因傳抄過程中輾轉引用，或因編修者個人的傾向不同，所處時代的影響，其流布方式多樣。文獻文本變革是語言變異的重要線索。尤其是同一文獻多文本、多途徑傳播，成為我們瞭解語言文化歷時演變的寶貴資料。不同版本用字、用詞及句法異同是漢語語言研究的重要材料。多版本綜合比較作為一種研究方法，也是尋找語言發展變化的一個重要視角。講座將以這一線索展開，說明近代漢語語言歷史變化的特點。

FAH/PHIL Philosophy and Religious Studies Lecture Series – “Heidegger’s who-analysis in being and time and his idea of communal being” by Prof. Qingjie Wang
2019-10-30 16:00 | E21-3118

A1 Level Portuguese Program for Legal Professionals
2019-10-29 18:30 - 2019-12-05 21:00 | Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR)
A1 level Portuguese Program for Legal Professionals

Organizational units: Portuguese Institute of the Orient (IPOR) & Chinese Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC)
Period: October 29th to December 5th 2019 (30 hours)
Schedule: Every Mondays and Wednesdays, 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/XASiCkYcvsgqTaCx5 (Deadline: 25/10/2019 12:00)

FAH-ELC Student Activity: NOTE-TAKING WORKSHOP **1 Smart Point
2019-10-25 14:00 - 15:30 | E7-1025
The English Language Centre (ELC) is now presenting you the Note-taking Workshop to be held on 25 October, 2019. This workshop aims to help students learn how to take notes in class in a more efficient way.
In this workshop, students will understand the basic idea of note-taking skill, learn five types of commonly used symbols in note-taking, apply symbols mentioned above in exercises at different levels, and develop the habit of using symbols in note-taking for more productive class learning.
Please come and join us! 1 SP, 15 CS and a notebook will be given to the fully participated students. Snacks and drinks will also be provided!
*All UM students are welcome to join, especially for those who have not learned note-taking skill before.

Date: 25 Oct. 2019 (Fri)
Time: 14:00 – 15:30
Venue: E7-1025
Facilitator: ELC ELTAs
1 SP & 15 CS
Registration: scan the QR code in the poster.
Should you have any enquiries, please feel free to contact us at fah_elc_elta@umac.mo

FAH-ELC Student Activity: Watercolour Painting Workshop **0.5 Smart point
2019-10-18 14:30 - 16:00 | E3-3033
Hey artists! It’s time for you to explore your hidden talent! Let’s use art to water your exhausted soul and body. In this activity, you can learn some basic skills about watercolour painting and bring your own masterpiece home. Don’t hesitate! Come and join us!
Smart point: 0.5
Registration: https://forms.gle/gcbUA5mATHbVQVXg6

FAH/PHIL Conference – “Philosophy of Gambling”
2019-10-18 - 2019-10-19 | E21-3118
October 18th
9:00-9:15 Opening Remarks
9:15-10:00
Fiona Nicoll (Edmonton) Beyond “the Zone”: Gambling and Political Philosophy
10:00-10:45
Tim Simpson (Macau) The Porcelain Ashtray: Taming the Volatility of Baccarat in Macau
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:00
Rick Dolphijin (Utrecht) Gilles Deleuze on the (Ideal) Game
12:00-12:45
Kah-Wee Lee (Singapore) From Vice to Icon: “Moral Laundering” as critique of the present
13:00-14:30 Lunch
14:30-15:15
Darrel J. B. Manitowabi (Greater Sudbury) Indigenous Casinos are a Medicine for Colonialism
15:15-15:45 Coffee Break
15:45-16:30
Mark Johnson (Edmonton) The Unpredictability of Gameplay
16:30-17:15
Melody Lu (Maccau) Temporality and Sociality of Casino Space: Comparing an IR and a Gambling Cruise in Singapore
17:15-18:00
Michael Hemmingsen (Guam) Do Cheaters Never Prosper? Winning by Deception in Purely Professional Games of Pure Chance
18:00-18:20
Cesar Albarran-Torres (Melbourne) Stock trading apps and digital capitalism: where Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Las Vegas meet
19:00 Dinner

October 19th
9:00-9:45
Judith-Frederike Popp (Würzburg) Daring to play oneself – similarities and differences between gambling and practical self-determination
9:45-10:30
Mario Wenning (Macau) Gambling in Film Noir
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:30
Nahum Brown (Miyazaki) Why Does the Future Seem Less Necessary than the Past? Kierkegaard’s Response to Aristotle’s Sea Battle Paradox
11:30-12:15
Csaba Olay (Budapest) Indulgence in play and gambling: Gadamer and Csíkszentmihályi
12:30 Lunch
15:00-18:00 City Tour
18:00 Dinner

FAH/PHIL Philosophy and Religious Studies Lecture Series – “Intercultural Questioning” by Dr. Kwok Sai Hang
2019-10-16 16:00 | E21-3118

FAH-DHIST Guest Lecture: Treaties in Danger? Contemporary Crises of International Order in Historical Perspective
2019-10-11 17:30 | E2, Library Auditorium
“Treaties in Danger? Contemporary Crises of International Order in Historical Perspective”
Abstract:
The rise of political populism in Europe and the United States, together with its accompanying nationalism and isolationism, has generated widespread apprehension that instability and division at the national level are scaling up to unsettle the international realm as well. The symptoms seem to be widespread: the Trump administration’s withdrawal from international agreements; Russia’s invasion of Crimea; Brexit; even a failed referendum in Switzerland to prefer “Swiss law over foreign judges”: all seem to indicate a crisis of the so-called “rules-based international order”. The ligaments of that order are treaties – the ties that bind international actors together in webs of trust and obligation. But where did the idea that treaties could create order come from? And what is the relation of treaties to various forms of disorder, such as empire, power politics, and the supremacy of the state over the individual and other competing actors? This lecture traces ideas of treaty-making and treaty-breaking over the centuries to place contemporary concerns in long-range historical perspective.

FAH-ELC talk: Helping Students Discover Self-Confidence Through Speaking
2019-10-09 11:00 - 12:00 | E3-2043

FAH/PHIL Philosophy and Religious Studies Lecture Series – ‘“The Unity of a Spiritual Life”: Husserl on Cultural Phenomenology’ by Prof. Dermot Moran, Boston College, USA
2019-10-03 16:00 | E21-3118

FAH-ELC Student Activity — Business Letter Writing Workshop **1 Smart Point**
2019-09-27 14:00 - 15:30 | E3-3034
This workshop aims to help students develop business letter writing skills for English learning and working. Students will be introduced to the basic structure, writing style, and the use of language in writing business letters through different exercises. After the workshop, students will learn what a business letter is and how to write it effectively.
All levels of English are welcome, especially for beginners and intermediates. Quotas are limited and taken very quickly, so please register soon!
Date: 27 SEPT. 2019 (FRI.)
Time: 2:00PM – 3:30PM
Venue: E3-3034
Medium of instruction: English
Quota: 15
Registration: scan the QR code on the poster or please click:
https://ummoodle.um.edu.mo/mod/choice/view.php?id=1330620
*1 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 Centre for Japanese Studies ~ Guest Lecture
2019-09-26 14:30 - 16:00 | E21A-G035, FAH Building
The Localization Strategies of Kanji (Chinese characters) and Kanbun (Chinese writing) in Pre-modern Japan
近代以前日本的漢字、漢文的在地化策略
Prof. NG Wai-ming, Benjamin

Abstract
The Japanese use Chinese characters and write Chinese in their own unique way. The Chinese language was appropriated to express Japanese expressions and feelings. Based on primary Japanese sources, this talk will discuss how the Chinese language was indigenized and hybridized to become a part of the Japanese language and culture from the Nara-Heian period to the Tokugawa period. Strictly speaking, this is not a study of Japanese linguistics. The localization of the Chinese characters and writing is examined through the lens of Sino-Japanese cultural exchange.
近代以前日本的漢字、漢文的在地化策略
歷代日本人對漢字、漢文的使用跟中國人㢠然不同。這種將中文據為己用的文化現象是日本歷代不斷將漢字、漢文在地化的結果。本研究以歷代日本文獻為基礎，探討從奈良、平安至德川時期漢字、漢文如何被納入日本語及日本文化體系，成為中日混合的文體。嚴格而言，此研究不屬語言學，而是從中日文化交流史及日本思想史為視角的域外漢字文化學研究。

FAH/PHIL Philosophy and Religious Studies Lecture Series – “A Prolegomenon To Husserl’s Phenomenology of Feeling and Emotion” by Dr. Thomas Byrne
2019-09-25 17:00 | E21-G039

FAH-ELC Student Activity: Chatroom — Unusual Food Experience**0.5 Smart Point**
2019-09-20 14:30 - 15:30 | E7-1025
Used to have unusual food experiences in a different country? So shy to speak English in public? Want to talk to a native American speaker? ELC Chatroom allows newcomers to practice communicating in English, make new friends, and together find opportunities to contribute to the wellbeing of the earth. Come and join us!
Date: 20 SEPT. (Friday), 2019
Time: 2:30PM-3:30PM
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

《日本浪人＋支那浪人＝大陸浪人？》
2019-09-18 15:00 | E21-G002
講座概要：
在近代中日關係史上頻頻登場、作惡多端的“日本浪人（Japan Ronin）”究竟是何等樣人物？本講座將首先從名稱內涵著手, 考察中日兩國民眾、媒體、學界對該問題的認識漂移，繼而從該人物群體的形成環境、政治理念、活動方式、歷史影響等多重面向出發，結合頭山滿（Toyama Mitsuru）、內田良平（Uchida Ryohei）、宮崎滔天（Miyazaki Toten）等具體代表人物，展開具體分析，揭示日本大陸浪人群體在近代中日關係史上的真實地位與影響。對於所謂“民間人士”通過“催戰”、“促戰”等行為凸顯出來的“戰爭責任”問題，也將同聽眾一起展開議論與思考。

The XXII Congress of International Comparative Literature Association
2019-07-29 09:00 - 2019-08-02 09:00 | UM Campus

Summer English Immersion Programme 2019
2019-06-30 09:00 - 2019-07-26 20:00 | UM Campus

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: ‘Engaging teachers in sustainable professional development: no quick fixes’
2019-06-06 15:00 | E21-G037

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: “Anuradhapura Meets The City of Angels: A Buddhist Traveler Translates Asian America”
2019-05-17 16:00 - 17:30 | E21-3118

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: “The transpacific poetics in Marilyn Chin’s ‘Summer Sleep’ and Li-Young Lee’s ‘Persimmons’”
2019-05-17 11:00 - 12:30 | E21-3118

FAH Guest Lecture: “Regularity and Consistency Effects in Chinese Character Processing and ERP Studies of Reading Chinese as a Second Language”
2019-05-09 10:30 | E21-3118

Early Buddhist Inscriptions in China: An Introduction with Case Studies
2019-05-02 16:00 - 17:30 | E21-G016

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: “翻譯研究方法與模式”
2019-04-25 15:00 | E21-G038

FAH-DENG “Prize-Giving Ceremony 2019”
2019-04-24 13:00 - 14:00 | E21A-G035, FAH Building

Call for essays: “Best English Studies Essay Competition 2019”
2019-03-29 - 2019-04-12
