Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “A Minimalist perspective on modification structures — A case study of the de-construction in Chinese” by Prof. Cheng Gong 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：““的”字結構的句法形態性質”- 程工教授
2019-11-20 11:30 (Asia/Macau) | E21-3118
摘要：對於漢語中的“的”，傳統語法中主要有兩種看法，一種認為它起定語標記作用（“的2”）；另一種認為它是名詞化標記（“的3”），其所在短語與被修飾的核心NP屬於同位性成分。生成語法中對“的”則有限定詞（D）、標句詞（C）、賦格成分（K）等不同分析方式。本講認為，漢語中與定語相關的修飾結構的底層是[[XP 的2][的3 YP]]。其中“的2”是引入修飾語的功能語素，負責把其所在短語轉化為修飾語(Modification Phrase)（參看Rubin 1994，2003）；“的3”則是輕名詞性中心語（n*），可由指代詞、否定詞、領屬詞和數量詞等成分擔任，語義上表現出確定性（specificity）。[XP 的2]和[的3 YP] 兩個短語由Chomsky（2001）所說的對合併（pair Merge組合在一起。在後句法階段，處於線性毗鄰局域的[的2]和[的3]語素在官話中減縮為“的”，形成合音（portmanteau）現象。

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “Semantic Research and Dictionary Definitions” by Prof. Tan Jingchun 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“語義研究與詞典釋義”- 譚景春教授
2019-11-20 10:00 | E21-3118
摘要：本文主要介紹語義研究對詞典釋義的促進作用。1.詞語的結構義和詞典釋義。詞義是詞本身具有的意義，而結構義是詞和詞組合後產生的意義。一般說來，一個結構所表達的意義總是大於各組成成分的簡單相加。也就是說，不是1+1=2，而是1+1>2。這“大於”的部分就是結構義。根據能否類推可以把結構義分為可類推的結構義和不能類推的結構義。不可類推的結構義有可能轉變為詞義。2.名詞的用途義。用品是名物詞中的一個小類，主要是指人們日常生活和生產勞動中使用的各種器具和工具。用品詞的詞義可以概括為三個方面或三種語義類別：用途、形狀、材料。釋義中有的只有“用途”一種，有的有“用途、形狀”或“用途、材料”兩種，有的“用途、形狀、材料”三種都有，取其中的最大值。用品詞的基本釋義方式可以概括為：表示用途、形狀、材料的詞語 + 類語詞。3.字面義與語境義的區分。字面義是指詞語字面上表示的意義，也就是詞語本身的意義。語境義是指詞語在一定語境中含有的意義，包括蘊含義、上下文義等。詞典釋義時要注意區分詞語的字面義和詞語的語境義，不能把詞語組合後蘊含的意義歸到某個詞上，也不能把上下文的意義帶進某個詞的釋文中。

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “Why Chinese doesn’t have a major class of adjectives: A revisit based on new evidence” by Prof. Zhang Min 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“再論漢語沒有獨立形容詞類：從比較證據及內部證據看”- 張敏教授
2019-11-15 15:45 | E21-3118
摘要：在有獨立形容詞類的世界語言裡，形容詞的原型功能是直接作定語（名詞短語裡的修飾語），一般不能直接作謂語（它是動詞的原型功能）（Croft 1991、Hengeveld 1992）。漢語語法學界鑒於動詞、形容詞均可直接作謂語，傳統上將二者合歸「謂詞」；一些學者還認爲漢語的形容詞在句法層面也不能直接作定語。因此「漢語沒有獨立的形容詞類」成爲主流看法。上述看法在近年來受到一些直接的挑戰，如Dixon（2004）、Paul（2005、2015） 等（尤其是後者，論證頗有力度）；此外一些針對確有獨立形容詞類的語言的研究也對上述看法構成間接挑戰，如Larson（1998）、Cinque（2014）等有關日爾曼語、羅曼語裡形容詞性NP/DP修飾語之別的研究。本講以現代漢語內、外兩方面證據說明，新近提出的反證均不足以推翻原有的看法。

FAH-DPORT: Seminar on “The musical theatre in Brazil” by Prof. Larissa Oliveira Neves Catalão, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2019-11-15 15:00 - 17:00 | E21-G047
ABSTRACT:
The musical theatre in Brazil
Brazilian theatre is as ambiguous as its own audience history and culture. However during many years, popular theatre was considered inferior when compared to European art forms. Despite that, in the end of the 19th century, popular theatre left the streets and moved to theatre houses. This fact changed the way the plays were produced, leading to new forms of writing​, acting and stageset building, which led to the emergence of modern Brazilian theatre in the 1940’s. Based on the most influential Brazilian play texts, this lecture intends to present and analyze the history of Brazil’s musical theatre.

SHORT BIO
Professor Larissa Catalão is a Professor of drama, history and theory of theater at the Department of Performing Arts, Unicamp Arts Institute (SP), since March 2009. She has a postdoctoral degree from Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris 3) (2016) and Campinas State University – Unicamp (2008-09); She holds a PhD in Literary Theory and History from the State University of Campinas – Unicamp (2006), in the area of Brazilian Literature and a masters degree in Theory and Literary History from the State University of Campinas – Unicamp (2002), in the area of Literature and other cultural productions (Theater). She has vast experience in Theater, focusing on Drama, History and History of Theater, Dramatic Literature, Brazilian Culture and Portuguese Language, acting on the following subjects: drama, history of Brazilian theater, theory of theater, Brazilian literature and Brazilian culture.

FAH-DHIST Guest Lecture – “Pingpiao 憑票”and “Qiantie 錢帖”: Commercial Papers and Folk Paper Money in Qing China as seen from the Hakka and the Jinshang (晉商) Documents
2019-11-15 15:00 | E21-G002
“Pingpiao 憑票”and “Qiantie 錢帖”: Commercial Papers and Folk Paper Money in Qing China as seen from the Hakka and the Jinshang (晉商) Documents

Certain Pingpiao (憑票) circulated within some local rural markets in southeastern China during the Qing Dynasty. Pingpiao, a kind of exchange medium that functioned as promissory note(本 票) and check (支票) became a substitute of money. Meanwhile, amongst local markets in Shanxi, Qiantie (錢帖), another kind of monetary note, emerged and developed its circulation up to regional markets. Pingpiao and Qiantie hence worked to form commercial-capitalism in China.

憑票與錢帖:清代中國的商業票據與民間紙幣——以客家文書與晉商文書為例

在清代東南鄉村的地方小市場中，通行一種具有現代金融工具性質的“憑票＂。具有本票與支票性質的“憑票＂承擔商品交換之媒介功能，成為貨幣的代用品;而在山西地方小市場中，則通行一種具有貨幣性質的＂錢帖＂，其流通範圍擴大至區域市場。憑票與錢帖共同塑造了清代具有中國特色的商業資本社會。

FAH-DCLL Academic Seminar: “Quoting of the Shuowen Jiezi in the Explanation of the Shijing by Duan Yuzai’s Shijing Xiaoxue—–A Critical Study” by Prof. Lee Hung Kai 人文學院中國語言文學系學術講座：“段玉裁《詩經小學》 引《說文解字》釋經考”- 李雄溪教授
2019-11-15 14:00 | E21-3118
摘要：段玉裁《詩經小學》為研究《詩經》詞義之著作，當中援引許慎《說文解字》以佐解《經》之處甚多。本文透過分析具體例子，從“細釋詞義”、“說明通假”、“明異體字”、“指出異文”、“引錄籀文”、“明古今字”六方面去說明段氏引《說文解字》釋《詩經》之作用。此外，對比《詩經小學》和《說文解字注》的有關訓釋，可知段氏研治《詩經》和文字學之理路。

FAH-CPC: Chinese-Portuguese Legal Translation Workshop III
2019-11-14 19:00 - 2019-12-12 22:00 | E21-1043, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-DPORT: Projeto Libolo: Uma Experiência de Aprendizagem e de Vida
2019-11-14 16:00 | E22-G010
RESUMO:
O Projeto Libolo vem sendo desenvolvido no Departamento de Português com uma perspectiva interdisciplinar de estudos, uma característica necessária do mundo contemporâneo. Áreas como a linguística, a antropologia, a história, a literatura, a filologia, a linguística aplicada são algumas das que têm contribuído para pesquisar as línguas e as culturas de Angola, o maior parceiro econômico da China dentre os países de língua portuguesa na África. O Projeto Libolo, com um apoio irrestrito do Governo de Angola, tem aberto possibilidades de participação de alunos da Licenciatura em Estudos Portugueses da UM e de professores-pesquisadores interessados nessa experiência acadêmica e humana. Nesse evento, no dia 14 de Novembro às 16:00 na sala E22-G010, os professores e alunos participantes vão partilhar, com falas, imagens e vídeos, as suas experiências de pesquisa, de ensino e as suas perspectivas pessoais nessa viagem feita em língua portuguesa até a África em 2019. O Projeto Libolo é interinstitucional e tem a coordenação geral do Professor Carlos Figueiredo (UM) e da Professora Márcia Oliveira (USP). Convidamos todos a conhecer essa experiência de aprendizagem e de vida.

OBJETIVO:
Apresentar o Projeto Libolo, a experiência de pesquisa de alunos e professores e propor um debate para alunos e professores interessados em participar.

FAH-DPORT: Seminar on “O Teatro e a Literatura em Portugal e no Brasil” at Rui Cunha Foundation
2019-11-13 18:30 - 20:30 | Fundação Rui Cunha Av. da Praia Grande Nº 749 -R/C MACAU
A Fundação Rui Cunha, e o Departamento de Português da Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades da Universidade de Macau, realizarão no, dia 13 de Novembro, Quarta-feira, às 18h30, na Fundação Rui Cunha a conferência O Teatro e a Literatura em Portugal e no Brasil.
Nesta conferência teremos como convidadas, as Senhoras Professoras Larissa Neves Catalão, do Departamento de Artes, da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil e a Professora Manuela Carvalho, do Departamento de Português, da Faculdade de Letras, da Universidade de Macau.
O Teatro e literatura no Brasil: algumas relações, será o tema da intervenção da Senhora Professora Larissa Catalão, onde serão apresentadas algumas relações entre teatro e literatura, tomando como exemplos peças brasileiras. O teatro é um gênero literário, mas com a particularidade de ser escrito para ser encenado. Assim, procurar-se-á compreender melhor as características do texto teatral, correlacionando-as a outros géneros como a comédia, o drama e a tragédia.
Vamos lá rebentar com isto”: os palcos e as páginas do teatro português contemporâneo, foi o título escolhido pela Senhora Professora Manuela Carvalho, para ilustrar a sua apresentação.
A frase do título, tal como o espectáculo de onde deriva – Padam Padam do Teatro Praga (2009), com texto de José Maria Vieira Mendes (publicado em 2016), é talvez emblemática de uma tendência que marca a dramaturgia portuguesa actual: a de uma relação complexa (entre a ruptura e o diálogo) com a tradição teatral escrita e representada em Portugal, a de uma fragmentação e incompletude da escrita dramática e do espectáculo.
Partindo de dois exemplos contemporâneos, nomeadamente o trabalho dos dramaturgos José Maria Vieira Mendes e Tiago Rodrigues, e respectivamente a colaboração com os dois colectivos Teatro Praga e Mundo Perfeito, pretende-se reflectir sobre como textos e palcos se articulam e se questionam mutuamente; como escritores e artistas de teatro respondem à contaminação de outras artes e media, num período particularmente rico do teatro português (última década).
Propõe-se, também, dar conta das características mais marcantes da criação teatral contemporânea em Portugal.
A sessão será moderada pelo Prof. Dr. Gabriel Antunes de Araújo, Professor do Departamento de Português da Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades da Universidade de Macau.
A conferência será proferida em língua portuguesa.
A Entrada é livre.
Contamos Consigo! Por Macau Mais e Melhor!
Source: http://ruicunha.org/frc/?p=22965

FAH/PHIL Philosophy and Religious Studies Lecture Series – “The Conception of Time in Classical Confucianism: The Correspondence and Interaction between the Time of History and the Time of Ethics” by Dr. Leung Yat Hung
2019-11-13 17:00 | E21-3118
Abstract
This talk focuses on the two types of conception of time, namely, the time of history and the time of ethics. The former is a conception of time that one views or situates one’s lifetime in or with history, whereas the latter a time of our personal lifetime interrupted by the intervention of the other and the accompanied ethical significance. This talk argues that while Classical Confucianism has interesting specifications about these two conceptions of time, more importantly, it shows a correspondence and interaction of the two, which brings us two advantages: It is not difficult to catch up with what our tradition has been aiming at through ethical practices, and the tradition in turns provides motivation for us to be ethical.

Bio
Leung, Yat-hung, Roni, is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Macau. He mainly works on Chinese Philosophy in a comparative way focusing on ethics and moral psychology. He has recently published in Philosophy East and West, Journal of Value Inquiry, Sophia, and so on.

FAH-DPORT: Workshop by Professor Igor da Silva on “Approaching Translation and related Tasks as Processes” from November 12 to 13, 2019
2019-11-12 19:00 - 2019-11-13 22:00 | E21-G049
ABSTRACT
Discussion of the expertise framework and its potential to tap into translation and interpreting, especially from an expert-performance approach. The major topics include: expertise as the result of deliberate practice; the non-transference of expertise across domains; the role of translation in translator’s expertise per se and in comparison to field specialist’s expertise; the implications of studies of expertise in writing and reading to studies of translation expertise; and the implication of the notion of interactional expertise to the study of translation expertise and interpreting expertise. Also, the seminar analyze the translation and related tasks (including reading, writing, and post-editing) as processes that involve automatisms and also require cognitive effort to solve problems.

SHORT BIO
Igor Antônio Lourenço da Silva holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Brazil). Igor has experience in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics and Translation Studies, especially on the following subjects: processual approach to translation, human translation and machine translation, post-editing and proofreading, interaction expertise, discursive approach to translation, eye tracking, Corpus Linguistics, Systemic Functional Linguistics. He worked as an assistant researcher at the Saarland University (Germany) and was a visiting professor at the University of Macau (China). He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Uberlândia (UFU) and is a permanent member of the Postgraduate Program in Linguistic Studies (PPGEL).

ONLY 10 VACANCIES AVAILABLE, FOR REGISTRATION PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO ANALEAL@UM.EDU.MO

FAH-CPC: Portuguese Culture Course
2019-11-12 18:30 - 2019-12-04 20:30 | 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
