Faculty of Arts and Humanities | University of Macau

Global languages and linguae francae in global communication
2024-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | E22-G013

Preaching Under the Trees ---Depictions of Buddhist Assemblies in Gandhāra, Kucha, and China
2024-04-10 13:00 - 14:30 | E21-3118

Capoeira Workshop
2024-04-10 - 2024-04-24 | E34-1002
Instructor’s Profile: Edilson Almeida, also known as Mestre Eddy Murphy, is one of the most famous Brazilian Capoeira Mestres in the world. He has been practicing Capoeira for 40 years and teaching classes all over the world for more than 32 years.
About the Workshop: Capoeira is a special Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, and music. Not only an excellent form of physical exercise, helping to maintain a healthy lifestyle and relieve stress, it is also a creative art form that offers participants an opportunity to get to know the culture and history of Brazil.
Registration link: https://forms.gle/TGU41ZyXztu4kRGs5 (Registration deadline: 03/04/2024)

Short Course on Chinese-Portuguese Simultaneous Interpretation
2024-04-10 - 2024-05-11 | E21-G049

New Histories of South Asia and the Word
2024-04-09 10:00 - 11:30 | E21-3118

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Transparency, Moore’s Paradox and the Concept of Belief " by Prof. Adam Andreotta, Curtin University, Australia
2024-04-03 17:30 - 19:00 | E21-3118 or via Zoom
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/95298043328
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Abstract
In this paper, I take a closer look at the relationship between belief and judgement. I argue for the output thesis—the thesis that conscious judgements give rise to occurrent beliefs. I then go on to suggest that the output thesis provides independent support for the transparency method and an independent explanation of why Moore’s Paradox arises. My view stands in contrast to views in the literature which are sceptical of there being such a close connection between judgement and belief, and also provides a challenge to those who support the transparency method by appealing to Moore’s Paradox. Along the way I discuss some of the implications of the output thesis for current characterisations of judgement and belief. Finally, I address a significant objection to the output thesis—namely, the set of cases where subjects assert that P, but behave in ways that suggest they believe not-P. I argue that such cases do not undermine the output thesis.

Bio
Professor Adam Andreotta is a Lecturer at Curtin University in Western Australia. He received his doctoral degree in Philosophy from the University of Western Australia in July 2018. ​His main research topic is the philosophy of self-knowledge—a major topic at the intersection of epistemology and the philosophy of mind. His Ph.D. thesis, First-Person Authority and its Limits, defended a view of self-knowledge called the transparency method—a view which differs from traditional inward-looking accounts of introspection. He has continued to publish work on the transparency method and other topics pertaining to self-knowledge. Beyond this, he has published on the philosophy of artificial intelligence, specifically on the Ethics of Big Data and AI Rights, as well as the history of philosophy, with a keen interest in the philosophical works of David Hume.

Coffee-Tea with Professors
2024-03-27 16:00 - 17:00 | E21-2001

ELC : Growing your Social Media Following -A Workshop (Featured talk for EELC 2010 students)
2024-03-27 15:00 - 16:15 | E4-1052

UM Language and Culture Day 2024
2024-03-27 12:00 - 2024-04-16 17:00 | E21A
Please click here for the Chinese version. 請按此查閱中文版。

We are excited to announce the return of the UM Language and Culture Day! As one of the flagship events of the FAH, this year’s UM Language and Culture Day will take place on 27 March 2024 (Wed), with the theme “Cherish Mother Tongues; Embrace All Cultures.” The event aims to celebrate linguistic and cultural diversity while preserving mother tongues on the UM campus, as well as in Macau in general. Building on the success of last year, we have prepared a series of engaging and interactive activities, including the Opening Ceremony, various handcraft workshops, games booths, and the Cultural Treasure Hunt. We warmly invite all UM members to join us in making this fantastic event a great success.

Below is the summary of the activities:
1.GRAND OPENING
Date: 27th Mar 2024
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Venue: E21A FAH Lobby

Time
Item

12:15-12:45
Redeem Raffle Tickets

13:00-14:00
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
Cultural Performances
Lucky Draw

* PRIZES TO BE WON ON-SITE:

Item
Quota

APPLE AirPods with Lightning Charging Case
1 pc

Fujifilm Instax Mini 12 Blue
1 pc

PANASONIC Hair dryer
1 pc

MOMAX Power Bank 10000mAh
1 pc

$200 Supermarket cash coupon
2 pcs

$100 Supermarket cash coupon
2 pcs

* Offer valid while stocks last.
** Winners must immediately come on stage to receive their awards, or else they will forfeit.
2. Handcraft Workshops
Date: 27th Mar 2024
Time: 14:00-15:00
Registration：https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8ukEIUK797LqTiu
Remarks: Successfully registered participants will receive a confirmation email by 20 March 2024. If a registered participant is unable to attend, please notify us (Email: lisalam@um.edu.mo) by 23 March 2024; otherwise, it may impact your eligibility for future activities organised by FAH. Therefore, please review your schedule carefully before completing registration.

The “Sweetheart Handkerchief” – A Portuguese Traditional Embroidery |14:00––15:00| E21A-G049 (SI Lab)
Language: English
Quota: 15 participants
The sweetheart handkerchief is a fine linen or cotton handkerchief embroidered with various motifs. It is a traditional handicraft and garment from northern Portugal, worn by women of marriageable age. According to custom, a girl in love would embroider a handkerchief and gift it to her beloved. The handkerchiefs feature embroidered verses, drawings, and declarations related to friendship, love, fidelity, and pure, innocent love.

Japanese Tea Ceremony |14:00–15:00|E21A-G040
Language: English
Quota: 16 participants
The tea ceremony is an embodiment of traditional etiquette, where finely-ground green tea is prepared and offered by a host for the pleasure of esteemed guests. This philosophy of hospitality in the tea ceremony resonates with contemporary Japanese practices of entertaining guests. The essence of the tea ceremony lies in embracing the spirit of hospitality and savoring the joy of tea tasting. We aspire to share with everyone the warm hospitality of Japan, the brilliance of its traditional culture, and the exquisite taste of matcha through the ritual of the tea ceremony.

Peking Opera Facial Makeup Workshop |14:00–15:00|E21A-G037
Language: Mandarin & English
Quota: 10 participants
Peking Opera facial makeup is a distinctive makeup technique steeped in Chinese cultural tradition and a vital element of Peking Opera’s performing arts. It utilizes a vivid palette of colors, patterns, and symbols to depict the personality, status, and traits of the characters on the actors’ faces.

POR[CELAIN]TUGUESE |14:00––15:00| E21A-G038
Language: Mandarin & Portuguese
Quota: 12 participants
What kind of spark arises when the elements of Chinese blue and white porcelain meet Portuguese design motifs? This workshop introduces the emblematic cultural symbols of China and Portugal, guiding participants to create their own art by arranging porcelain shards on canvases featuring Portuguese elements. It’s an opportunity to craft a unique personal piece that merges these distinct cultural heritages.

Calligraphy Workshop |14:00 – 15:00｜E21A-G039
Language: Mandarin & English
Quota: 25 participants
Chinese character calligraphy is not only an artistic expression of Chinese culture but also a jewel of the world’s cultural heritage. In our calligraphy workshop, participants will independently complete their calligraphy artworks under the guidance of our staff, discovering the endless allure of traditional calligraphy. They will experience the ancient charm of brush writing and the elegance of Chinese line art. Participants are encouraged to unleash their imagination, blending their creativity and aesthetic taste, as they create on round or folding fans—allowing their brush to flow freely, capturing their emotions and artistic flair.

Portuguese Speaking Communities: A Group Competition Game |14:00–15:00 E21A-G036 Black Box Theatre
Language: English
Quota: 30 Participants
The Portuguese language has experienced an increasing presence worldwide, with numerous communities and countries adopting it for day-by-day interaction, teaching, and learning purposes. Each day, a wide range of cultural expressions, including music, literature, arts, and cinema… are created in Portuguese. It is also noteworthy that Portuguese is widely used on the internet. In a world marked by vast diversity, familiarizing ourselves with different languages and cultures can help us become a better global citizen and more adept at navigating differences. In our workshop, we will organize a group competition to enhance our understanding of Portuguese-speaking countries through images, sounds, videos, and general information. To conclude, we will collectively learn and sing a song in Portuguese. Join us!!

Philosophy Hits |14:00 – 15:00| FAH Learning Commons
Quota: No registration required. Unlimited participants. Join at any time!
Throughout history and across different cultures, philosophy has certainly delivered numerous “hits”—influential ideas, theories, and figures that have profoundly shaped our understanding of the universe, our identity, and the nature of happiness. Our game is designed to showcase the power of philosophy to “strike the core” of these subjects, posing and solving the most significant and complex questions in the most rigorous and systematic ways. Join us to explore the thoughts of leading philosophers and their pivotal concepts while honing your darts’ precision and focus. Philosophy is not only deeply engaging—it also requires skill!

Completing the Couplet |14:00 – 15:00| FAH Learning Commons
Quota: No registration required. Unlimited participants. Join at any time!
The couplet is a hallmark of traditional Chinese culture—a crafty and profound phrase that captures the essence of a photograph through the use of rhythmic cadence. Whether it narrates, describes, expresses emotions, or conveys moral lessons, it employs a variety of rhetorical techniques. This not only allows one to appreciate the aesthetic beauty of the photograph but also to revel in the linguistic grace, rhetorical elegance, conceptual depth, and melodic charm of the couplet. When a couplet is meticulously crafted to mirror the rhythm, part of speech, and structure of its paired sentence, it emerges as an exquisitely aligned and harmoniously resonant gem. Why not challenge yourself to create a couplet that complements the given photo, achieving a seamless and delightful pairing?

Portuguese Language & Culture Games | 14:00 – 15:00| FAH Learning Commons
Quota: No registration required. Unlimited participants. Join at any time!
Game 1: The participants will learn the numbers from 1 to 20 in Portuguese. Then they’ll take part in the BINGO game.
Game 2: The participants will look at the map of the Portuguese-speaking countries and their flags. Then they will make puzzles to form the flags.

3. CULTURAL TREASURE HUNT
Date: 27/03/2024 – 16/04/2024
Venue: FAH Ground Floor
Find answer clues around the ground floor of FAH and answer all questions online to enter the Ultimate Lucky Draw.
Draw results will be announced on 23 April 2024 on the faculty website.
PLAY TO WIN THE ULTIMATE PRIZES:

Item
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Winner

APPLE AirPods
1 pc
周洁 ZHOU JIE
Student ID last 3 digits：219

Booster ^MaseTina Fascia Gun
1 pc
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Student ID last 3 digits：388

Monster Bluetooth Speaker
1 pc
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Student ID last 3 digits：085

MOMAX Power Bank 10000mAh
1 pc
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Student ID last 3 digits：721

GIGGAS Electric Caldron
1 pc
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$200 Supermarket cash coupon
1 pc
郭栩 GUOXU
Student ID last 3 digits：654

$100 Supermarket cash coupon
1 pc
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Student ID last 3 digits：197

Terms & Conditions

Each person is eligible for one draw and can win only one prize.
Participation in the lucky draws and workshops is limited to UM members only
FAH administrative staff and organising committees are not eligible for the Lucky Draw.
The winner will receive a phone call for prize collection. The winner must redeem the Prize before 01/05/2024 otherwise the prize will be forfeited.
FAH reserves the right to amend the Terms and Conditions and may withdraw or discontinue the Lucky Draw without prior notice. All matters and disputes will be subject to the final decision of FAH.

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: "But, but me no buts: Contrastive Markers in Interpreted and Non-Interpreted Policy Speeches"
2024-03-25 20:00 - 21:00 | E21A-G049
Abstract:
The rendition of political speeches and political interpreting usually involves the employment of high-level pragmatic competence. In this regard, the appropriate use and rendition of contrastive markers (CMs), i.e. the linguistic indicator that may signal propositions unfavourable or contrastive to people’s presuppositions, form part of an important pragmatic strategy. Nevertheless, little empirical evidence has been provided as to how CMs are and should be rendered in political speeches and their interpreting. This study, therefore, aims to investigate and compare the employment of two frequently used CMs, however and but, in interpreted and non-interpreted policy speeches in English. Datasets in the Chinese/English Political Interpreting Corpus (CEPIC), consisting of speeches delivered by top government officials in or interpreted into English, were employed for the purpose of the study. Findings of the study suggest that the use of the two CMs display different patterns in interpreter speeches and politician speeches, and in speeches delivered in a monologue mode and a dialogue mode. The pragmatic implications and possible triggers were further explored through examining the top collocates of the CMs. Findings of the study shed new light on issues relating to representativeness and sanction, or authority and acceptability of political speeches.
Biography:
Jun Pan works as Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty of Arts, and Associate Head and Associate Professor of the Department of Translation, Interpreting and Intercultural Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Her other roles include co-editor of Bandung: Journal of the Global South (Brill) and review editor of The Interpreter and Translator Trainer (Taylor & Francis). She is also President of the Hong Kong Translation Society and Founder of Enter-Link. Dr. Pan’s research interests lie in corpus-based interpreting/translation studies, political discourse and translation/interpreting, learner factors in interpreter training, and professionalism in interpreting.

Port Marriage: Sojourners and Their Contractual Wives in Precolonial Maritime Asia
2024-03-22 14:00 - 15:30 | E21-3118

Invitation: Department of English Distinguished Lecture Series: ‘On Re-construction of the Image of Rule of Law in China through Translation of Chinese Legal Literature: Problems and Pathways'
2024-03-21 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-1053
Abstract:
The Chinese civilization of the rule of law has a long history, and the legal thoughts and knowledge refined in different historical dynasties are recorded in numerous literary masterpieces, awaiting to be explored and elucidated. The translation of Chinese legal literature, related to the re-construction of the image of rule of law in China, is of great significance with some prominent problems remaining to be clarified and pathways to be unraveled. On the basis of existing achievements in adapting Western Law & Literature Movement (1970s) to the Chinese context and the conclusions in connecting literary creation and image construction, the presenter will clarify the connotation and categorization of Chinese legal literature, discuss the merits and demerits of the translation of legal literature compared with the translation of legal codes and classics written by Chinese ancient standardizers, and elaborate on the potential pathways for the re-construction of the image of rule of law in China through the translation of Chinese legal literature in the new era.
Key words: translation of Chinese legal literature; rule of law in China; image re-construction; problem; pathway

Biography:
Junfeng Zhao holds a PhD in forensic linguistics, being a PhD supervisor, professor and director of Centre for Translation Studies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS). Professor Zhao is currently vice chairman of China National Committee for Graduate Education in Translation and Interpreting (GETI), vice director of Legal Translation Committee of Translator’s Association of China (TAC). He was the former Secretary General of China National Committee for Graduate Education in Translation and Interpreting from 2016 to 2021, and from 2014 to 2018 he was the dean of the School of Interpreting and Translation Studies (SITS), GDUFS. He has published extensively in translation and interpreting studies, especially in legal translation and court interpreting domains.

FAH – CCHC : Fan Weiqun's Purple Clay Teapot Exhibition in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao
2024-03-21 09:00 - 2024-03-27 17:30
Event name

FAH – CCHC : Fan Weiqun’s Purple Clay Teapot Exhibition in the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao

Categories

:

Conference / Symposium, Activity, Student Activity

Organizer

:

FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Date

:

21 Mar to 27 Mar 2024

Time

:

9:00 – 17:30

Venue

:

Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)

Content

:

Opening Ceremony
Date: 21 March 2024
Time: 14:30
Venue: Lobby, Cultural Building (E34)
Symposium
Date: 21 March 2024
Time: 16:00 – 18:30
Venue: Room G011 & G019, Cultural Building (E34)
Date: 22 March 2024
Time: 15:00 – 17:00
Venue: Room G016 & G019, Cultural Building (E34)
Exhibition Period
Date: 21 March 2024 – 27 March 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
Venue: Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)

Target Audience

:

All are welcome

Contact Person for Details

Name

:

Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Tel. No

:

88222708

Fax

:

28822383

Email

:

cchc.info@um.edu.mo

人文學院中國語言文學系嘉賓講座：“詞典的生命力在於版本”-蘇新春教授 FAH-DCLL Guest Lecture: “The vitality of a dictionary lies in its editions” by Prof. Su Xinchun
2024-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | E21-2100

FAH-DENG Film Screening: "Ja, Andrei Iwanowitsch with Concentration Camp survivor, Andrei Iwanowitsch and the director, Hannes Farlock"
2024-03-20 15:00 - 17:00 | E4-1063

ECAC-ELC: “Developing Confidence in Presentation Workshop ”
2024-03-20 14:30 - 16:00 | E3-G033
The Developing Confidence in Presentation Workshop aims to help students overcome negative thoughts and reduce anxiety when speaking in the public.
After the workshop, students will be able to:

identify factors that trigger them to be anxious when speaking in a public setting,
learn physical methods such as breathing and body movements to help them overcome anxiety before the speech, and
use positive thinking methods to turn negative feelings, fears, low self-esteem caused by stage fright.

This workshop is hosted by ELC Visiting Instructor Ms. Miranda Gao.
Come with your friends and earn CS & SP points while you learn!

Date: 20 March 2024
Time: 14:30 – 16:00
Venue: E3-G033

​​​​​​​Scan the QR code on the poster to register now!
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

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: "Audio description training and assessment: Perceptions and approaches" by Prof. Yan Xiu
2024-03-19 19:00 - 20:30 | E21A-G049
Abstract:
Audio description (AD) is a language service that helps people who are visually impaired access audio-visual products. The process of AD is cross-modal, involving the translation of visual images into verbal text. In recent years, researchers have noted that many of the skills required for interpreters and audio describers are similar, and that interpreting trainees can benefit from AD training. However, when AD training is provided in an interpreting program, it is important to identify the criteria for both AD and interpretation, and to understand the discrepancies in perceptions between trainers and students, and between sighted people and people who are visually impaired. Based on an AD training program for interpreting students at a university in Hong Kong, this study introduces the training approaches and the different perceptions of trainers, learners and users of AD. The assessment criteria in AD and interpreting training are compared and analysed.

Biography:
Jackie Xiu Yan received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin, USA. She is now Subject Leader of the MA Translation Program in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at City University of Hong Kong, President of the Hong Kong Audio Description Studies Association (HKADSA), and President of the Hong Kong Association of University Women (HKAUW). Her research and teaching interests include language and translator training, audio description studies, Applied Linguistics and classical Chinese translation. Her books include Cultural Identity and Language Anxiety (edited), Research on Translator and Interpreter Training: A collective Volume of Bibliometric Reviews and Empirical Studies on Learners; The Commentary of the Analects (translation), and Chinese Poems Translated by Arthur Waley (edited). She has also edited a series of history works in Chinese translation, and served as reviewer for important academic journals. In 2021, she won a silver medal in the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.

EWCC-ELC :Festive Chatroom : “St. Patrick’s Day”
2024-03-15 15:30 - 16:30 | E7-1022
Dear students,
The English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) is going to hold a festive chatroom, themed St. Patrick’s Day in 2024 Fall on March 15th (Friday)!
This event offers an opportunity for those who want to learn about St’ Patrick’s Day–one of the most important festivals in English-speaking countries. If you wish to explore St. Patrick’s Day and its rich cultural traditions, play games, or simply want to chat with peers and tutors, this chat room is a great option for taking a break from the busy mid-term and recharge yourself.
To add to the experience, the centre will be providing snacks and tea for all participants! No registration is required; simply drop by E7-1022 from 15:30 to 16:30!
Should you have any inquiries, please feel free to contact us at fah_elc_ells@um.edu.mo
Cheers,
English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC)
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-ELC Student Activity: EELC2008 Poster Sessions Week (March 14th and 15th, 2024)
2024-03-14 16:00 - 2024-03-15 16:00 | E4-Lobby Ground Floor
FAH-ELC Student Activity: EELC2008 Poster Sessions Week (March 14th and 15th, 2024)
ELC’s Academic Speaking Classes (EELC2008) will be conducting informative POSTER SESSIONS in the E4 Lobby for their coursework. As part of their academic project, they will be presenting a topic of interest to the larger community through an informative poster board. Please come and support them from 16:00 – 17:30 on March 14th (Thursday) and 13:00-16:00 on March 15th (Friday).
Feel free to interact with the students about their posters.
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH/DPHIL-IAS Philosophy Forum Distinguished Scholars Series – 4: "Living Chinese Philosophy: ‘Zoetology’ 生生論 as First Philosophy" by Prof. Roger T. Ames
2024-03-14 16:00 - 17:30 | E34-G011
Abstract
The classical Greeks give us a substance ontology grounded in “being qua being” or “being per se” (to on he on) that guarantees a permanent and unchanging subject as the substratum for the human experience. With the combination of eidos and telos as the formal and final cause of independent things such as persons, this “sub-stance” necessarily persists through change. This substratum or essence includes its purpose for being, and is defining of the “what-it-means-to-be-a-thing-of-this-kind” of any particular thing in setting a closed, exclusive boundary and the strict identity necessary for it to be this, and not that.
In the Yijing 易經 or Book of Changes we find a vocabulary that makes explicit cosmological assumptions that are a stark alternative to this substance ontology, and provides the interpretive context for the Confucian canons by locating them within a holistic, organic, and ecological worldview. To provide a meaningful contrast with this fundamental assumption of on or “being” we might borrow the Greek notion of zoe or “life” and create the neologism “zoe-tology” as “the art of living.” This cosmology begins from “living” (sheng 生) itself as the motive force behind change, and gives us a world of boundless “becomings:” not “things” that are, but “events” that are happening, a contrast between an ontological conception of human “beings” and a process conception of what I will call human “becomings.”

Bio
Roger T. Ames 安樂哲 is Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University, Senior Academic Advisor of the Peking University Berggruen Research Center, and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Hawai’i. He is former editor of Philosophy East & West and founding editor of China Review International. Ames has authored several interpretative studies of Chinese philosophy and culture: Thinking Through Confucius (1987), Anticipating China (1995), Thinking from the Han (1998), and Democracy of the Dead (1999) (all with D.L. Hall), Confucian Role Ethics: A Vocabulary (2011), and most recently Human Becomings: Theorizing ‘Persons’ for Confucian Role Ethics (2020). His publications also include translations of Chinese classics: Sun-tzu: The Art of Warfare (1993); Sun Pin: The Art of Warfare (1996) (with D.C. Lau); the Confucian Analects (1998) and the Chinese Classic of Family Reverence: The Xiaojing (2009) (both with H. Rosemont), Focusing the Familiar: The Zhongyong (2001), and The Daodejing (with D.L. Hall) (2003). Almost all of his publications are now available in Chinese translation, including his philosophical translations of Chinese canonical texts. He has most recently published the new Sourcebook in Classical Confucian Philosophy (2023) with its companion A Conceptual Lexicon for Classical Confucian Philosophy (2021), continues to write articles promoting a conversation between world pragmatism and Confucian philosophy.

【Macao Humanities Forum】The Confucian Philosophy of Family Feeling as an Inspiration for a New Geopolitical Order by Prof Roger Ames from Peking University
2024-03-13 16:00 - 17:30 | E21A-G035
We are very pleased to announce that the 4th Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (2023/2024) will be held on 13 Mar 2024. The forum aims to provide a platform for world-renowned scholars from diverse humanities fields to share their research with the FAH community and other UM scholars. All members of the UM community are cordially invited to this splendid event.

In this upcoming forum, we are honored to have Prof Roger Ames as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on the topic “The Confucian Philosophy of Family Feeling as an Inspiration for a New Geopolitical Order”. Roger Ames is Humanities Chair Professor at Peking University, and Senior Academic Advisor of the Peking University Berggruen Research Centre. He is also Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Over the past 30 years, Prof. Ames has published various papers and manuscripts related to the interpretative studies of Chinese philosophy and culture, and has also translated into English many Chinese classics, including Sun-Tzu: The Art of Warfare, the Confucian Analects and the Daodejing. He is also the founding editor of the China Review International and former editor of Philosophy East & West.

Details of the forum are as below:
Speaker: Prof Roger Ames
Topic: The Confucian Philosophy of Family Feeling as an Inspiration for a New Geopolitical Order
Date: 13 Mar 2024 (Wed)
Time: 16:00 – 17:30*
Venue: On-Site (E21A-G035) / ZOOM ( https://umac.zoom.us/j/97776221022 )
Language: English (with simultaneous interpretation into Mandarin on Zoom)
*Light refreshments will be provided on a first-come-first-served basis

Abstract:
The seismic sea change in the geopolitical order of the world that has accelerated over the first two decades of the 21st century requires nothing less than the reformulation of the world’s geopolitical order. The international anarchy of the zero-sum Westphalian model of a modern state system with sovereign and equal nation states each playing to win has proven woefully inadequate to resolving the complex human predicament of our time. The perceived isomorphism among family, state, and world in Confucian philosophy gives rise to an alternative conception of the political in which governance is firmly rooted in personal cultivation within the institution of family.

In looking to Confucian philosophy as a possible resource for a new geopolitical order, I begin by joining Michael Walzer in common cause in his search for a “thin” universal minimalist morality that can provide a basis for a limited but important solidarity among the world’s peoples and cultures. An argument is made from the continuing narrative of Confucian philosophy that family feeling might serve as a universal minimalist morality in our search for a new world geopolitical order. And the question that arises is: given that the majority of the world’s population ground their values in family feeling rather than liberal individualism, what would be the alternative?

Please register for the forum by 11 Mar 2024 (Mon) via https://umac.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8J1jnDQu8Xfu1E2

FAH-DPORT: Lecture Series "Modernism and Literatures of the World" from 13-15/03/2024
2024-03-13 09:00 - 2024-03-15 20:00 | E21-G035
We are most pleased to invite all to attend the following lecture series from March 13 to 15, 2024, at the University of Macau.
DEPARTMENT OF PORTUGUESE
LECTURE SERIES
“Modernism and Literatures of the World”
March 13, 14, 15, 2024
University of Macau
Guest-speakers: Prof. David Jackson (Yale University), Prof. Ottmar Ette (Potsdam Universität), Prof. Ren Haiyan (Hunan Normal University), Dr. Ting Huang (Communication University of China), Dr. Júlio Jatobá (University of Macau)
In 2024 we celebrate the Centennial of the Manifesto of Brazil Wood (Manifesto da Poesia Pau-Brasil), one of the most relevant modernist manifestos in the context of the Portuguese-speaking countries. The Manifesto was written by the Brazilian poet Oswaldo de Andrade (1890-1954), the author of other very famous text, the “Anthropophagic Manifesto” (Manifesto Antropófago, 1928), which launched the concept of “cultural anthropophagy”. The series of lectures “Modernism and Literatures of the World” aims to reflect on the effects, dilemmas and paradoxes of “anthropophagy” in the arts of the 1920s to the present day. It also proposes a TransAreal space for discussions, bringing Andrade’s “anthropophagus” closer to Chinese modernist Lu Xun’s concept of “cannibal”, proposing a Chinese perspective of anthropophagy, shedding light on the literary entanglements between Latin America, Europe and Asia, thus exploring China through Alexander von Humboldt and Xu Xiake, the enlightenment of modern Crusoes and, ultimately, the concept of “Literatures of the World” as a new literary system after World Literature (Weltliteratur).

Schedule

March 2024
Lecture Series
MODERNISM AND LITERATURES OF THE WORLD

13/ 03 – WED – E21-G035
14/03 – THU – E21-G035
15/03 – FRI – E4-1061

19:00-19:45
David Jackson
“Antropofagia e o Manifesto”
19:45-20:15
Júlio Jatobá
“China e Brazil: Antropofagia em paralaxe”
20:15-21:00
David Jackson
“Mulheres modernistas: Patrícia Galvão”
Language: Portuguese

14:00-15:00
Ottmar Ette
“The Literatures of the World: A New Literary System after World Literature”

15:00-16:00
Ren Haiyan
“Island and Possible Life: The Enlightenment of Modern Crusoes”

Language: English

11:00-11:45
David Jackson
“O ‘turista-aprendiz’ de Mário de Andrade” e o Brasil sonoro de Villa-Lobos”
11:45-12:30
Ting Huang
“O ‘Diário de um louco’ de Lu Xun e o ‘Manifesto Antropófago’ de Oswald de Andrade”
Language: Portuguese
14:00-15:00
Ottmar Ette
“Latin America and Asia: Literary Entanglements”
15:00-16:00
Ren Haiyan
“Desire for knowledge and Historicity: A Comparison of the Travel Writings of Alexander von Humboldt and Xu Xiake”
Language: English

ABSTRACTS
ABSTRACT 1 (PROF. OTTMAR ETTE, POTSDAM UNIVERSITY)
The Literatures of the World: A New Literary System after World Literature
In 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe coined the term „Weltliteratur“ (world literature) as an antidote to the growing influence of the concept of „Nationalliteratur“ (national literature). Until very recently, world literature has been used to describe a literary system of global dimensions. But there is always a center for world literature: for Goethe it was the Weimar of his time, for Pascale Casanova it was Paris, as for David Damrosh New York. During the second half of the 20th Century, a new literary system of global dimensions has been developed: the Literatures of the World. This conference gives an insight in the polylogic structure of this system.

ABSTRACT 2 (PROF. OTTMAR ETTE, POTSDAM UNIVERSITY)
Latin America and Asia: Literary Entanglements
For a long time, transpacific entanglements between the literatures of Latin America and the literatures of Asia have been widely neglected. This conference will shed light on the long history of these intertextual and transcultural relations between these two continents. How can we understand much better what Latin American literatures are in the light not only of transatlantic relations but as well in the light of transpacific entanglements? Beyond the framework of Area Studies, TransArea Studies enable us to understand much better the interwoven specificities of Latin American literatures.

ABSTRACT 3 (PROF. REN HAIYAN, HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
Island and Possible Life: The Enlightenment of Modern Crusoes
In Western literature, the recurrent motif of island frequently presents opportunities for the experimental exploration of possible lives. The story of Robinson Crusoe serves as a quintessential example. It opens up a testing ground for life. In the face of the near absolute freedom granted by the desert island, Robinson’s story raises a fundamental question concerning possibilities in life. Modern re-visions respond to this question from different perspectives. For instance, Michel Tournier wrote a Uranian story to explore the theme from both material and spiritual dimensions. J. M. Coetzee, considering Robinson as an abstract embodiment of power, constructs an allegorical world where power erodes goodness. Derek Walcott provides an art-happiness model for life. These re-visions, conceived in different historical and cultural contexts, constitute a multi-logical structure in a TransAreal space that sheds significant insights on possible lives.

ABSTRACT 4 (PROF. REN HAIYAN, HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
Desire for Knowledge and Historicity: A Comparison of the Travel Writings of Alexander von Humboldt and Xu Xiake
Supported by the belief that heterogeneity may serve as reflecting mirrors in this interrelated world, a comparative study between Alexander von Humboldt’s writings composed in the 19th century and that of Xu Xiake composed in the 17th century not only provides an opportunity to explore China through Alexander von Humboldt and derive better self-understanding through this discontinuity but also allows us to return to and further reflect upon the concept “modern” and thus European modernity.

ABSTRACT 5 (DR. TING HUANG, COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY OF CHINA)
‘Diary of a Madman’ by Lu Xun and the ‘Anthropofhagic Manifesto’ by Oswald de Andrade
This paper provides a critical rereading of the modernist sensibilities articulated in Oswald de Andrade’s seminal work Anthropophagic Manifesto (1928) and Lu Xun’s archetypal modernist text Diary of a Madman (1918). In addition to my discussion of the modernist movement’s motifs expressed in the works, I explore the metaphor cannibal in relation to the Brazilian and Chinese social-historical contexts in the 1920s.
While the cannibalistic proposition of Oswald forms a firm defense of the warrior spirits of the indigenous cannibals, thus calling into a new cultural paradigm on which forges an independent, heterogenous Brazilian culture, the Chinese conceptualization of “chi ren” (eat people) is invoked as an informing metaphor in the light of an age-old Confucian-based traditionalistic ideology that runs contrary to the modernizing of the Chinese literary historiography. In Lu Xun’s narrative, cannibalism is more concerned with the practice of commodified human bodies than with the digestion and (re)construction of the other as in the Brazilian case. The problem of “chi ren” is viewed in the Chinese discourse either as an ethically advocated deed of filial piety or as a therapeutic potency that heals illness such as tuberculosis.

ABSTRACT 6 (PROF. KENNETH DAVID JACKSON, YALE UNIVERSITY)
Anthropophagy and the Manifesto
After a brief introduction to modernism and the Modern Art Week, this lecture discusses the “Cannibal Manifesto” of 1928 that launched the concept of “anthropophagy,” according to which Brazil would establish its cultural independence from Europe by imitating the cannibal ritual of the Tupinambá, as told by Hans Staden, assimilating and digesting any cultural goods received from Europe. This essay analyzes some of the dilemmas and paradoxes of “anthropophagy” as a revolutionary theory, while describing its ties with magical nature as well as its defining, irreverent humor. Bakhtin’s concept of heteroglossia is applied to a rhythm of import and export in the Manifesto which lies at the root of the dynamic of modernization. Its author, Oswald de Andrade, is described as an intellectual between cultures applying Silviano Santiago’s theory of the “in between.”

ABSTRACT 7 (PROF. KENNETH DAVID JACKSON, YALE UNIVERSITY)
Modernist Women: Patrícia Galvão
Through her journalism, this lecture describes Patrícia Galvão, known as “Pagu,” whose militant pursuit of her political ideals after the “Cannibal Manifesto” as “woman of the people” culminated in a voyage around the world, followed by imprisonment both in France and in Brazil. After 1940 Patrícia dedicated herself to journalism which, in light of her tumultuous experience, promoted a humanistic critique of literature, theater and politics, and an international vision aimed both to educate and to place Brazilian values.

ABSTRACT 8 (PROF. KENNETH DAVID JACKSON, YALE UNIVERSITY)
Mário de Andrade, apprentice tourist, and the sonorous Brazil of Heitor Villa-Lobos
This lecture begins with commentary on Mário de Andrade’s voyage to the Amazon in 1927 as described in his diary and notes. More than a description, these notes reveal a subjective and at times fictional and mythical voyage of an incipient anthropologist, ethnographer, and amateur photographer. For Mário, the trip is both a return to Brazil’s origins, a discovery of its rich folklore, and an overwhelming feeling of the sublime. Mário’s singing on the Amazon leads to the sonorous Brazil of composer Villa-Lobos, departing from the ballet Uirapuriu and the massive Choro No 10. Villa-Lobos develops motifs taken from the song of the uirapuru (an organ wren) and the azulão da mata (blue-black Grosbeak). The melodies of Choro No. 10 come from popular songs and lyrics, while its rhythmic chants and syncopations represent the Parecis tribe contacted by Rondon and Roquette Pinto in 1908. Villa-Lobos’ musical syntheses found in Brazil’s vast natural and regional repertoire became recognized and accepted as the definition of Brazilian sonority after their success in Paris and New York.

ABSTRACT 9 (DR. JÚLIO JATOBÁ, UNIVERSITY OF MACAU)
China and Brazil: Anthropophagy in parallax
Based on the question of the (in)translatability of Chinese classical poetry (Mao Dun, 1922; Gu Zhengkun, 1990; Jatoba, 2013, 2019) and Chinese poet 杨炼 Yang Lian’s perspective on “Chineseness” as a process of complementing the dimensions of the Chinese language in its zhongguoxing and zhongwenxing facets (see Pozzana & Russo, 2007; Jatobá, 2019), we will initially examine the poems reimagined by Haroldo de Campos, as published in Escrito Sobre Jade (2009). We will explicitly deconstruct the original structure and intention of the poems as part of an anthropophagic process. Subsequently, in collaboration with Haroldo de Campos, we will reexamine the poems with the intention of proposing a Chinese perspective on anthropophagy. Our guiding thread will be the concept of translational parallax (Jatobá, 2019), through which we aim to view poetry as a visceral process and question the role attributed to AI in the translation process.

SHORT BIOGRAPHIES

KENNETH DAVID JACKSON (YALE UNIVERSITY)
David Jackson is Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University. He is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including Cannibal Angels: Transatlantic Modernism and the Brazilian Avant-Garde (Peter Lang, 2021), Adverse Genres in Fernando Pessoa (2010) and Machado de Assis: A Literary Life (2015), and he has co-edited collections such as Transformations of Literary Language in Latin American Literature 1960 (1996) and Haroldo de Campos: A Dialogue with the Brazilian Concrete Poet (2005). His co-translations include Oswald de Andrade’s Seraphim Grosse Pointe (1979) and Patrícia Galvão’s Industrial Park (1993).

OTTMAR ETTE (POTSDAM UNIVERSITY)
Ottmar Ette is Chair Professor of Romance literatures at the University of Potsdam. The focus of his teaching and research is on TransArea Studies, Alexander Von Humboldt, and Literary studies as life science. Among his numerous authored books are: TransArea. Une histoire littéraire de la mondialisation (Paris, Classiques Garnier, Collection «Bibliothèques francophones», 8, 2019); Alexander von Humboldt: la aventura del saber (Guatemala: F & G Editores 2019); O Caso Jauss. A compreensão a caminho de um futuro para a filologia (Goiânia: Caminhos 2019). Writing-between-Worlds: TransArea Studies and the Literatures-without-a-fixed-Abode (De Gruyter, 2016).

REN HAIYAN (HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY)
Ren Haiyan is Professor at Foreign Studies College of Hunan Normal University, co-founder and deputy director of the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies, managing editor of 《外国语言与文化》 and Journal of Foreign Languages and Cultures. She is the author of Différance in Signifying Robinson Crusoe (Peter Lang, 2015), Robinson Crusoe on the Move: The Fragmentary Imagination and Knowledge of the Modern (Foreign Language Teaching and Research, 2023).

HUANG TING (UNIVERSITY OF COMMUNICATION OF CHINA)
Ting Huang is a literary translator and a Portuguese lecturer in the University of Communication of China. She took her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the Portuguese department of the University of Macau, and her Doctoral degree in English Literature in the English department of the same university. Her translation of Azul Corvo, a novel by the Brazilian author Adriana Lisboa, was published in 2019 in mainland China. Another novel by Lisboa, Sinfonia em Branco, winner of the José Saramago prize is forthcoming in 2022. Her published articles are mainly concerned with Concrete Poetry and literary translation. She co-edited The Translation and Transmission of Concrete Poetry (Routledge, 2019).

JÚLIO JATOBÁ (UNIVERSITY OF MACAU)
Julio Jatobá holds a B.A. in Arts and Humanities from University of Brasilia, MAH in Applied Linguistics and PhD in Literary and Intercultural Studies at University of Macau. Before joining the University of Macau as a Senior Instructor of Translation Studies, he was the Lecturer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil at Guangdong University of Foreign Studies in Guangzhou, China, from 2010 to 2015. He has been teaching Portuguese as a Foreign Language in China since 2006 and has as research interests (i) Chinese-Portuguese Poetry Translation, (ii) Literary Translation Studies, and (iii) Portuguese as a Foreign Language in China. He translated Eileen Chang into Portuguese (Mocho publisher, forthcoming) and is a collaborator in A Torre Erigida Abaixo (Yang Lian, Mocho publisher, in press).

Exhibiting Landscape Paintings in Macau: A Visual Record of East-West Encounter
2024-03-12 15:00 - 16:30 | Auditorium G012, UM Library (E2)

ELC-EELC2010 Open Presentations (Date: March11-15)
2024-03-11 11:30 - 2024-03-15 13:00 | E4-G051
Dear students,
Since the beginning of this semester, EELC2010 students have been working on some UM/Macau problems they identified. Next week, the students are going to take part in an open presentation. They will explain to you what the problems are, how they are related to you, and what solutions they propose.
They NEED your support! Audience members can VOTE for the projects they support. Winning groups will receive funding from FAH to implement their ideas in April.

Please come and VOTE for the projects you like!
0.5 Smart points and 10 CS points will be awarded for attending each session
Late comers WILL NOT be admitted
Register for your spot now! (Scan the QR code on the poster)

Best Regards,
English Language Centre
Faculty of Arts and Humanities

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: 'Publishing in Top Journals: A Philosophical and Practical Discussion'
2024-03-08 16:00 - 17:30 | E21-G002
Abstract:
This lecture takes a closer look at the nature of scholarly publication. Publishing is a prerequisite for success in the modern university, but there is very little discussion among humanities scholars about the characteristics of publishable scholarship. In this talk, Professor Leonard Neidorf attempts to identify the implicit criteria that editors of top international journals use when they evaluate the merit of submissions. He then identifies some respects in which the journals’ criteria are at odds with current humanities pedagogy, and he recommends some ways to bring publishing and pedagogy into greater harmony. Beyond this philosophical discussion, the talk offers practical advice for increasing one’s success in journal publishing based on Professor Neidorf’s experience with more than twenty different international journals.

Biography:
Leonard Neidorf is Professor of English at Nanjing University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and his B.A. from New York University. He is the author of two monographs—The Art and Thought of the Beowulf Poet (Cornell University Press, 2022) and The Transmission of Beowulf: Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior (Cornell University Press, 2017)—as well as the editor of three books. In 2020, Neidorf was awarded the Beatrice White Prize by the English Association for his research on medieval literature. Neidorf has published more than 90 papers in A&HCI journals. His work has appeared in a wide range of journals including ELH, Folklore, Neophilologus, Review of English Studies, Tolkien Studies, Journal of Germanic Linguistics, and Nature Human Behaviour. Neidorf is an Associate Editor of English Studies (Taylor & Francis) and the Editor-in-Chief of The Explicator (Taylor & Francis).

FAH-DENG Guest Lecture: ‘Beowulf and the Digital Humanities'
2024-03-07 14:00 - 15:30 | E21-3118
Abstract:
Beowulf is the oldest epic poem in the English language, but it was largely unknown until 1815, when its first modern edition was published. Appearing at a moment when Romantic nationalism was spreading throughout Europe, this mysterious poem rapidly attracted considerable debate about its authorship, date of composition, and transmission history. This lecture looks at how the disciplines broadly described as ‘the Digital Humanities’ can shed new light on these old debates. In particular, it discusses the arguments presented in “Large-Scale Quantitative Profiling of the Old English Verse Tradition,” a paper published in Nature Human Behaviour that Professor Neidorf co-authored with scholars from Harvard, MIT, and other universities. This paper received mainstream media coverage in venues such as The Guardian, The Times, The Boston Globe, and Smithsonian Magazine. Neidorf considers why the paper received such coverage, and then offers a critical assessment of what the Digital Humanities can and cannot do, how such studies are best interpreted, and how the knowledge generated in the traditional humanities remains essential to them. Neidorf stresses the importance of collaboration and argues that the Digital Humanities should be viewed not as a competitor, but as a complement, to traditional humanities scholarship.

Biography:
Leonard Neidorf is Professor of English at Nanjing University. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University and his B.A. from New York University. He is the author of two monographs—The Art and Thought of the Beowulf Poet (Cornell University Press, 2022) and The Transmission of Beowulf: Language, Culture, and Scribal Behavior (Cornell University Press, 2017)—as well as the editor of three books. In 2020, Neidorf was awarded the Beatrice White Prize by the English Association for his research on medieval literature. Neidorf has published more than 90 papers in A&HCI journals. His work has appeared in a wide range of journals including ELH, Folklore, Neophilologus, Review of English Studies, Tolkien Studies, Journal of Germanic Linguistics, and Nature Human Behaviour. Neidorf is an Associate Editor of English Studies (Taylor & Francis) and the Editor-in-Chief of The Explicator (Taylor & Francis).

FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Why the Search for AI Safety (or Alignment) Can Be Very Dangerous" by Prof. Herman Cappelen, University of Hong Kong
2024-03-06 17:30 - 19:00 | E21A-G049
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/97781274783
Password: [REDACTED]

Abstract
There is now a very extensive debate, both inside and outside academia, about how to make very advanced AI systems safe and ethical. Sometimes this is called the Alignment Problem. There are many proposals for how this can be done. In this talk, I argue that most (or all) of these efforts are both futile and potentially dangerous. I end with some old-fashioned suggestions for how to move forward when thinking about AI risk.

Bio
Herman Cappelen is Chair Professor of philosophy at the University of Hong Kong. Before moving to Hong Kong, he worked at the Universities of Oslo, St. Andrews, Oxford, and Vassar College. To name just some of his accolades, he is currently the director of AI & Humanity Lab at the University of Hong Kong, the co-director of Concept Lab at the University of Oslo and of Concept Lab Hong Kong, and holds a position on the Steering Committee of the Institute of Data Science, also at the University of Hong Kong. Formerly, he was the director of Arché Philosophical Research Center in St. Andrews for several years, and held the position of Research Director of the Center for the Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo. His current research focus is on the philosophy of AI, Conceptual Engineering, the conceptual foundations of political discourse, externalism in the philosophy of mind and language, and the interconnections between all of these. However, his philosophical interests are broad – they cover more or less all areas of systematic philosophy.

FAH – CCHC : Exhibition of "The Education world of Feng Zikai"
2024-03-01 09:00 - 2024-03-15 17:30
Event Information

Event Name
:
FAH – CCHC : Exhibition of “The Education world of Feng Zikai”

Categories
:
Conference / Symposium, Activity, Student Activity

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

Date
:
1 Mar to 15 Mar 2024

Time
:
9:00 – 17:30

Venue
:
Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)

Content
:
Opening Ceremony
Date: 1 March 2024
Time: 17:00
Venue: Lobby, Cultural Building (E34)
Symposium
Date: 1 March 2024
Time: 17:30 – 18:30
Venue: Room G019, Cultural Building (E34)
Exhibition Period
Date: 1 March 2024 – 15 March 2024
Time: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
Venue: Room G016, Cultural Building, Exhibition and Multi-function Hall (E34)

Target Audience
:
All are welcome

Language
:
Mandarin

Contact Person for Details

Name
:
Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC)

Tel. No
:
88222708

Fax
:
28822383

Email
:
cchc.info@um.edu.mo

EWCC-ELC chatroom #2 “Planning Your Career”
2024-02-28 15:30 - 16:30 | E7-1022
The English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) chatroom #1 themed “Studying Overseas” was successfully concluded on January 31 (Wed). We are happy to provide some takeaway message and information to our students who are planning to further study overseas.
We are hereby announcing that the #2 chatroom themed “Planning Your Career” will be held on February 28 (Wed). This event coincides with the intense job hunting & internship application periods, where students seek assistance in editing their CVs and refining personal statements for their dream careers and companies. In the chatroom, students will have the chance to share experiences and concerns with their peers. Meanwhile, they also have the chance to enhance their communication and writing skills with the tips from our tutors.

Date: 28 February 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 15:30-16:30
Venue: E7-1022

Students with all levels of English proficiency are welcome to participate. No registration is required. Do not hesitate and simply drop by EWCC!
For further details, please see the poster.

ECAC-ELC "The British Scone Baking Workshop"
2024-02-28 15:00 - 16:30 | MCMC W11-1049
Dear Student,
You are invited to join “The British Scone Baking Workshop” organize by the English Co-Curricular Activities Committee of the English Language Centre (ECAC-ELC).
The British Scone Baking Workshop aims to introduce the history and culture of enjoying this traditional food as a quintessential part of the afternoon tea in British culture. Students will first learn about the history of scones and the regional differences in the pronunciation of ‘scone’ that British people have always debated over. Then they will work in groups to learn how to bake and enjoy their own delicious British scones!
In this workshop, students will:

find out more about the culture and history of this traditional British quick bread;
name the different baking and cooking utensils and ingredients used in preparing and baking scones;
tell the difference between the different pronunciation of ‘scone’ from different regions in the UK;
bake and taste British scones.

This workshop is hosted by ELC Senior Instructors Ms. Joan Leong and Ms. Teresa Lam.
Come with your friends and earn CS & SP points while you learn!

Date: 28 February 2024
Time: 15:00 – 16:30
Venue: MCMC W11-1049

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