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FAH/DPHIL: The Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay
The Mario Echano Prize for the Best Undergraduate Philosophy Essay is awarded for excellence in philosophy. Students enrolled in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies undergraduate courses are eligible to enter an essay for the annual award. Students are invited to submit an academic essay written as an assignment in one of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies’ undergraduate courses this academic year (AY2023/2024). Essays of any length are acceptable. The organisers reserve the right not to award the prize if essays are not of sufficiently high standard. Please submit essays by e-mail with the subject line ‘Submission for the Mario Echano Prize’ to Maggie Wong at MaggieWong@um.edu.mo. Attach your essay to the message as a Microsoft Word document (other […]
The 2nd Short Video Shooting Contest of Higher Education Institutions in China
With the theme of "China in the eyes of the new generation", this contest aims to encourage students from Mainland China and Macao higher education institutions to tell the story of China and to show the development of contemporary China through creative short films from their own perspective. 1. Organizers: Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre of the University of Macau, School of International Studies of Communication University of China 2. Eligibility: Participants Undergraduate and postgraduate students of the higher education institutions majoring in Portuguese in China; Students can either participate as an individual or in a group of 3 members or less. Each contestant or group can only submit one application. Video specification Length: 3-5 minutes; Format: MPEG/MP4/MOV; Tools: Any […]
Fall 2023 ELC i-Learner English for Universities Marathon contest
Fall 2023 ELC i-Learner English for Universities Marathon contest Starts from Sept 27 to November 27 Dear students, Get ready for an exciting learning journey with i-Learner's English for Universities Marathon Contest this semester, running from Sept 27 to Nov 27. Your mission: Complete as many lessons as you can with a 70% or higher score. Prizes include MOP1000 in book and supermarket coupons for the top student, and MOP 100 to 500 coupons for the top 3 students in each level. If writing is your strength, submit your writing in Lesson 24 for a chance to win MOP300 coupons. All winners will receive a certificate of distinction from ELC. Make learning a daily habit , enhance your […]
Celebration of the Centenary of Henrique de Senna Fernandes
Henrique de Senna Fernandes was born on October 15th, 1923 and passed away on October 4, 2010. Born into an illustrious Portuguese family in Macao, he was a renowned lawyer and writer in Macao, and wrote long and short novels such as The Bewitching Braid, Amor e Dedinhos de Pé, Nam Van: Contos de Macau, Os Dores, Mong-Ha, A Noite Desceu em Dezembro, etc. Among them, The Bewitching Braid and Amor e Dedinhos de Pé have been adapted into films. Most of his works are set in Macao in the last century, and they have a unique significance in the presentation of Macao's history, customs, people and landscapes. The writer is also considered by many literary critics as the guardian […]
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MLRG Seminar Series
MLRG Seminar Series
Ricardo Moutinho 14:00: Communicating time inside the dome: depicting the periodicity of celestial movements in talk Cosmological time, and the connection between time measurement and astronomical events, are central to astronomy and astronomy communication, yet people’s use of time concepts in astronomy outreach activities have not received sufficient attention in the research literature. How is time depicted and communicated in outreach contexts? In this paper we present an analysis of the communication of time concepts in planetarium sessions. Participants in these sessions varied: school children between 3 to 12 years old, families and adults. Data were collected during the summer of 2019. Taking Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (EM/ CA) as our approach, we analyse instances of actual events in planetarium […]
【Macao Humanities Forum】The Inheritance and Development of Traditional Chinese Culture by Prof Tian Qibo from Shenzhen University
【Macao Humanities Forum】The Inheritance and Development of Traditional Chinese Culture by Prof Tian Qibo from Shenzhen University
We are very pleased to announce that the 2nd Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (2023/2024) will be held on 29 Nov 2023. 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 Professor Tian Qibo as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on the topic “The Inheritance and Development of Traditional Chinese Culture 中華傳統文化傳承與發展的幾個問題”. Professor Tian Qibo, a graduate from the Department of Philosophy of Peking University, is the Executive Dean of the Jao Tsung-I Institute of Culture Studies at Shenzhen University. He is […]
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “The Case for Commitment” by Prof. Sarah Paul, NYU Abu Dhabi
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “The Case for Commitment” by Prof. Sarah Paul, NYU Abu Dhabi
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/91741709275 Password: 667156 Abstract Theories of structural, instrumental rationality generally do not make reference to anything we might call ‘commitment’, beyond the sense in which all intentions are a kind of settled commitment. Some views do allow for things like commitment, resolutions, or faith to affect how we ought to reason, but these tend to be characterized as all-or-nothing notions whose role is to preserve inertia by preventing reconsideration and/or desensitizing us to new evidence. I conjecture that we're led to this overly narrow conception of commitment by thinking of temptation as the primary cause of giving up on an end prematurely, and overlooking the importance of obstacles like procrastination and despair. In my talk, I will try […]
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UMDVS-FAH-DPORT: Lecture by PROFESSOR JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA (UERJ/FAPERJ)
UMDVS-FAH-DPORT: Lecture by PROFESSOR JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA (UERJ/FAPERJ)
Dear Professors and Students, We would like to cordially invite you to attend the following UMDVS Lecture by PROFESSOR JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA (UERJ/FAPERJ): UMDVS LECTURE 2023 PROFESSOR JOÃO CEZAR DE CASTRO ROCHA (UERJ/FAPERJ) Date: December 5, 2023 Time: 16:00 Venue: E4-G053 – University of Macau Poetics of Emulation and Reading Across Cultures: Towards a Non-Hegemonic Theoretical Framework The theoretical framework proposed in this lecture advances the concepts of Shakespearean cultures and poetics of emulation. In both cases, I seek to expand on the challenge of mimesis, made even keener by the emergence of the world-system in the modern era. Shakespearean cultures, in general, grew out of non-hegemonic environments; thus, the poetics of emulation tends to be […]
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Intention, Ethics, and Convention in Daoism: Guo Xiang on Ziran (self-so) and Wuwei (non-action)” by Prof. Paul J. D’Ambrosio, East China Normal University, China
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Intention, Ethics, and Convention in Daoism: Guo Xiang on Ziran (self-so) and Wuwei (non-action)” by Prof. Paul J. D’Ambrosio, East China Normal University, China
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/93533585933 Password: 892703 Abstract Much contemporary scholarship on ziran and wuwei views these concepts, which are often coupled, as being 1) anti-intention, effort, purpose, and self-consciousness; 2) indicative of a distinct type of ethics and/or morality; and 3) a rejection of following custom and convention. This discussion will draw largely on the philosophy of Guo Xiang to demonstrate that these widely agreed upon avenues of interpretation are limited and run contrary to other more nuanced readings of ziran and wuwei. I argue that ziran and wuwei are better appreciated as speaking to attitudes, that they should be understood in terms of degrees rather than categories, and that the Laozi and Zhuangzi offer them as advice for ways of […]
FAH-DPORT: Lecture and Documentary by PROFESSOR ZHANG LONGXI (CUHK/ Hunan Normal University)
FAH-DPORT: Lecture and Documentary by PROFESSOR ZHANG LONGXI (CUHK/ Hunan Normal University)
Dear Professors and Students, We would like to cordially invite you to attend the following Lecture and Documentary by PROFESSOR ZHANG LONGXI (CUHK/ Hunan Normal University). PROFESSOR ZHANG LONGXI (CUHK/ Hunan Normal University) Date: December 6, 2023 Time: 3:00pm Venue: E4-G053 – University of Macau COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: BETWEEN WORLDS Comparative literature was established in 19th-century Europe with its disciplinary emphasis on the command of different languages and literatures beyond the limitations of nationalist tendencies and their correlative monolingualism. However, until recently, the languages and literatures in the purview of comparative literature were all European, making the discipline almost inevitably Eurocentric. It is in our time with an increasingly strong sense of globalization and the necessity of transcending Eurocentrism that comparative […]
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UM-FAH-DPORT: Seminar by Prof. Quintino Lopes on “PHONLAB project: Coimbra – Harvard. Rethinking 20th-century scientific centres and peripheries”
UM-FAH-DPORT: Seminar by Prof. Quintino Lopes on “PHONLAB project: Coimbra – Harvard. Rethinking 20th-century scientific centres and peripheries”
Dear Professors and Students, We are most pleased to invite all to attend the following Seminar by Prof. Quintino Lopes, from the Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade Nova de Lisboa; Universidade de Évora / IN2PAST. BIO Professor Quintino Lopes is a Principal Investigator of the FCT-funded R&D team project: "Phonetics Laboratory: Coimbra - Harvard. Rethinking 20th-century scientific centres and peripheries" (2022.06811.PTDC). The value of this research, which brings scientific developments in the field of Experimental Phonetics during the 20th century into the mainstream of the History of Science, is demonstrated by the recognition granted by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) with a one-day symposium entitled "Armando de Lacerda: a pioneer of Experimental Phonetics". The guest speaker's […]
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “State Ritual, Political Legitimacy, and Religious Practice of the Jidu in Imperial China” by Prof. Li Teng, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, China
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “State Ritual, Political Legitimacy, and Religious Practice of the Jidu in Imperial China” by Prof. Li Teng, Shijiazhuang Tiedao University, China
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/92871894953 Password: 865371 Abstract The Jidu 濟瀆 (i.e., the Ji River 濟水), was one of the four waterways (sidu 四瀆) in imperial China. Even though it vanished a long time ago, the Jidu had always been a part of the traditional Chinese ritual system of mountain- and water-directed state sacrifices. From the Western Han dynasty to the Qing dynasty, it continuously received regular state sacrifices. However, Western scholars have failed to notice it. Some modern Chinese and Japanese scholars have studied the development of the Jidu sacrifice, but its embodied political and religious significances for the state and local society were largely ignored. To remedy this neglect, I provide here, with new discoveries and conclusions, the first comprehensive […]