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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 […]
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Spring 2024 i-Learner English for Universities Marathon Competition
Spring 2024 i-Learner English for Universities Marathon Competition 春季i-Learner英語馬拉松競賽 This semester, ELC is glad to introduce the i-Learner English for Universities Marathon Competition. The deadline for the competition is April 30. To join the contest, students have to complete as many lessons as possible. The ELC will select one champion who achieves the highest completion regardless of the level. The champion will be awarded MOP 1000 in book and supermarket coupons. Meanwhile, the top students at each level who have completed the most will be awarded for their exceptional efforts. For the writing competition, the top students from UE 1-3 who have completed the writing task with the highest score will be awarded. The winners will also receive a certificate […]
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FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : Selected Readings from Classical Works of Four Treasuries Study
FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : Selected Readings from Classical Works of Four Treasuries Study
Event Information Event Name : FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : Selected Readings from Classical Works of Four Treasuries Study Categories : Seminar / Lecture Organizer : FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Speaker : Prof. TANG Keng Pan Date : 8 January 2024 Time : 16:40 - 17:40 Venue : Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School Target Audience : Students and teachers ofPremier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School Language : Cantonese Contact Person for Details Name : The Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Tel. No : 88222708 Fax : 88222383 Email : cchc.info@um.edu.mo
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FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Funny Games: An Analysis of Humor as Gameplay” by Prof. Tatyana Kostochka, Ashoka University, India
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Funny Games: An Analysis of Humor as Gameplay” by Prof. Tatyana Kostochka, Ashoka University, India
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/92487286224 Password: 849412 Abstract In what he calls the “obligatory chapter” of his monograph Isn’t It Clever, Steven Gimbel surveys a number of traditional theories of humor: the superiority theory, the inferiority theory, the incongruity theory, the script-opposition theory, the cognitive-evolutionary theory, the relief theory, and, finally, the play theory. Of this last view, he says: “play theory is a view that virtually no philosopher holds, but which everyone includes in their obligatory cataloguing of theories of humor” (p. 31). People list the view because there is something undeniably attractive about a play theory of humor and yet, they reject it because it is also undeniable that not all humor is playful. In this talk, I will to convince […]
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UM Open Day – FAH “Explore the World of Arts and Humanities”
UM Open Day – FAH “Explore the World of Arts and Humanities”
The University of Macau (UM) will hold an Open Day on 14 January 2024 (Sunday), and you are welcome to come and learn more about UM’s latest developments. As part of this event, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) will be hosting 12 game booths with the theme “Explore the World of Arts and Humanities”. Additionally, FAH will be conducting a series of activities such as the admission talk for undergraduate programmes. You are invited to join and experience the excitement of humanities in a multilingual world, learn about the unique teaching environment of the FAH, and have a chance to win fabulous prizes! Game booth Culture Fun (FAH Student Association) History TIC TAC TOE (Department of History) Dress […]
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FAH – CCHC Lecture Series :Patriotic Sentiments in Macao’s Culture
FAH – CCHC Lecture Series :Patriotic Sentiments in Macao’s Culture
Event Information Event Name : FAH – CCHC Lecture Series :Patriotic Sentiments in Macao's Culture Categories : Seminar / Lecture Organizer : FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Speaker : Prof. ZHU Shoutong Date : 16 January 2024 Time : 14:00 - 16:00 Venue : Yuet Wah College Target Audience : Students and teachers ofYuet Wah College Language : Mandarin Contact Person for Details Name : The Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Tel. No : 88222708 Fax : 88222383 Email : cchc.info@um.edu.mo
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FAH-DENG Guest Lecture – ‘The Hidden Obstacles for Artificial Intelligence Translation and Human Transcendence: From the Perspective of Translating Shanghai-style Cultural Texts’ by Prof. Xin SHANG
FAH-DENG Guest Lecture – ‘The Hidden Obstacles for Artificial Intelligence Translation and Human Transcendence: From the Perspective of Translating Shanghai-style Cultural Texts’ by Prof. Xin SHANG
Faculty of Arts and Humanities Department of English Distinguished Lecture Series Prof. Xin Shang The Hidden Obstacles for Artificial Intelligence Translation and Human Transcendence: From the Perspective of Translating Shanghai-style Cultural Texts Monday 22 January 2024, 11:30 Venue: E22-G015 All are Welcome Abstract: In the current situation of rapid development of intelligent technology, people have shaken the competence of human translation, and thus have raised many doubts about the cultivation of translation talents. The present talk starts from the perspective of cultural text translation and analyzes the intelligent technology (ChatGPT, Baidu Translate) translation products of Shanghai style culture. It explores the implicit obstacles of intelligent technology in cultural text translation and presents the differences in text background and context processing […]
FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : The value of the compilation of Four Treasuries Study to Chinese history and culture
FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : The value of the compilation of Four Treasuries Study to Chinese history and culture
Event Information Event Name : FAH – CCHC Lecture Series : The value of the compilation of Four Treasuries Study to Chinese history and culture Categories : Seminar / Lecture Organizer : FAH – Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Speaker : Prof. WANG Sihao Date : 22 January 2024 Time : 13:00 - 14:00 Venue : Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School Target Audience : Students and teachers of Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong Middle School Language : Mandarin Contact Person for Details Name : The Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) Tel. No : 88222708 Fax : 88222383 Email : cchc.info@um.edu.mo
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【Macao Humanities Forum】Semantic Shifts and Areal Typology in Asia by Prof Hilary Chappell from EHESS
【Macao Humanities Forum】Semantic Shifts and Areal Typology in Asia by Prof Hilary Chappell from EHESS
We are very pleased to announce that the 3rd Lecture of the FAH Macao Humanities Forum (2023/2024) will be held on 24 Jan 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 Hilary Chappell as our guest speaker to deliver a lecture on the topic “Semantic Shifts and Areal Typology in Asia.” Hilary Chappell, a specialist in Sinitic linguistics, has served as Chair Professor in East Asian Linguistic Typology since 2005 at the EHESS, a prestigious research institute in Paris considered to be one […]
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EWCC chatroom “Studying Overseas”
EWCC chatroom “Studying Overseas”
The English Writing and Communication Centre (EWCC) is thrilled to release our first EWCC chatroom themed “Studying Overseas” on January 31 (Wed) This event coincides with the intense postgraduate & summer school application periods, where students seek assistance in editing their CVs and refining personal statements for their dream schools. 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: 31 January 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! […]
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Philosophical Expertise and Acquisition of Intuitions” by Prof. Kengo Miyazono and Kiichi Inarimori, Hokkaido University, Japan
FAH/DPHIL Lecture Series – “Philosophical Expertise and Acquisition of Intuitions” by Prof. Kengo Miyazono and Kiichi Inarimori, Hokkaido University, Japan
Zoom: https://umac.zoom.us/j/91382186744 Password: 990533 Abstract This paper argues that there is a form of philosophical expertise that has to do with the acquisition of philosophical intuitions. In other words, there are at least some cases in which having “genuine” philosophical intuitions (i.e. philosophical intuitions that are based on the full possession of relevant concepts) requires some form of philosophical expertise; laypeople without philosophical expertise do not have genuine philosophical intuitions. As a case study, we focus on the intuitions about free will and determinism, and provide experimental evidence that philosophical expertise is necessary in order to have genuine philosophical intuitions about free will and determinism. Bio Kengo Miyazono is an associate professor of philosophy at Hokkaido University, Japan. […]
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Sharing Session – ‘Cybernetics and Poetical Truth: Weak Technologies in the Age of Chatbots’ by Prof. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
Sharing Session – ‘Cybernetics and Poetical Truth: Weak Technologies in the Age of Chatbots’ by Prof. Alex Taek-Gwang Lee
Abstract In this talk, I will intervene in the anxieties surrounding contemporary technology, particularly AI, mainly shaped through the lens of Heidegger's concern about how it might replace human thought and "poetical truth." While acknowledging the historical shift from mythical views of technology to the scientific paradigms of today, I argue that we need to move beyond dominant, "strong technologies" like ChatGPT and embrace the potential of "weak technologies." These adaptable tools, open to diverse uses, offer an alternative to the control-oriented cybernetic model that threatens to enslave us. Instead of fearing AI's dominance, we should explore its "minor uses," diversifying its capabilities and breaking free from the predetermined algorithms that could lead to voluntary servitude. Ultimately, rethinking our relationship […]
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With The Sunshine, Across The Sea: From French Impressionism to Landscape Paintings of Macao
Nearly 130 works of art will be on display in this exhibition. Through innovative curatorial approaches, the exhibition will bring an unrivalled visual feast to visitors, showcasing oil paintings created in the Normandy region of France by over ten prestigious Western painters, including Théodore Géricault, Claude Monet, Gustave Courbet, Eugène Boudin and Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, as well as the photographic works by artists of their time. Apart from that, the exhibition has set up another section featuring paintings by the 20th century French neo-impressionist André Hambourg, as well as landscape masterpieces created in Macao by Western and Chinese artists such as George Vitalievich Smirnoff, Luîs Luciano Demée, and Kwok Se, who drew inspiration from the integration of different cultures. Macao, as […]
