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UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on Pre-Qin literature
UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on Pre-Qin literature The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured Prof Fu Gang from Peking University, who delivered a lecture titled ‘How Do We Understand Pre-Qin Literature and Documents?’. Involving both in-person and virtual elements, Prof Fu’s lecture attracted nearly 200 participants, including faculty members and students of UM, as well as teachers and students from various second ...
“Workshop on Excellent Teaching Practices” Successfully Held at FAH
Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) held the “Workshop on Excellent Teaching Practices” on Dec 7th, 2021, featuring Professor Jeremy DE CHAVEZ, the winner of 2020/2021 UM Teaching Excellence Award and the 2020 FAH Best Teacher Award. Jeremy De Chavez, Assistant Professor of the Department of English, shared with the audience his unique teaching stories and provided practical guidance in the organization of a teaching portfolio. Associate Dean of FAH, Professor Wang Qingjie, delivered a welcome ...
UM holds Macao Forum on Chinese Culture and inaugurates Chinese Culture Promotion Ambassador Team
UM holds Macao Forum on Chinese Culture The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture and the Think Tank of United Citizens jointly held the Fourth Macao Forum on Chinese Culture, which combined both in-person and virtual elements. During the event, experts at home and abroad from various fields, including history, philosophy, culture, literature, and art, exchanged ideas and had in-depth discussion on the various qualities of traditional Chinese culture. The inaugural cer ...
Academic Conversation with Tsinghua University Professor Haiming Zhang Successfully Held at the University of Macau
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature organized an academic conversation entitled “The Interaction between Literature and History: A Case Study of the Jing Ke Lore” at 7 pm on November 29, 2021. Professor Haiming Zhang of Tsinghua University and Professor Yue Zhang of University of Macau held a fruitful and constructive academic conversation. Faculty members and students from UM, such as Professor Chon Chit Tang and Professor Sihao Wang from the Department of Chinese Language and Li ...
UM student wins championship in 19th Portuguese Speech Contest
Che Chong Hei The Department of Portuguese under the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) today (30 November 2021) held the 19th Portuguese Speech Contest. The event aimed to promote Portuguese language studies, increase students’ interest in learning Portuguese, and reward the best-performing students. UM student Che Chong Hei won the championship in this event. Students from the Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM), and UM parti ...
Academic Conversation with Rice University Professor Nanxiu Qian Successfully Held at the University of Macau
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature and Center for Chinese History and Culture at the University of Macau organized an academic conversation entitled “American Sinology and the Study of Premodern Chinese Literature” at 8:30 pm on November 22, 2021. Professor Nanxiu Qian of Rice University and Professor Yue Zhang of University of Macau held a fruitful and constructive academic conversation, which was also the invited keynote speech of the 4th Chinese Culture (Macau) Forum. Faculty ...
UM scholar wins second prize from international conference on applied writing in Chinese
A group photo Two faculty members and an alumna of the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), received one second prize and two third prizes from the 15th International Conference on Applied Writing in Chinese. The second prize went to Ma Wan Cham, a visiting senior instructor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, who shared the prize with Prof Wong Un In of the Macao Institute for Tourism Studies. The two third p ...
UM holds online international seminar on Yang Yi’s academic theories and methodology
(Upper left) Xu Jie, (upper right) Billy So, (lower left) Liu Yuejin, and (lower right) Yang Yi An international seminar on Yang Yi’s academic theories and methodology was held online recently. During the event, 180 experts and scholars from China and abroad had in-depth discussions about Prof Yang Yi’s academic theories and methodology as well as his significant contributions to Chinese literature. The event was co-organised by the University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Cultur ...
UM-organised inter-varsity short video competition now open for submissions
To nurture creativity in university students and to promote knowledge of media production, the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC) of the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), has launched an inter-varsity short video competition. All university students in Macao are welcome to submit their videos before 12 November 2021. The theme of the competition is ‘Paixão’, a Portuguese word that indicates a strong feeling and has m ...
FAH hosts orientation session to welcome over 240 new UG students of year 2021/2022
FAH Management The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) hosted an orientation for UG programmes to welcome over 240 new undergraduate students on 16thAugust, 2021 to help them adjust to life at UM. At the Orientation, Professor Jie XU, Dean of FAH, led the session ‘First Lecture’ and welcomed the new students joining the University of Macau. Due to the current COVID-19 situation and social distancing measures, the ‘First Lecture’ was delivered online through Zoom instead. The event attracted ...