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“Literature and the Construction of National Image：The 14th International Conference on Ci-fu”, successfully hosted by FAH, University of Macau
Department of Chinese Language and Literature (FAH, UM), in conjunction with China Ci-fu Studies Association, held a high-caliber academic gathering, “Literature and the Construction of National Image：The 14th International Conference on Ci-fu”, from Aug 8th to 10th, 2021. More than 120 scholars and researchers from academic institutes like Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Peking University, Nanjing University, Fudan University, Zhejiang University, Renmin University of China, The Chinese Un ...
FAH Academic Awards Winners 2020
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) presented the FAH Academic Awards to recognize the members’ excellence in teaching, research and service. The Awards are given annually based on students’ and colleagues’ nominations, recommendation by the Academic Award Selection Committees and a final review by the FAH management. We are proud to announce that the 2020 winners are here: Category Winner(s) Best Teacher Jeremy DE CHAVEZ Department of English Best Instructor Julio JATOBA Department of Po ...
UM’s 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course ends with success
UM’s 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course has ended with success The 35th Portuguese Language Summer Course, organised by the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, has ended with success. This year’s summer course attracted 123 students from Japan, Myanmar, mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland, Hong Kong, and Macao. Approximately 60 per cent of the participants attended language courses at intermediate and advanced levels. This year’s course was held online and was taught ...
UM faculty members and students teach Portuguese courses in Congjiang
Students in a Portuguese language lesson A group of ten faculty members and students in the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently taught Portuguese language courses in three schools in Congjiang county, Guizhou province. The language courses were commissioned by the Education and Youth Development Bureau of Macao and aimed to increase Congjiang students’ interest in Portuguese language and culture and strengthen their language skills. Based ...
UM publishes trilingual comic books to promote Chinese history and culture
Chinese History and Culture Comic Book Series Two centres of the University of Macau (UM), namely the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC), and the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC), have edited and published the Chinese History and Culture Comic Book Series, a series of books that present traditional Chinese myths, legends, and historical stories in Chinese, English, and Portuguese, with the aim of enhancing the understanding of Chinese culture among youn ...
UM scholar receives prestigious J. Worth Estes Prize for her study in the history of pharmacology
Beatriz Puente-Ballesteros, an assistant professor in the Department of History, University of Macau, was named recipient of the 2021 J. Worth Estes Prize at the annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine. The award is presented annually to the author of the best paper in the history of pharmacology published in the past two years. Titled ‘Chocolate in China: Interweaving Cultural Histories of an Imperfectly Connected World’, the price-winning paper was published in ...
UM presents Teaching Excellence Award to Professor Jeremy Centeno De Chavez
Jeremy Centeno De Chavez is the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award of UM At the Congregation 2021 held today (19 June), the University of Macau (UM) presented the Teaching Excellence Award, which recognises faculty members with outstanding performance in teaching. The recipient in the 2020/2021 academic year is Assistant Professor Jeremy Centeno De Chavez in the Department of English of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Every year, the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Award is sel ...
The Commencement of the 2nd Semester, Academic Year 2020/2021 of the UM Confucius Institute
On the evening of May 28th, the Confucius Institute of the University of Macau (CIUM) organized the commencement of the 2nd semester, academic year 2020/2021 at E31 Student Activity Centre. Professor Victoria Harrison, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Professor Zhang Meifang, Master of the Cheong Kun Lun College, Professor Chen Zhong, Deputy Director of the CIUM, and all fellow teachers and students attended the commencement. At the beginning of the commencement, Professor ...
CPC ORGANIZES A BOOK CLUB TO CELEBRATE THE “WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY”
23 April is “World Book and Copyright Day”. To celebrate this day, the Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC or “the Centre” thereafter) of the Department of Portuguese of Faculty of Arts and Humanities of University of Macau invited three famous scholars to conduct a sharing in the format of “book club”. Including Yao Jing Ming, who presented his new book called “My Heart was late: Fernando Pessoa and His Poetry of Love”; Giorgio Sinedino talked about “The essence of ‘l ...
UM’s Portuguese Language Summer Course now open for applications
The University of Macau (UM) is committed to nurturing bilingual talent and has been offering a variety of courses for many years. One of these courses, the popular Portuguese Language Summer Course, will continue to be offered online this year between 5 July and 23 July. Students, teachers, translators, and those who are interested in the Portuguese language, aged 16 or above, are welcome to apply. The application deadline is 24 June. Organised by the Department of Portuguese of UM’s Faculty o ...