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UM History Students Publish Group Projects on ThingsThatTalk.net
Students from the Department of History of UM have contributed to ThingsThatTalk.net, an interdisciplinary digital humanities platform that explores the lives of objects. The platform facilitates storytelling by giving authors the basic visual tools they need to effectively narrate an object in all its dimensions. Three group projects from the course Western Civilizations II (taught by prof. Mario Cams) were selected for publication by the platform’s editors: an expensive box with a portrait of ...
UM Language and Culture Day kicks off to promote linguistic and cultural diversity
UM Language and Culture Day kicks off to promote linguistic and cultural diversity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3CW2FfX-Sg The 3rd UM Language and Culture Day 2021, organized by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of UM, featured the theme of “Value your own language; Embrace everyone’s cultures” with various cultural and folklore performances and the “International Language and Culture Fair”, as well as language workshops. In celebration of the 40th Anniversary of UM, this signature e ...
UM launches first Macao Humanities Forum
UM launches first Macao Humanities Forum The Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of the University of Macau (UM) recently held the first Macao Humanities Forum. The event provided a platform for renowned scholars in arts and humanities to share their research findings. In addition to scholars, the forum also attracted teachers and students from secondary schools in Macao. Prof Xu Jie, interim dean of the FAH, delivered an opening speech at the event, stressing that as an important part of the ...
UM Confucius Institute holds Chinese character competition
The University of Macau (UM) Confucius Institute recently held its first Chinese character competition for students studying at the institute. The event aimed to enhance foreigners’ interest in learning Chinese characters. The competition attracted 96 participants, and 30 of them made it to the final. The students say the competition helped open the door to a ‘new world’ of Chinese characters. ...
UM student wins first prize at ‘One Hundred Translators’ Translation Contest
(1st from left) Tang Yi and (center) Ieong Sao Leng Tang Yi, a master’s student in the English-Chinese translation programme offered by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently won a first prize at the ‘One Hundred Translators’ Translation Contest, after competing with faculty members, students, and linguists from nearly 100 renowned universities around the world, including Peking University, the Beijing University of Foreign Studies, the University of Leeds, and t ...
UM Open Day – FAH’s “Opening the Door to a World of Possibilities” received great success
This year, FAH featured “Opening the Door to a World of Possibilities” with 11 booth games, including various language, culture, philosophy and history games. Visitors were exposed to the multilingual world as they explored human stories and experienced riches of various cultures. CCHC also takes this opportunity to organize a ceremony to kick off the “Legend of Pen and Ink -Exhibition of Chinese Contemporary Celebrities Calligraphy (One of Fu Tianhong’s New Poetry Personal Collection Exhibitio ...
The Final Bentobox Lecture: A Philosophical Inquiry on Self-Deception and the Art of Literary Translation
The Final Bentobox Lecture The final session of the Bentobox Lecture Series was held on the 16th of December 2020. The thoughtful and inspiring presentation by Prof. Nevia Dolcini from the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and Dr. Raquel Abi-Sâmara were a fitting way to conclude the Bentobox Lecture Series before it transforms into the Macau Humanities Forum. This final Bentobox event was well attended, and a lively discussion that involved both in-person and online participants fo ...
UM launches bilingual online column to promote Chinese and Portuguese culture
The Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Teaching and Training Centre (CPC), Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), recently launched a new online column titled ‘Chinese-Portuguese Bilingual Theme-based Article Series’. The centre holds activities on a regular basis to promote Portuguese language learning as well as Chinese and Portuguese culture, in order to help Macao play its role as a platform between China and Portuguese-speaking countries. So far, the ...
The Second Bentobox Lecture for 2020-2021
The second session of the Bentobox Lecture Series for the 2020-2021 academic year was held last Wednesday, the 25th of November. The session was conducted online and offline simultaneously and was able to attract highly engaged participants who took part in a dynamic Q&A session, following the presentations by Mr. José Pascoal from Department of Portuguese and Prof. Catherine Chan from Department of History. Mr. Pascoal’s presentation entitled “Is my B2 your B2? Is my B2 in Chinese your B2 ...