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UM-organised events to promote traditional Chinese culture end with success
An exhibition of rare books signed by masters of traditional Chinese culture The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture and the UM Library on 7 May jointly held a series of activities to promote traditional Chinese culture. The activities included an exhibition of rare books signed by masters of traditional Chinese culture, a book launch for a book series on Chinese culture, and a liberal arts seminar. According to UM Rector Yonghua Song, the series of events reflects t ...
University of Hong Kong Professor Isaac Yue’s Lecture on Chinese Literature Held at UM
The Department of Chinese Language and Literature at the University of Macau held a guest lecture entitled “Civility, Bestiality, and the Demonic: The Developmental History of Sun Wukong and the Changing Reception of Foreignness during the Song-Yuan-Ming Transition” at 10:00 am on May 6, 2021. Professor Isaac Yue from the School of Chinese at the University of Hong Kong delivered this guest lecture. Professor Jie Xu, interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Head of the Department ...
UM holds Portuguese Language Day to increase language exchange
A Portuguese poetry recital To promote the Portuguese language and the culture of Portuguese-speaking countries, the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities recently held the annual Portuguese Language Day, a language and cultural exchange day for faculty members and students in the Department of Portuguese. The day began with students singing Portuguese songs, followed by several poetry recitals, a drama performance, and a debate competition among the Debating Team students of ...
UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on interdisciplinarity in arts and life
UM holds Macao Humanities Forum on interdisciplinarity in arts and life The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the second Macao Humanities Forum featuring Prof Pan Gongkai, former president of Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) and former president of the China Academy of Art (CAA). During the event, Prof Pan delivered a speech on the pursuit of interdisciplinarity in arts and life. According to Prof Pan, ‘interdisciplinary’ is the way to go in arts. In ...
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 ...