The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) and the Global Chinese Ancestral Association jointly held an international forum on the culture of Yellow River and Yellow Emperor at the UM library. The event aimed to provide a platform for participants to explore the inheritance and development of this traditional culture. During the event, Zhu Shoutong, director of the CCHC, praised the interpretations and modern values presented by experts and scholars on the cultur ...

To facilities academic cooperation and exchanges among scholars and students in humanities, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of the University of Macau (UM) recently held the second Macao Humanities Roundtable, where professors and PhD students from the faculty and the University of Leeds presented their latest research findings. The event attracted approximately 200 faculty members and students in attendance. Prof Manuel Barcia from the University of Leeds In his opening speech, Li Def ...

Wen Xu The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured Wen Xu, Dean of the College of International Studies of Southwest University and a Distinguished Professor under the Ministry of Education, who delivered a lecture titled ‘The Grammatical and Semantic Features of the “V1OV2 de” Construction in Modern Chinese and Reasons for its Formation’. The lecture attracted more than 200 on-site and online participants, includ ...

The General Education (GE) curriculum is meant to provide students with a foundation that promotes successful behaviour leading to lifelong learning. It prepares students to do well in their chosen career in the future. It can also expand the horizon of learning to help developing a well-rounded student. As is known, FAH has been providing a variety of GE courses in the humanities in each semester. It brings a wide breadth of learning opportunities and knowledge to students that can be applied ...

UM’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities holds the Macao Humanities Forum João Costa The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Macao Humanities Forum. The event featured João Costa, minister of education of Portugal and chair professor of linguistics at NOVA University Lisbon, who delivered a lecture titled ‘Arts and Humanities Education in the 21st Century—The Portugal Experience’. Involving both online and in-person elements, the lecture attracted many fac ...

Liu Chan presents a certificate of honorary advisor to Zhu Shoutong The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) and the Liu Haisu International Art Research Association recently co-organised the Liu Haisu Art Education Symposium and the first general meeting of the association to shed light on Liu’s artistic life. During the event, Zhu Shoutong, director of CCHC, gave a brief introduction to Liu’s achievements in art. Liu Chan, a renowned painter and the daughter o ...

Su Tong, a renowned author, will give a talk titled ‘Ways into Creative Writing’ at the University of Macau (UM) on Tuesday 18 April to share his writing experience and skills. Su Tong is an acclaimed author in China who holds several prestigious positions, including member of the Presidium of the Chinese Writers Association and distinguished professor at Beijing Normal University. He began his literary career during his university years, after graduating from the Chinese Department of Beijing N ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb2lTDnN0X4 The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Fourth UM Language and Culture Day to promote language and cultural diversity. With the theme ‘Cherish Mother Tongues, Embrace All Cultures’, the event featured various cultural performances presented by academic staff and students from different countries and regions. More than 200 UM students, faculty members, and staff participated in the event. The Language and Cul ...

The Macao edition of a Chinese classics recitation and exchange activity for university students from mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao was recently held at the University of Macau (UM). The event was co-organised by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of UM, the School of Linguistics Sciences and Arts of Jiangsu Normal University (JSNU), and the Faculty of Humanities of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). At the opening ceremony, Yuan Yulin, head of the Department of Chinese L ...