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UM’s Portuguese Language Summer Course to begin next week, 3 online talks open to public for free
The 36th Portuguese Language Summer Course, organised by the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, will begin online on 11 July. This year’s summer course has attracted students from Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macao. Over 50 per cent of students will enroll in courses at intermediate or advanced levels. This year’s summer course will be taught by Portuguese professors, researchers, and authors of Portuguese textbooks and reference texts from Macao and around the wo ...
UM scholar publishes two OUP book chapters on Shakespeare and music
Two book chapters on Shakespeare and music, written by Prof. Katrine Wong from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH), have been published in a cutting-edge volume, The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Music. Prof. Wong, the only scholar from Asia featured in the 1064-page volume, is responsible for two chapters. In ‘Gender and Music in Shakespeare’, she provides an overview of gendered designs of musical episodes in Shakespearean plays and the corresponding gendered responses within the pl ...
UM Confucius Institute organizes a Graduation Ceremony for the 2nd Semester of Academic Year 2021/2022 Mandarin Courses
On May 13th, the Confucius Institute of the University Macau (CIUM) organized a graduation ceremony for the 2nd Semester of Academic Year 2021/2022 Mandarin courses at the E31 Student Activity Centre. Professor Janny M.Y. Leung, College Master of Choi Kai Yau College, Dr. Qi Yaning, Associate Master of Choi Kai Yau College, and Professor Chen Zhong, Deputy Director of UM Confucius Institute, and more than 160 students and teachers attended the Ceremony. At the beginning of the Ceremony, ...
FAH Professor Honoured by The British Academy
On Thursday 19 May, Prof. Nick Groom of the Department of English (FAH) of the University of Macau delivered one of the 2022 British Academy Lectures. This is the first time that one of these prestigious lectures has been delivered by a member of the UM Faculty. Established in 1902, the British Academy is an elite body for the promotion of scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. The Academy’s lecture programmes showcase the best research in these fields and are delivered by the most ...
UM Centre for Chinese History and Culture receives praises from academic committee members
The first general meeting of the CCHC’s Academic Committee A group photo The University of Macau (UM) Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) recently established its academic committee and held the first general meeting of the committee. Members of the committee praised the centre of its achievements in various areas, most notably the promotion of the dissemination of Chinese history and culture to Portuguese speaking countries. Xu Qingsen, director of the Department of Social Sciences ...
Language Education in a Multicultural Context
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKvbqS5Nrg&feature=emb_title Macao as a Linguistically Diverse Community Macao is a one-of-a-kind city with three primary written languages (Chinese, Portuguese, and English), and four primary spoken languages (Cantonese, Mandarin, Portuguese, and English). Prof Xu Jie, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) and director of the Centre for Linguistics, has often referred to Macao as a ‘living museum of languages’ or a ‘natural laboratory for multili ...
UM holds 1st Macao Humanities Roundtable to share cutting-edge research findings
To promote academic collaboration and exchange between faculty members and students, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) of the University of Macau (UM) recently held the first Macao Humanities Roundtable on May 4th, with scholars from various FAH departments presenting their latest research findings in disciplines ranging from literature, history, philosophy, linguistics, translation, to education. The event attracted approximately 200 faculty members and students in attendance. The round ...
UM holds Portuguese Language Day to increase students’ understanding of culture of Portuguese-language countries
A folk dance The Department of the Portuguese under the University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently held the Portuguese Language Day. The event aimed to increase students’ interest in Portuguese language and their understanding of the culture of Portuguese-speaking countries. This year’s event allowed students to engage in Portuguese language activities joining different performances. The Portuguese Language Day is an annual event organised by faculty members and stud ...
UM 36th Portuguese Language Summer Course now open for applications
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-CT36MUZXw “Special thanks to the Brazilian band “Melim”, for we partially referenced their “Ouvi Dizer” music video.” UM’s 36th Portuguese Language Summer Course is now open for applications The University of Macau (UM) is committed to nurturing Chinese-Portuguese 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 11 ...
Chinese literary works translated by UM professors and students published in Brazil
Faculty members and students in the Department of Portuguese, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), have worked together to translate the Chinese literary classic Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio and the poetry collection I Don’t Believe in the Echo of Thunder into Portuguese. The two books have been published in Brazil alongside Beyond the Mountain (Portuguese title O Além da Montanha), a Portuguese prose collection by Yao Jingming, professor in the same department (kn ...