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The Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies and the Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies successfully organised the International Conference on TeLLT & CoLLT 2024 from 3 to 5 July 2024. This event brought together academics from around the world to report on their various research work related to technology-enhanced language learning and teaching (TeLLT), and corpus-based language learning and teaching (CoLLT). As TeLLT and CoLLT are gaining momentum in this digitised world, we promoted Hong Kong as a hub for academic exchanges and collaborations in the area of technology-enhanced language learning and teaching, and corpus-based language learning and teaching.

The Faculty of Humanities (FHM) welcomes Prof Angel Lin Mei-yi, Chair Professor of Language, Literacy, and Social Semiotics in Education, a leading scholar in English education and critical literacies. With over 100 publications and more than 11,000 citations, her mentorship has shaped the research careers of many doctoral students and emerging scholars in Asia and Canada. The FHM Research Bulletin conducted a short interview with her to understand her aspirations for the role.

The 8th Undergraduate Academic Conference (UAC) on Humanities concluded successfully on 14 June 2024. It assembled students from 36 institutions in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, with the opening and closing ceremonies as well as parallel sessions attracting 450 participants. These papers cover myriads of topics, including Chinese literary studies, world literature, history and culture, media and performance arts, and linguistics.