Undergraduate Academic Conference
- 2018
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- Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture
The first Undergraduate Academic Conference (UAC) was held successfully on 16 June 2017 at EdUHK. About 60 undergraduate and higher diploma students from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The University of Hong Kong, Lingnan University and other local tertiary institutions attended the one-day event, which consisted of four sessions and 13 panels.
The 2nd UAC is now open for application. The conference aspires to help undergraduate students as well as sub-degree and higher diploma students of humanities from Hong Kong develop themselves. With the goal of nurturing young research talents in humanities, the conference will be held on 15 June 2018. Participants are welcome to present their papers in either Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) or English. The conference will also give a Best English Paper Award, a Best Chinese Paper Award and three Recommended Paper Awards (for both Chinese and English papers).
For details about the 2nd Undergraduate Academic Conference on Humanities, please visit: https://www.eduhk.hk/HKUAC/
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Issue April 2018 | News Updates
Public Lecture Series by the Department of English Language Education
The public lecture series organised by the Department of English Language Education (ELE) provides a platform to expose local teachers and members of the public to aspects of language learning that are seldom taught in school. The lecture series held on consecutive Saturdays beginning from 4 March and ending on 1 April of 2017 was well received. It successfully drew over 670 participants to our campus, which was an increase of over 140 participants from the prior year. We would like to offer heartfelt thanks to Dr Jeffrey Clapp and Dr Regine Lai from the Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Dr Lixun Wang and Dr Gregoire Winterstein from the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML) , and Dr Paul Stapleton, Ms Clairine Chan from ELE for making this Public Lecture Series a success.
Issue April 2018 | Research
General Research Fund (GRF) and Early Career Scheme (ECS) Grants Announcement 2017/18
Since its establishment in 2012, the Faculty of Humanities has secured various funding resources, both internal and external, to support research projects. In 2017/18, three projects secured funding from General Research Fund (GRF), and four projects secured funding from Early Career Scheme (ECS) of University Grants Committee.
Issue April 2018 | News Updates
The 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects
Themed “Globalisation”, the two-day 22nd International Conference on Yue Dialects was held on 8 to 9 December 2017 at EdUHK, attracting around 100 participants. Co-organised by the Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML) and the Centre for Research on Linguistics and Language Studies (CRLLS), the conference provided participants with a platform to share their latest research on Yue dialects.