Distinguished Lectures in Humanities

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The Distinguished Lectures in Humanities provide an interdisciplinary forum for eminent scholars to visit the Faculty of Humanities and deliver a distinguished lecture at PolyU.

PolyU 85th Anniversary: FH-UBSN Joint Distinguished Lecture: The Brain’s Infrastructure for Human Uniqueness

by Prof. Peter HAGOORT, Director, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Founding Director, Donders Institute, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, and Professor in cognitive neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen

Date: 25 May 2022
Time: 3:30pm-5:00pm
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)
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FH-UBSN Joint Distinguished Lecture: How neuroimaging methods can be used to gain insights about infant cognition and language development

by Professor Richard N. ASLIN, Distinguished Research Scientist, Haskins Laboratories and Professor, Yale Child Study Center

Date: 16 Feb 2022
Time: 10:30am-12:00nn
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)
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Variable outcomes in first- and second-language acquisition: conditioning factors and analytical perspectives

by Prof David BIRDSONG, Professor of French Linguistics, Department of French and Italian, University of Texas

Date: 17 Nov 2021
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)
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Evidence-Based Principles for Designing Effective Multimedia Instruction

by Prof Richard E. MAYER, Distinguished Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara

Date: 4 Nov 2021
Time: 11:00am-12:30pm
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)
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The Theory and Practice of Narrative Health Message Design

by Prof. Michael Hecht, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Communication Arts and Sciences, Pennsylvania State University and President, REAL Prevention, LLC

Date: 18 Oct 2021
Time: 9:00am-10:30am
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)
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FH-FHSS Joint Distinguished Lecture: Leveraging Neuroscience and Mindfulness to Maintain Well-Being in the Pandemic (and Beyond)

(by Prof. Christine Runyan, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts Medical School)

Date: 7 May 2021
Time: 9:00am-10:30am
Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)

China and Southeast Asia: A Contemporary History

(by Prof. Prasenjit Duara, Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies, Duke University)

Date: 5 May 2021

Time: 10:00am-11:30am

Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)

Don’t talk yourself into an early grave! Intergroup and personal challenges of ageing successfully

(by Prof. Howard Giles, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara)

Date: 30 April 2021

Time: 10:00am-11:30am

Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)

Is work still a man's world? Discursive evidence of attitudes to women in the workplace

(by Prof Janet Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Associate Director of the Language in the Workplace Project (LWP), Victoria University of Wellington)

Date: 14 April 2021

Time: 11:00am-12:30pm

Venue: Live webinar (Zoom)