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This lecture series provides a forum for the Faculty of Humanities' (FH) junior scholars at the ranks of assistant professor or research assistant professor to present the latest directions of their research to the larger intellectual communities. Each season includes numerous presenters nominated by FH's three academic research departments: Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), Department of English and Communication (ENGL), and Department of Chinese Culture (CC).
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(Im)practical Contraceptive Methods: The Vernacularization of Birth Control Knowledge and Technologies in 1930s and 1940s China

by Dr ZHANG Yun, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 15 November 2023
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: AG710
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Semantic Representations in Chinese Transformer Models

by Dr Emmanuele CHERSONI, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 27 October 2023
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: AG710
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Turning a Lesson into a Living: English Teachers’ Strategies for Success on Online Tutoring Platforms

by Dr Nate Ming CURRAN, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU
Date: 13 October 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Venue: AG710
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Robot-assisted Training in Improving the Encoding of Communicative Functions by Autistic Children

by Dr Si CHEN, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 30 May 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Venue: AG206
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Where Three Rivers Converge: Riverine Communities and the Encounter of Empires in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing

by Dr Yiying PAN, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Culture, PolyU
Date: 19 May 2023
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: CD301
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Sequence, Index, and Narrative in the Formation of Early Chinese Poetics

by Dr David J. LEBOVITZ, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Culture, PolyU
Date: 12 May 2023
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Venue: CD301
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De-emphasizing the Role of English: The View from a Migrant-owned, Multilingual Cleaning Company in the United States

by Dr Anne Ambler SCHLUTER, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU

Date: 3 May 2023
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Venue: CD301
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