FH New Directions Lecture Series

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 Chinese History and Culture (CHC), and Department of English and Communication (ENGL).

The Linguistic Cerebellum: Comparisons Across Linguistic and Motor Domains

by Dr Manson Cheuk-Man FONG, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU

Date: 23 April 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
Read More

Beyond Compassion and Virtuousness: Emperor Wen of Han and His Legal Reforms

by Dr MA Tsang Wing Ben, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU

Date: 9 April 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
Read More

From World to Word: Bridging Language, Culture, and Cognition in Multilingual Contexts

by Dr Adel CHAOUCH-OROZCO, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU

Date: 22 March 2024
Time: 4:30pm–6:00pm
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
Read More

Frontier Politics and Islamic Teachers Schools: The Selective Law Enforcement in Republican China, 1930s to 1940s

by Dr CHEN Bin, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU

Date: 12 March 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: Y303 & Zoom
Read More

Online English Language Teaching ‘From Below’: Designing Video-Based Lessons for a Global Audience

by Dr Jenifer HO, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU

Date: 19 February 2024
Time: 4:30pm–6:00pm
Venue: AG710 & Zoom
Read More

(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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More

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
Read More