Distinguished Lectures in Humanities
Events
Four intellectually inspiring Distinguished Lectures in Humanities (DLH) were successfully held during the second half of 2025:
- “Virtual Language Learning – What Do We Know and Where Do We Go from Here” by Prof. Johan Mårtensson, Associate Professor and Researcher, Lund University Humanities Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University
- “An Exile Misremembered: Lin Zexu and Qing China’s Response to the West” by Prof. David G. Atwill, Dean of Arts and Sciences, Professor of History, New York University, Shanghai
- “The Future of Neuroscientific Research in the Field of Bilingualism” by Prof. Jubin Abutalebi, Associate Professor of Neuropsychology, Faculty of Psychology, University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, and Professor II, Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
- “Attentive Listening by Humans and Machines” by Prof. Li Haizhou, Dean and X.Q. Deng Presidential Chair Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
The DLH Series is an interdisciplinary forum for eminent scholars to visit the Faculty and deliver a distinguished lecture at PolyU. The lectures showcased world-class innovative ideas in humanities, social science, science and technology, and served as catalysts for potential joint collaborations between the speaker’s group and FH members or among PolyU members. More details can be found at https://polyu.hk/xFFId.
