Distinguished Lectures in Humanities
Events
Six intellectually inspiring Distinguished Lectures in Humanities (DLH) were successfully held during the first half of 2026:
- “The Nature of Human Race Perception: Psychology and Neuroscience Perspectives” by Prof. Shihui HAN, Professor, School of Psychological and Cognitive Sciences, and Principal Investigator, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Peking University
- “Neuroscience in the Wild: The Neurocognitive Computation of Naturalistic Conversation” by Prof. Chunming LU, Professor, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, and Deputy Director, IDG/McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Beijing Normal University
- “The Piping of Heaven: Music, Nature, and Tonal Experimentation in Ancient China as Seen through the Zeng Hou Yi (曾侯乙) Bell Inscriptions” by Prof. Scott COOK, Tan Chin Tuan Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Chinese Studies and Department of History, National University of Singapore
- “Task-Based Language Teaching: Looking Back and Moving Forward” by Prof. Rod ELLIS, Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor, School of Education, Curtin University
- “Sinofuturism: The Three-Body Trilogy and Crisis Civilizationism” by Prof. Haiyan LEE, Walter A. Haas Professor of the Humanities, Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures and of Comparative Literature, Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
- “The Unique Neural Profile of Deaf Skilled Readers Reveals the Plasticity of the Reading System” by Prof. Karen EMMOREY, Distinguished Professor, School of Speech, Language, & Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University
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.
