ZHUHAI, Guangdong, June 10, 2023 -- Scholars from home and abroad attended the 3rd Media Anthropology Conference held at UIC on June 9–10 to discuss important topics related to media anthropology. The theme of the interdisciplinary conference this year is “Revisiting Global/Local Communities: Media, (Im)mobilities and (Dis)placement.”In the opening ceremony, Professor Zhou Yongming, the Vice...
Zhang Qifan is a UIC graduate from the Class of 2023. After studying for four years at UIC, he is prepared to embark on the next journey to Yale University.Zhang QifanFor Zhang, one of the attractions of UIC is its English teaching environment, because he believed that a language is not only about words and grammar, but communication and culture behind it.Intrigued by the diversity of world cul...
On May 13th, Associate Professor WONG Wei Chin from the Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC) led 35 students from the elective course “Chinese Diaspora and Transnational Migration” to the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Museum and Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Museum. This museum excurs...
From 10 May 10 to 18 May 2023, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) held FHSS Lecture Series on Media Accessibility and Translation Studies. Dr. Iwona Mazur, Prof. Anna Matamala, and Dr. Sharon Black were invited to give lectures on media accessibility and translation studies to students and faculty with different backgrounds. This Lecture Series was funded by the FHSS Teaching and ...
On May 12, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC) invited Prof. Paul A. Van Dyke, a renowned scholar and retired professor from Sun Yat-sen University, to deliver a lecture on “Chinese Seamen and Passengers and their Global Adventures-1780s onwards”. The lecture was hosted by Dr. Wei Chin Wong, Associate Professor of Chinese Culture...
“Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.”On May 10th 2023, a launch party was held to celebrate the successful release of Elsewhere Issue 5. Elsewhere is an annual English literary magazine that showcases excellent writing and photography by students across UIC and beyond. Produced by Year 4 students in the English for Professional Communications (EPC) con...
Shao Chenhan is a UIC student from the Class of 2020. After graduating from UIC, she obtained her master's degree from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Later, she is admitted to the doctoral programme of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with a full scholarship.Shao Chenhan at UICAttracted by UIC's liberal arts educatio...
On April 21, students from the Religion and the Arts: Eastern Traditions course visited Putuo Monastery 普陀寺 under the guidance of Professor Shawn (Xiang) Wang from the Centre of Foreign Languages and Cultures (CFLC). This trip aimed to offer students who opt for general education courses more opportunities to engage in on-site investigation and experience course-related cultural content. The...
