[UIC Beacon] ICISF International Crisis Response Leadership Award handed to Prof Johnston Wong

Prof Johnston Wong (left) at the world congress of the ICISF \During the 13th World Congress of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) held in Baltimore, USA in May, Prof...

2015/11/10

International writers read from works on life

Five international writers read pieces of their works and shared their experience at UIC on 9 November. They were Bidisha (UK), Alecia McKenzie (Jamaica), Mariko Nagai (Japan), Oumar Farouk Sesay (Sie...

2015/11/10

[Lecture] AFP Journalist talks about the impact of social networks

On 6 November, Mr Eric Wishart, journalist and former editor-in-chief ofAFP, came to UIC and gave a lecture on “How the news gatherers have become news verifiers - the impact of social networks on th...

2015/11/07

OUHK professor on comparative literature at High Table Dinner

Prof Tam Kwok-kan, Dean of the School of Arts and Social Sciences at the Open University of Hong Kong, spoke of “Comparative Literature and Visions of the World” at UIC’s High Table Dinner on 4 Nov...

2015/11/05

Conference on Contemporary Chinese Fiction

Scholars at home and abroad shared their insights into research on contemporary Chinese fiction at UIC on 22 October. The conference, titled “Reimagining China: Identity and Representation in Contem...

2015/10/23

[Lecture] Corpus linguistics and language teaching

Prof Tony T N Hung spoke of “Corpus Linguistics and Language Teaching” at UIC on 22 October. He is a former Head of the Language Centre at the Hong Kong Baptist University and now an Honorary Profes...

2015/10/23

[Lecture] RMIT teacher on future of China’s advertising creativity

Dr Julie Bilby, Lecturer and Programme Manager in the Bachelor of Communication (Advertising) at RMIT University in Australia, delivered a lecture on “The Future of Advertising Creativity in China: P...

2015/10/21

UIC hosts festival to showcase the world

The Centre of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, and the International Development Office (IDO) hosted the International Culture Festival on 14 October. The ev...

2015/10/15