"I am like a ranger, wandering around all my life," said Prof Tze-ki Hon, Dean of UIC's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS).Before coming to UIC, he had worked and lived worldwide for nearly 30 years. He went to the University of Michigan, US, for his MA in Asian Studies after receiving a BA in history from the University of Hong Kong, and later gained a PhD in History from the Uni...

The Buddhist Academy of China (中国佛学院) recently featured a 10,000-word book review by Professor Wang Xiang (Shawn Wang) from the Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) program at Department of Communication in the summer 2025 issue of Fayuan (法源), its prestigious academic journal. Titled “A New Paradigm for Monastic Studies—A Review of Prof. Zhanru’s Ximing Dongxia: The Ximing Monastery ...

You are cordially invited to a Conference organized by The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University. Details of the Conference are as follows: Conference Committee• Chair: Dr. Richard Xiaying XU• Co-Chairs: Dr. Serene Runping Zhu, Dr. Ada Luyang LiI. Conference ThemeThe Literary World in Chinese Tourism: Landscapes, Narratives, and Cultural ImaginationII....

On October 26, 2025, a team of 25 students, led by Dr. Jianing CHEN and Dr. Sara Kar Bo WONG from the Chinese Culture and Global Communication program, along with Teaching Assistant Miss Claire Mianqu CUI, all from the Department of Communication, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, travelled to Outer Lingding Island in Zhuhai to conduct in-depth field research for the “Pak Tai Temple Park Photo ...

The Fifth International Symposium on Chinese Phonology and Semantics was held in Shanghai on October 18-19, organized by the Center for Research on Excavated Classics and Paleography (CRECP) at Fudan University. Dr. Jianing Chen from CCGC, DCom attended it and presented a paper.On the morning of the 18th, Prof. Zhang Xiaoyan of the CRECP presided over the opening ceremony, after which Prof. Liu Zhao,...

On October 11–12, the “Classics and East Asian Civilization” Sino-Korean Academic Conference on Classical Studies, jointly organized by the Institute of Chinese Classics (Jingxue) at Fujian Normal University and the Academy of Confucian Studies at Sungkyunkwan University in Korea, was successfully held at Fujian Normal University. The event brought together numerous young and mid-career scholars ...

From September 5 to 22, 2025, twenty student video projects were showcased on the electronic screen outside CHIAS COFFEE in BNBU campus. These works represent selected highlights from the 2024-2025 academic year’s course assignment for CCGC 3033 History of Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange. Students enrolled in the course combined creativity with academic rigor to produce distinctive video essays, presenting ...

On 19–20 August 2025, the Department of Communication at Beijing Normal–Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) hosted the Interactive Narratives Conference in Zhuhai, co-sponsored by IAMCR and the Center for Creative Media and Communication Research. Across two keynotes, four themed panels, and an industry visit to Seasun (西山居/Xishanju), presenters examined a central question: how do technology and ...