On December 9, 2024, an internationally renowned sinologist, Prof. Iwo Amelung from Goethe University, visited UIC and gave a lecture in the afternoon, entitled “German Sinology: The Origins, Historical Evolution, and Current Status”. The event was moderated by Prof. Tze-Ki Hon and Dr. Jianing Chen, and attended by Prof. Shawn Wang, Dr. Xiaolong Diao, Dr. Yegor Grebnev, Dr. Kar Bo Won...

Dr. Xiaolong Diao from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at UIC invited Dr. Zhitian Wang from Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai) to present an exceptional lecture on November 18, 2024. The lecture, entitled "The Intertextual Space Between Chuxue Ji and the Poetry of the Early Tang in the Perspective of Digital Humanities: Taking Jinglong Wenguan Ji as a Case Study," was attended...

On November 20 afternoon, 2024, the second lecture of the “FHSS Distinguished Speakers Series” entitled “The Worship of Dark Bird of the Shang People: Totemism and Misunderstanding” hosted by the Chinese Culture and Global Communication program is presented by Prof. Chen Zhi, the UIC President. The event was moderated by Dr. Jianing Chen and attended by Faculty members including Prof. Tze-k...

 A total of 26 students and staff from the Department of Communication and the Department of Film Television and New Media traveled to South Korea for a study tour, immersing themselves in the overseas culture while enhancing professional skills in journalism and the cultural industry. They visited two universities and four key media and artistic venues, including film archives, broadcasting st...

On the afternoon of November 13, 2024, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) was honored to invite Professor Lo Yuet Keung retired from the National University of Singapore (NUS), to give a lecture titled "The Classic of Change: Do You Want to Change Your Life?" Dr. Jianing CHEN from the CCGC program (DCom moderated the event.Taking advantage of the opportunity, Professor Lo opened the ...

         Two media experts from South Korea led a documentary pitch contest and a workshop on AI tools for media production at UIC on October 11th and 12th.          Dr. Kenny Kihyung Bae, senior producer at KBS, and Dr. Yougshin Cho, business strategist at SK Broadband encouraged student to explore more on media production. Dr. Bae focused on refining students’ proposal through documentary pi...

To enhance students’ abilities in utilizing Gale databases for Sinological research and studies, on September 23, 2024, the Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) program (DCom has invited Mr. Shi Yichen, a Gale trainer (China) to introduce students enrolled in the course “History of Western Sinology” to the fundamental tools of advanced search on Gale’s extensive primary sources’ database-...

On October 24th, 3:00 PM, Dr. Charlie Reis, the Director of Educational Development Unit of the Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, invited by DCOM, FHSS, gave a lecture at T7-104, entitled “Confucian Professional Standards Framework: Intercultural Educational Leadership.” The lecture was hosted by Dr. Jianing Chen. Dr. Xiaolong Diao from DCom - CCGC, Dr. Milen Gotchev Jissov, Associate Director ...