HKU professor on Sherlock Holmes

Prof Douglas Kerr, Dean of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Hong Kong, gave a lecture to a UIC audience on 7 May about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous character Sherlock Holmes. He stressed t...

2015/05/08

Non-European migration issues in Canada

Sessional Lecturer at the University of Alberta, Dr Jérôme Melançon, discussed migration issues in Canada and shared his research results on multiculturalism during a lecture at UIC on 5 May. Dr Melan...

2015/05/06

TESL conference on English teaching

Academics from top-flight universities in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau shared insights at the Conference on Language, Culture and the Teaching of English at UIC on 24 April. The speakers addres...

2015/05/01

Scholar critiques Charlie Hebdo’s “Angels and Demons”

Mr Eric Sautede, a Macau-based political commentator from France, was invited to UIC on 29 April by the International Journalism Programme to illustrate the socio-political context of satirical weekly...

2015/05/01

Specialists on social work and fieldwork learning

Professors and veterans in the field shared their experience on fieldwork learning in social work education during the World Social Work Day at UIC on 18 March. The speakers included Adjunct Professor...

2015/04/28

Literature student wins second place in French translation contest

Bai Yu (2nd L), France's Consul General in Guangzhou Bertrand Furno (3rd L) and the other two awardees (Photo from the website of France's Consulate General in Guangzhou) UIC’s Contempora...

2015/04/27

Social Work week at UIC

Social workers and students gathered to share their understanding of the profession during UIC’s annual International Social Work Week between 12 and 18 April. Ribbon-cutting at the opening ceremony ...

2015/04/20

Faculty members gather to debate on Lee Kuan Yew’s political legacy

Faculty members from the Programmes of Government and International Relations and International Journalism debate on Lee Kuan Yew’s political legacy On 8 April, teachers and students sat to...

2015/04/09