July 2026 —What does it mean to truly understand a region? For two BNBU students, it meant leaving the classroom behind and tracing the histories, borders, and everyday lives of Southeast Asia through direct engagement. Inspired by a foundational General Education course on Southeast Asian history, two junior students majoring in the Public Relations and Advertising (PRA) program at BNBU’s Department ...

Throughout the summer of 2026, three Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) juniors—Sylvia Liu Yihong，Cecilia Zhao Minxi and Ray Wang Tianrui—embarked on three distinct yet equally illuminating paths of experiential learning. Sylvia Liu joined the Thessaloniki International Media Summer Academy (THISAM) in Greece, engaging with global peers on the challenges and ethics of contemporary journalism....

On April 17, the Research Center for History and Culture (RCHC) at BNBU hosted a lecture titled “A Beautiful Life Begins from the Heart: Reflections on Life from the Perspective of Chinese Classical Learning.” The event featured Professor Deng Xinwen from Hangzhou Normal University, whose research focuses on Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism in Chinese intellectual traditions.The lecture attracted ...

On the evening of May 27, the Graduation Party for the Class of 2026 from the Department of Communication (DCom) at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, came to a heartfelt close. Surrounded by the serene charm of a lakeside Chinese architecture, graduates from the programmes of Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC), Media and Communication ...

On 20 April, the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), invited Prof. Dr. Guo Yu from the Faculty of Humanities and Arts at the Macau University of Science and Technology to deliver a lecture titled “Artificial Intelligence in Promoting the Public’s Intention for Climate Change Mitigation: Perspectives from ...

On March 30, 2026, students from Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) applied classroom theories to a real-world challenge: a mock interview exercise designed to sharpen cross-cultural communication and professional interviewing skills.The exercise was part of the General Education capstone course GCAP 3263: Special Topics in Communication and Chinese ...

On 26 March, the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, invited Prof. Dr. Kai-Uwe Hellmann, a Berlin-based sociologist and a leading authority in consumer and economic sociology, to deliver an academic lecture titled “The Endgame of Media Reality: From Mass Media to Fragmented Worlds” in T7-104. From his sharp system-...

On 13 March, the Department of Communication (DCom) and the Center for Creative Media & Communication Research (CCMCR) at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University (BNBU), co-hosted a lecture titled AI, Agency, and Power Geometries. The event featured Professor John Downey, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University, Fellow of the Academy of Social ...