Dr. Jianing Chen travelled to Xiamen over the weekend to engage in an in-depth exchange with Prof. Nathan Hill, an American linguist who is visiting China for academic exchange. Both scholars are affiliated with the Chinese-Foreign Academic Translation Project "Structural Study of Chinese Palaeography", chaired by Dr. Xiaoling Deng of the College of Foreign Languages and Cultures at Xiamen Univ...

China Daily published a feature story on Dr Yegor Grebnev of UIC's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ukrainian scholar promotes Chinese history, introducing his academic studies on early Chinese history and his understanding of historical research.Dr Grebnev is fluent in seven languages, including Chinese, English, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Ukrainian to better read material...

Dr. Jianing Chen, Assistant Professor from Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) program and Ms. Julie Lai, Assistant Instructor from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) of UIC, led 50 students from the General Elective course “Religion and the Arts: Eastern Traditions” to visit the Zhuhai Puji Art Museum on November 5th, 2023. Group photoThe visiting team arrived a...

On May 13th, Associate Professor WONG Wei Chin from the Chinese Culture and Global Communication (CCGC) program, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC) led 35 students from the elective course “Chinese Diaspora and Transnational Migration” to the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Museum and Guangzhou Overseas Chinese Museum. This museum excurs...

On May 12, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) at BNU-HKBU United International College (UIC) invited Prof. Paul A. Van Dyke, a renowned scholar and retired professor from Sun Yat-sen University, to deliver a lecture on “Chinese Seamen and Passengers and their Global Adventures-1780s onwards”. The lecture was hosted by Dr. Wei Chin Wong, Associate Professor of Chinese Culture...

The first session of the lecture series “Studies of Cantonese Opera” was successfully held by the “Branding the Greater Bay Area” Research Centre in the afternoon of May 18, in room T2-301. Dr. Jianing Chen, one of the speakers gave a fascinating introduction on the history of the development of Cantonese Opera in the Greater Bay Area. Then Dr. Andy Shui-lung Fung talked about A Case Study ...

“Ōbaku Zen in Japan” Tea Event was organized by the CCGC program on April 07, 2022. During the tea, Dr. Xiaolong (Naga) Diao gave an introduction to the brief history of Ōbaku-shu—a Zen school in Japan. Given the idiosyncrasy and the historical backdrop of the formation of Ōbaku-shu, the Zen School has heavily influenced Japanese cultures even till these days. Following Dr. Diao’s introd...

“Branding the Great Bay Area (GBA)”, a “Key Subject Construction Project” of UIC in “Provincial High-Level University Construction Project of Guangdong”, has been approved in early March, 2022. Organized by Prof. Tzi-Ki Hon, the Principal Investigator, this project will integrate the Communication-related programmes in DHSS, UIC and will extensively research the history, status quo, and f...