On July 31, a field trip was conducted at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand. The goal was to interview various groups of Thai college students to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by international college students from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries when they study abroad in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) region. The field trip at Suan Sunandha Rajabhat ...

    On April 25, 2024, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) organized a roundtable discussion on the topic of “Teaching and Learning History in China”. Four esteemed experts, including Paul A. Van Dyke, who is the One-Hundred Talents Project Fellow and a Retired Professor from the History Department of Sun Yat-sen University; Chao Huang, a Professor from the Academy of Cultura...

UIC students were privileged to have Dr Freek Olaf de Groot back on campus again. In collaboration with Dr Jackie Yeoh, a lecturer from the English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) programme, he facilitated a hands-on workshop on delving into the boundless possibilities of Generative Artificial Intelligence in education. This workshop which took place on 9 April 2024 captivated the attent...

Teaching staff in the English Language and Literature Studies (ELLS) programme at UIC have launched a free Massive Online Open Course: Introduction to Language Study: English Linguistics. Aimed at senior high school pupils and first-year university students, it gives students a taste of linguistic study in higher education. This is one of a number of projects developed at UIC and funded by Guan...

On 26 March 2024, the Department of Languages and Cultures (DLC) hosted a lecture entitled "Generative AI in Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Approach to Learning, Teaching, and Assessment Practices". The lecture, generously funded by FHSS Teaching and Learning Grant, featured Dr. Freek Olaf de Groot, a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong, a...

On March 20th, Dr. Nan Zhang, Associate Professor in English Studies at the University of Hong Kong, delivered a speech entitled "Modernism and the Observant Eye" at UIC. As introduced by Dr. Xi XU, Dr. Zhang, with a dual background in International Finance and Literature, is a scholar with a unique perspective. Deeply fascinated by Virginia Woolf's writings, she wholeheartedly immersed herself...

              New Chapter in UIC Liberal Arts Education: FHSS Professor Initiates First "Anthology of World Religions" in Chinese Academia Professor Shawn Wang, Head of the CFLC at FHSS, recently introduced the groundbreaking "Anthology of World Religions" to Chinese scholars worldwide. This publication stands as a milestone achievement, backed by the Guangdong Province Philosophy and Social Sc...

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...