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This lecture series provides a forum for the Faculty of Humanities' (FH) junior scholars at the ranks of assistant professor or research assistant professor to present the latest directions of their research to the larger intellectual communities. Each season includes numerous presenters nominated by FH's three academic research departments: Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies (CBS), Department of Chinese History and Culture (CHC), and Department of English and Communication (ENGL).
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Icon, Sign and Decontextualized Narrative: Rethinking Pensive Bodhisattva in Early Medieval China

by Dr ZHAO Yi Joey, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 21 November 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: BC203 & Zoom
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Ming Daoism: New Directions

by Dr Bony SCHACHTER, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 1 November 2024
Time: 4:00pm–5:30pm
Venue: CD302 & Zoom
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Towards a “Synergy” of Text Mining and Critical Discourse Studies: Future Trends and Applications

by Dr LIU Ming, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 23 October 2024
Time: 3:00pm–4:30pm
Venue: AG710 & Zoom
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Moving Second Language Experiments Online: Challenges and Considerations in Ensuring Data Quality

by Dr John ROGERS, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU
Date: 16 October 2024
Time: 10:00am–11:30am
Venue: AG312 & Zoom
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Implications of Speaking More Than a Language for the Linguistic and Cognitive Skills

by Dr Mohammad MOMENIAN, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 25 September 2024
Time: 4:00pm–5:30pm
Venue: BC203 & Zoom
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The Linguistic Cerebellum: Comparisons Across Linguistic and Motor Domains

by Dr Manson Cheuk-Man FONG, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 23 April 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
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Beyond Compassion and Virtuousness: Emperor Wen of Han and His Legal Reforms

by Dr MA Tsang Wing Ben, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 9 April 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
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From World to Word: Bridging Language, Culture, and Cognition in Multilingual Contexts

by Dr Adel CHAOUCH-OROZCO, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 22 March 2024
Time: 4:30pm–6:00pm
Venue: CD301 & Zoom
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Frontier Politics and Islamic Teachers Schools: The Selective Law Enforcement in Republican China, 1930s to 1940s

by Dr CHEN Bin, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 12 March 2024
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: Y303 & Zoom
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Online English Language Teaching ‘From Below’: Designing Video-Based Lessons for a Global Audience

by Dr Jenifer HO, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU
Date: 19 February 2024
Time: 4:30pm–6:00pm
Venue: AG710 & Zoom
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(Im)practical Contraceptive Methods: The Vernacularization of Birth Control Knowledge and Technologies in 1930s and 1940s China

by Dr ZHANG Yun, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese History and Culture, PolyU
Date: 15 November 2023
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: AG710
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Semantic Representations in Chinese Transformer Models

by Dr Emmanuele CHERSONI, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 27 October 2023
Time: 10:30am–12:00nn
Venue: AG710
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Turning a Lesson into a Living: English Teachers’ Strategies for Success on Online Tutoring Platforms

by Dr Nate Ming CURRAN, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU
Date: 13 October 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Venue: AG710
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Robot-assisted Training in Improving the Encoding of Communicative Functions by Autistic Children

by Dr Si CHEN, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, PolyU
Date: 30 May 2023
Time: 3:00pm-4:30pm
Venue: AG206
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Where Three Rivers Converge: Riverine Communities and the Encounter of Empires in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing

by Dr Yiying PAN, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Culture, PolyU
Date: 19 May 2023
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Venue: CD301
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Sequence, Index, and Narrative in the Formation of Early Chinese Poetics

by Dr David J. LEBOVITZ, Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese Culture, PolyU
Date: 12 May 2023
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Venue: CD301
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De-emphasizing the Role of English: The View from a Migrant-owned, Multilingual Cleaning Company in the United States

by Dr Anne Ambler SCHLUTER, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Communication, PolyU

Date: 3 May 2023
Time: 5:30pm-7:00pm
Venue: CD301
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