Distinguished Lectures in Humanities

The Distinguished Lectures in Humanities provides an interdisciplinary forum for eminent scholars to visit the Faculty of Humanities and deliver a distinguished lecture at PolyU. Five distinguished lectures were held between February and May 2021:

“Language Contact and Evolutionary linguistics: An African(ist)’s and Creolist’s Perspective” on 23 February 2021
(by Prof. Salikoko S. Mufwene, The Edward Carson Waller Distinguished Service Professor of Linguistics and the College, University of Chicago)

“A new path to education reform: How playful learning promotes learning in school and beyond” on 17 March 2021
(by Prof. Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, The Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Education, University of Delaware)

“Is work still a man's world? Discursive evidence of attitudes to women in the workplace” on 14 April 2021
(by Prof. Janet Holmes, Emeritus Professor of Linguistics and Associate Director of the Language in the Workplace Project (LWP), Victoria University of Wellington)

“Don’t talk yourself into an early grave! Intergroup and personal challenges of ageing successfully” on 30 April 2021
(by Prof. Howard Giles, Distinguished Research Professor of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara)

“China and Southeast Asia: A Contemporary History Perspective” on 5 May 2021
(by Prof. Prasenjit Duara, Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian Studies, Duke University)