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Language Matters: Dr Lisa Lim Calls for Concerted Efforts to Save the World’s Mother Tongues
18 February 2017 (Saturday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, raises the alarm on the rapid loss of languages, and urges for recognition of all languages as a means of promoting cultural diversity and multilingualism in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: L...
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HKU Chair Professor of Humanities Frank Dikötter Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Leiden University
HKU Chair Professor of Humanities Frank Dikötter Awarded Honorary Doctorate by Leiden University HKU Chair Professor of Humanities Frank Dikötter has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by Leiden University, the Netherlands' oldest university, in recognitio...
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Faculty of Arts in the Media: HKU Launches MOOC on Hong Kong Cinema
"On February 7, the University of Hong Kong will launch a six-week English-language MOOC (massive open online course) titled “Hong Kong cinema through a global lens”. This is a condensed version of an undergraduate level course that looks at how local cinema has become an integral ...
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2 February 2017 (Thursday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, discusses the inclusion of words that represent Chinese traditional cultural concepts in the Oxford English Dictionary in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters. “New Englishe...
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22 January 2017 (Sunday) – online Dr Lisa Lim, Associate Professor in the School of English, explains the symbolic role that language plays in the feasting that accompanies Lunar New Year in her fortnightly Post Magazine column: Language Matters. “At numerous family meals – ty&ig...