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The Faculty of Humanities (FHM) welcomes Prof Angel Lin Mei-yi, Chair Professor of Language, Literacy, and Social Semiotics in Education, a leading scholar in English education and critical literacies. With over 100 publications and more than 11,000 citations, her mentorship has shaped the research careers of many doctoral students and emerging scholars in Asia and Canada. The FHM Research Bulletin conducted a short interview with her to understand her aspirations for the role.

The 8th Undergraduate Academic Conference (UAC) on Humanities concluded successfully on 14 June 2024. It assembled students from 36 institutions in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore, with the opening and closing ceremonies as well as parallel sessions attracting 450 participants. These papers cover myriads of topics, including Chinese literary studies, world literature, history and culture, media and performance arts, and linguistics.

From 27 May to 2 June 2024, the Centre for Language in Education (CLE) organised the Beijing Cultural and Language Immersion Study Tour sponsored by the University Grants Committee (UGC). 30 students from different programmes went to the Beijing Language and Culture University and participated in cultural exploration activities to learn more about Chinese culture. For example, they learned traditional Chinese landscape painting techniques in the class of Blue-and-Green Landscape painting. They also wore Hanfu (traditional clothing of the Han Chinese) and tasted whisking tea in the Song style to understand Chinese culture. They visited historical sites like the Temple of Heaven and the National Museum of China, and climbed the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall. All students were very satisfied with the tour and found it very helpful in deepening their understanding of Chinese culture.