第十三期 - 2026年9月 研究通讯编辑委员会
Celebrating FHM’s Success in the GRF/ECS/HSSPFS 2026/27 Exercise
On behalf of the Faculty of Humanities, we would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the colleagues who have demonstrated outstanding scholarly excellence by securing competitive funding under the GRF/ECS/HSSPFS 2026/27 exercise.
In this exercise, FHM submitted 56 GRF/ECS proposals, with 13 projects successfully funded. The Faculty achieved an overall GRF/ECS success rate of 23.2%, with success rates of 23.3% for GRF and 23.1% for ECS. This result is higher than the University’s overall success rate of 20.4%. We also warmly congratulate Prof Michelle Gu on receiving funding under the highly competitive HSSPFS scheme.
Over the years, FHM colleagues have continued to actively pursue external research funding and have achieved commendable results. On behalf of the Faculty, we would like to thank all colleagues for their valuable contributions to strengthening the Faculty’s research capacity, visibility, and vibrancy. Your hard work and dedication are deeply appreciated.
We are pleased to recognise and celebrate the following successful grant holders and their funded projects.
GRF Grant Holder | Project Title |
| Prof Chan Timothy Wai-Keung (CHL) | Crafting to Sing Praises: The Making of Parallel-Verse Hagiographies of Seventh-Century Tang China |
Dr Ding Hongdi (CRCLE) | Lexical Evidence for the Divergence Time of Liangshan Yi |
Dr Lee Kwing Lok Albert (LML) | The Role of Larynx and Tongue Height in Tone Production by L1 and L2 Speakers: An Ultrasound Study |
| Dr Liang Yuan (CRCLE) | Modeling Heritage Bai Vocabulary Attrition: The Predictive Role of Language Dominance in Bai-Putonghua Bilingual Development |
| Dr Liao Xian (CHL) | Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Source Use, and Source-Based Writing Performance: Considering the Role of Source Modality |
| Dr Song Ge (LML) | Hong Kong as a City of Translations: the Semiotics of Place-making in Linguistic and Cultural Dynamics |
| Prof Glenn Stockwell (LML) | Generative AI and Second Language Writing: Investigating Learner Development, Designing a Pedagogical Framework for Teacher Education, and Validating Practice Across Languages |
| Dr Wang Cong (CHL) | Tanka as Linguistic Interface on the Maritime Silk Road of China: Contact, Evolution, and Convergence |
| Dr Yip Wai Chi Jesse (LML) | A Corpus-Assisted Multimodal Discourse Analysis on Green Burial Promotion in Hong Kong |
| Dr Zhang Ling (CHL) | Living Cultural Heritage and Youth Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study of School Mottos and Anthems in Hong Kong, London, Guangzhou, and Singapore |
ECS Grant Holder | Project Title |
| Dr Guo Qiuzi (CCA) | More than One Reality: Photo Pictorial and the Making of Hong Kong Documentary Photography in the 1960s and 1970s |
| Dr Luo Ning (CCA) | Ethical Co-Creativity with Generative Artificial Intelligence: Investigating Visual Arts Students’ Acceptance, Agency and Responsibility in the Creative Process |
| Dr Huseyin Uysal (ELE) | Cultivating Advocate Identities of Ethnic Minority Teachers in Hong Kong: Emotional and Ideological Border-Crossings |
HSSPFS Grant Holder | Project Title |
| Prof Gu Ming Yue Michelle (ELE) | ‘Settling Body and Mind’: A Sociolinguistic Investigation of Identity Construction and Emotional Well-being amongst Skilled Migrants in Hong Kong |
CHL Hosts Three International Academic Events Advancing Research in Lingnan Culture, Chinese Religious Literature, and Language Education (CHL)
In 2026, the Department of Chinese Language Studies (CHL) at The Education University of Hong Kong successfully hosted three major international academic events, demonstrating its continued commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship, academic exchange, and public engagement.
- “Lingnan Culture and the World: Waterways, Watermanship, and Public Energies” was held on 26 – 27 February 2026. The symposium explored South China’s coastal and riverine cultures through the lens of waterways and water-skilled communities.
- Featuring twelve papers and a field visit to Kap Shui Mun, it highlighted the roles of boat people, sea scouts, maritime traders, expatriate officials, and literati in shaping regional mobility and exchange.
- The Dao and the Dharma: An International Symposium on Chinese Religious Literature” was held on 26 – 27 May 2026 and brought together 25 scholars to discuss Chinese Buddhist and Daoist literary writings.
- Through five keynote speeches and eight panel sessions, the symposium fostered interdisciplinary dialogue between religious studies and literary studies, while opening new directions for the study of Chinese religious literature.
- The 11th International Conference on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language & The 5th International Conference on Chinese Language Education (TCSL-11 & ICCLE-5) was held on 5 – 6 June 2026 under the theme “Living Cultural Heritage, Innovating Language Education.”
- The conference included keynote speeches, expert talks, workshops, and parallel sessions addressing topics such as AI and pedagogy, cultural identity, bilingual education, classical texts, and teacher development.
- Together, the three events underscored CHL’s contributions to research, academic exchange, and Chinese studies, attracting at least 295 participants from 11 countries and regions, featuring over 20 international speakers, and presenting at least 130 papers.
For more information, please contact chl@eduhk.hk.
Dr Kelly Yin Nga Tse received the prestigious Harvard-Yenching Fellowship for the 2026-27 academic year (LCS)
Dr Kelly Yin Nga Tse, Assistant Professor of English Literature in LCS, has received the prestigious Harvard-Yenching Fellowship and will be a visiting scholar at Harvard University in the upcoming academic year 2026–27. Sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute, this highly competitive research award supports faculty at leading universities across South, East, and Southeast Asia. Dr Tse looks forward to:
- Working on her project entitled “Chinese Reckonings: The Literary Cold War in Southeast Asia;”
- Forging global connections with fellow scholars and interdisciplinary humanities specialists; and
- Advancing scholarly excellence in the fields of Asian studies and English literary studies.
For more information, please contact Dr Kelly Tse at yntse@eduhk.hk.
Teaching Discriminating Listening: Uncovering the Hidden Racial Curriculum in Early Music Education (CCA)
Using an intellectual history approach, Dr Matthew Thibeault's article, in press at the Journal of Research in Music Education, one of the field's leading journals, reveals how early twentieth-century American music textbooks used developmental psychology based on recapitulation theory to teach children that Black and Indigenous music was less advanced than European classical music, framing appreciation as inseparable from depreciation.
- Analyses eleven primary music appreciation texts published in the U.S. between 1906 and 1922;
- Shows how texts framed BIPOC music as "savage" or "barbaric," and European music as "civilised";
- Argues appreciation pedagogy was inseparable from a parallel project of musical depreciation;
- Traces racist developmental theory's lingering influence on today's music education practices;
- Proposes a "trade-offs" framework as an alternative to rigid developmental hierarchies; and
- Funded by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (GRF Project No. 18612619)
For more information, please contact Dr Matthew Thibeault at mdthibeault@eduhk.hk.
LML Hosted Editors' Workshop on Academic Publishing and Seminar on L2 Spoken Interaction (LML)
The Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies (LML) hosted an editors’ workshop on academic publishing and a seminar on L2 English language assessment on 16 June 2026. The dual-session event engaged 35 participants to examine publication standards in top language learning journals and the sociolinguistic functions of laughter in L2 speech.
- Prof Pascual Pérez-Paredes and Prof Glenn Stockwell outlined publication criteria for the CALL and ReCALL journals.
- The workshop addressed manuscript evaluation processes, including theoretical rigor, research design, peer review mechanics, and desk rejection factors.
- The workshop evaluated the ethical implications and acceptable boundaries of utilising generative AI in academic writing and peer review.
- Prof Tony McEnery, Chair Professor in the Department of English and Communication at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, analysed the role of laughter in L2 English language assessment using the Trinity Lancaster Corpus.
- The seminar examined cross-cultural variations, demonstrating how L1 backgrounds influence laughter deployment in L2 spoken conversational interactions.
For more information, please contact us at lml@eduhk.hk.
Dr Lee Ju Seong Visits Indonesia for GRF Project Planning (ELE)
Dr Ju Seong Lee visited Indonesia to prepare for his newly funded General Research Fund (GRF) project, “Enhancing speaking skills in less-resourced regions: AI-mediated Informal Digital Learning of English (AI-IDLE).” Awarded in 2025, the project aims to explore how AI-mediated informal learning opportunities can support English speaking development among learners in less-resourced regions.
- Conducted a professional development workshop in Solo (Central Java) in collaboration with TELFIN.
- Visited partner schools and met with principals, English teachers, and students to better understand local learning needs, school contexts, and conditions for implementing the AI-IDLE intervention.
- Provided training for local researchers on intervention procedures and data collection.
- Worked with teachers to review learner questionnaires and intervention materials, and to refine the design so that it would be feasible and responsive to local classroom and out-of-class learning contexts.
- Met researchers and community leaders in Malang (East Java) and Bandung (West Java) to discuss future collaboration and the possible extension of the project to other less-resourced regions in Indonesia.
For more information, please contact Dr Lee Ju Seong at jslee@eduhk.hk.
