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USJ Congregation for Bachelor Degrees 聖若瑟大學學士學位畢業典禮 Cerimónia de Entrega de Diplomas de Licenciatura da USJ

Date and Time | 日期及時間 | Data e Hora 14th July 2018, 10:30am | 二零一八年七月十四日 上午十時半 | 14 de Julho, às 10:30

Venue | 地點 | Local Ilha Verde Campus | 青洲校舍 | Campus da Ilha Verde

Address | 地址 | Endereço 青洲河邊馬路14-17號 | Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde, 14-17

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USJ Prof. Nuno Soares, was a speaker at the Joint AAM / HKIA CPD forum “Waterfront Conceptual Design and Flood Control Facilities Design Forum” jointly organized by The Architects Association of Macau (AAM) and The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA). The event was held on the 23rd June at the Macau Science Center and was co-organized by the Civil Engineering Laboratory of Macau, Macau Society of Civil and Structural Engineers and Macau Society for Ocean and Hydraulics.

Prof. Nuno Soares presentation titled “Towards a Living Waterfront – Conceptual Urban Designs for Macau” suggests an alternative urban development path for Macau, that in contrast to its previous and gradual shift away from the river, intends to create a new dynamic where the large infrastructural projects, the new land reclamation, climate change, flooding, and the regional Bay area plan all converge to place the waterfront as a key factor in the Pearl Delta’s urban development. “Towards a Living Waterfront” showcased a series of conceptual urban designs for Macau, envisioning a new relation between the city, its citizens and the water. These works were developed under the supervision of Prof. Nuno Soares in the Urban Design Studio of the Master in Urban Design at the School of Architecture from the Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2013.

This was the first CPD jointly organized by AAM and HKIA, it was attended by around 200 AAM and HKIA members, speakers and guests. With a panel of six speakers constituted by architects and engineers from both Macau and Hong Kong, all presentations reflected on the CPD’s topic of “Waterfront Conceptual Design and Flood Control Facilities Design”, illustrating case studies and design planning studies from different technical and academic points of view.

“Waterfront Conceptual Design and Flood Control Facilities Design” CPD Speakers were:

• U Weng Lon - Head of Division, Hydraulics and Sanitation Infrastructures Department of Dssopt with “Inner Harbour Tidal Barrier of Macau”;
• Ao Peng Kong - President of LECM, Chairman of Macau Society for Oceans and Hydraulics, with “Flood Mitigation and Sustainable Development for the Ponte Interior region”;
• Nuno Soares - Acting Head of the Department of Architecture of University of Saint Joseph, with “Towards a Living Waterfront – Conceptual urban designs for Macau;
• Simon Lai - Senior Engineer of Drainage Services Department of HK SAR, with “Flood Mitigation Strategy and Improvement Measures in Hong Kong”
• Wilfred Lau - Arup Fellow and Director, with “Imaginaries of Resistance”; and
• King Kwok Cheung - Chief Project Manager of Architectural Services Department of HK SAR with “Flooding Preventive Works in Hospitals – Bridging of Organizational Silos”.

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ABOUT THE TALK

Modern educational systems aim to educate all students regardless of their diversity.  This goal might be achieved by placing students according to homogeneity based on assumptions about their capabilities.  The philosophy of inclusion challenges these beliefs, sustaining that to learn and to be educated in heterogeneous groups add value to education and learning.  In this talk we will present and critically discuss the recent experience of Portugal, where 98.5% of students with disabilities are educated in regular classes. We will also discuss concepts of inclusion and ways of organizing the school and the learning experiences in order to turn schools into fair and inclusive settings.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

DAVID RODRIGUES is a Professor at the University of Lisbon in the field of Education. He lectured in Portuguese Universities (Porto, Azores and Coimbra) and abroad (KU Leuven - Belgium, Virginia State University - USA and UNICAMP - Brazil, among others).

He has worked on international projects for UNESCO, UNICEF and Handicap International. Besides being guest lecturer in Spain, United Kingdom, France, Brazil, United States, Russia, Colombia, Cape Verde, Mexico, Bulgaria and UAE – Dubai, he is currently a Visiting Professor at the St Joseph University in Macau. Professor Rodrigues is the President of the “ONG Pró–Inclusion” and editor of the journal “Educação Inclusiva”. Since June 2015, he is National Counselor of Education in Portugal. He has published 31 books (Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Germany) and dozens of articles in specialty journals. He is reviewer of eight international journals.

Professor Rodrigues received the "Union Latina" Research Prize in 2007 and the "Pro-Inclusion" Medal of Merit in 2013. In 2017, he was awarded the “Distinguished International Leadership Award” by the Council for Exceptional Children - DISES (USA), distinction that was hailed with unanimous Vote of Congratulation by the Portuguese Parliament.

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Call for Papers:

EXPLORING THE SILK ROAD ECONOMIC BELT AND THE 21ST-CENTURY MARITIME SILK ROAD: THE CHALLENGE OF CROSS-CULTURAL EXCHANGE AND COMMUNICATION

22 November (Thursday) & 23 November (Friday), 2018

Organising Institutions

• The Macau Ricci Institute
• University of Saint Joseph Macau

Context for the Call for Papers

China’s Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road (B&R), announced in 2013, has clearly become a major focus for the country’s efforts to sustain and further develop cooperative relationships with its neighbours near and far, and to work out mutually beneficial policies of economic development for Asia, Europe, and Africa.

Most of the public discussion so far has focused on infrastructure development, that is, construction projects particularly aimed at facilitating communications, travel, and international trade. Yet the “B&R” also intends to promote greater appreciation of China’s own cultural and religious diversity, respect for its neighbours’ cultural achievements, and a realization of cultural values that we share through our common humanity. The “B&R”, quite properly, appeals to the historic legacy of the Silk Road, which for millennia provided opportunities for the exchange, not only of goods and services, but also of ideas as well as spiritual and religious practices, and engagement with the peoples who cherished them. Indeed, save for Daoism, China’s indigenous wisdom tradition, all its other spiritual and religious communities—Buddhism, Christianity, Islam and Judaism—first found a home in China along the Silk Road.

Quite appropriately, the Macau Ricci Institute’s (MRI) hopes to make a significant contribution to the “B&R”. The work of Fr. Ricci and his companions itself is a significant part of the Silk Road legacy, and the friendship that Matteo Ricci enjoyed with China’s scholars and officials is extended even today through MRI’s mission. MRI therefore is dedicating its third annual November Conference, in 2018, to exploring the cultural aspects of the Silk Road legacy.

Each of the three dimensions of the MRI mission provides an opportunity for such exploration:

• The comparative appreciation of spirituality will enable Conference participants to present and analyse the history of the Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities in China, and the way these have formed bridges of understanding internationally.

• An understanding of how social innovation occurred as a result of the Silk Road can shed a welcome light on the challenges and opportunities that today’s innovators may face, encouraged by the remembrance of China’s deep history of engagement with its neighbours.

• The exercise of moral leadership within the “B&R” offers many challenges both theoretical and practical. The development of effective teaching and learning programs in international business ethics, a special concern of the MRI and its partners, is indispensable if the goals of the “B&R”, even at the level of economic development, are to be realized.

We would encourage submissions for the Conference that promote further discussion and insight of topics related to each of these. For example:

• Studies interpreting the Silk Road’s great religious and cultural artefacts, such as, the Buddhist caves at Dunhuang, the history of Nestorian Christianity, as well as the 16th century Jesuit impact in Beijing, dramatized in the architecture of the Old Summer Palace, “Yuanmingyuan”, as well as the Great Mosque of Xi’an, and Chinese Judaism in Kaifeng. We hope to learn more about how the Silk Road contributed to the development of China’s indigenous spiritual and moral traditions, and vice-versa.

• Analyses of how social innovation occurs through commercial—and thus inevitably cultural—interactions. The history of the Silk Road’s traders and emissaries will help us to understand not only the spread of technological advances, from East to West and vice-versa, but also changes in diet, agricultural practices, finance and local governance, and related areas of interest. The study of social innovation, of course, must be forward looking as well as informed by a realistic understanding of past failures and successes. Therefore, the Conference might also feature discussions of contemporary challenges highlighted by the B&R, for example, the development of intellectual property rights and protocols, the expansion of digital technologies through the internet, the dissemination of promising strategies for mitigating climate change, as well as models of universal health care for rich and poor alike.

• With the prospects for increased economic integration advanced by the “B&R”, the Conference participants might explore the opportunities for mutual learning implicit in pursuing our aspirations for moral leadership. The question of universality or convergence in moral values and ethics, the recognition of a common commitment to the rule of law, the perennial challenge of learning and teaching moral virtues cross-culturally—each of these will surely help to support the exercise of moral leadership in a world transformed by the “B&R”.

This is a preliminary list of topics that might be explored in MRI’s 2018 annual November Conference. The list is by no means exclusive but is meant to suggest a range of concerns that participants might hope to share within the general theme of our Conference.

 

Brief for Submissions

With this call for papers we invite submissions that broadly focus on the “B&R”, what it is, and how the opportunities for cross-cultural exchange and communication might be understood and responded to by scholars, entrepreneurs, business leaders, as well as students, faculty, netizens and others learning through social media.  What can we learn from the historic experience of those who travelled the ancient Silk Roads that might help us to achieve spiritual wisdom as well as practical pathways of success?  How might the “B&R” be used to advance the common good and enhance our capacities for moral leadership and social responsibility?

We encourage papers that reflect on the contributions made by the spiritual and wisdom traditions that flourished along the Silk Road—Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam—and the ways in which these interacted with Chinese traditions of Confucianism and Daoism. What is the impact of these traditions on our understanding of the common good achievable through cultural exchange and communication, and the many paths open to those who pursue it?  Are there practical proposals, informed by the “B&R”, that we should be promoting for the sake of building a harmonious society?

We are looking for papers that bring together theory and practice, research studies and case-based papers that address the opportunities opened by the “B&R”.  We welcome both careful empirical studies and thoughtful and well-developed conceptual works that explore this topic. Empirical studies should be supported by rigorous qualitative or quantitative data analysis. Conceptual work should be clearly grounded in the existing literature. Practitioner papers are welcomed to contribute to our understanding of effective teaching and learning, through research, reports and case studies that address any of the questions suggested here, or others that they believe should be addressed.

Submitted papers should have the potential to make a significant contribution both to educational and academic literature and / or organizational development in order to qualify for inclusion in the Conference.

Accepted papers for the Conference will be considered for publication in the MRI Journal.

Submission Dates

Please submit papers or an abstract of 500-700 words for consideration to Anna Cheang, E-mail: annacheang@riccimac.org, by 30 July 2018.   Authors of accepted papers will be notified by 30 September 2018, and at that time will be given a “Style Sheet” with instructions on the length of the paper, formatting, the use of APA guidelines, and other technical details. The deadline for final papers is 15 November 2018.

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The exhibition opening will take place at the Kent Wong Art Gallery at the USJ Ilha Verde Campus, Estrada Marginal da Ilha Verde 14-17, Macau, at 6.30 pm, Friday 1st of June. The FCI GRADUATION SHOW will be exhibited until June the 30th, 2018. The collective exhibition groups the three departments of the Faculty of Creative Industries (the Department of Architecture, the Department of Design and the Department of Communication and Media), with three different exhibitions subthemes: “Macau Elements: Bamboo, Iron and Light”, a photo/video exhibition by the Communication and Media students of the University of Saint Joseph;“In(com)possible Design”, a Product/Furniture/Graphic design exhibition by the Design students of the University of Saint Joseph; and “At the Mong Ha Foothill”, an architecture exhibition by the Architecture students of the University of Saint Joseph. The students' finalist works will be exhibited through the University Campus in three specific places: at the Kent Wong art gallery; at the main entrance of the University will be installed the “X-PEAX Bamboo Pavilion”; and at the Design Studio on the sixth floor. “Macau Elements: Bamboo, Iron, and Light”: a photo/video exhibition by the Communication and Media students of the University of Saint Joseph, Macau. Talented students of the Communication and Media Department at the University of Saint Joseph have selected a collection of their finest photo and video samples of Macau from their recent project classes to showcase the city. Based on their Autumn 2017 explorations of Macau, this exhibition and coming roadshow blends youth with vitality and the perspective of an evolving globalized city—with a contrast between its past, present, and future. Bamboo symbolizes ancient wisdom of China—even though bamboo is used to construct the new Macau on many new buildings. Iron symbolizes the constant construction of the city—as well as elements of its past. Lights illuminate cultural spaces of old village lamps to flashy resorts—and the contrast of the shadows in between. Music comes to life in the selection of student video shorts. Professor José Manuel Simões, Department Head of Communication and Media at the University of Saint Joseph said: “This exhibition displays the grasp that illuminates our students' potential side-by-side with their capacity for deep learning, within the context of our society.” Professor Simões added, “I believe that this exhibition demonstrates the technical and practical topics covered by the Bachelor Communication and Media program, ranging from audio-visual production to digital publishing techniques, reflecting upon the entire range of modern platforms. The main focus of our program is on how people use messages to generate meanings placing our students at the forefront of the contemporary information society.” “In(com)possible Design”: A Product/Furniture/Graphic design exhibition by the graduate Design students of the University of Saint Joseph. Students were asked to develop their Graduation Projects under the theme of “In(com)possible Design”. The theme encompasses design projects that relate to the idea of developing compatible and consistent design products, where the two main concepts such as “impossible” and “compossible” are brought together. To be “incompossible” means to be unable to exist if something else exists, to be incompatible, inconsistent or not capable of joint existence. The “composability” is a philosophical concept defined by the German Philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646 – 1716). It has a logical sphere more restricted than that of logical possibility. Out of Leibniz's theory, the notion of “compossibility” can be simply defined in the following way: two possible are compossibles if they are possible at the same time. Impossible design is possible, should it be in(com)possible? The Design Graduation Project is a full-year project that brings to completion the students journey on the Design Bachelor. Professor Carlos Sena Caires, head of the Design Department said: “ These works should be used as a catalyst for the students’ endeavors after their graduation. Students should look for their design assets and where they see themselves working in the future, and use this knowledge to help in the development of their design concept and production of their design project.” “At the Mong Ha Foothill”: An exhibition showcasing the graduation projects by architecture students from the University of Saint Joseph. This year, the projects focus on Macau’s Mong Ha area, and are intended to revitalize the cultural and industrial heritage of this area while enhancing the relationship between citizens and the Mong Ha hill. Students recorded and diagrammed tangible and intangible elements, using techniques of relational indexing to convert both static and dynamic conditions into a set of maps. Each student then selected a site, defined a program, and set a research theme for an architectural design project that is consistent with their theoretical and practical interests. While responding to the current environment of Macau, these projects address a broad range of themes relevant to local conditions: educational buildings, disabled care, public service, knowledge repositories, sports facilities, tourist attractions, environmental sustainability, and so forth. These are comprehensive integrated design projects that demonstrate a sound understanding and mastery of aesthetic, functional, material, structural, cultural, and urban issues. At the same time, each design is a manifestation of the individual student’s conception of architecture. Collectively, these speculative propositions for the future of the city are an exciting demonstration of the talent and commitment of the next generation of Macau architects. “X-PEAX Bamboo Pavilion”: Designed and built by the University of Saint Joseph thirdyear undergraduate students, the X-PEAX pavilion is a temporary structure located at the entrance of the USJ Campus. Taking a nodal fixed-angle joint inspired by traditional Chinese joinery as starting point, the pavilion works with standardized modules and a rotational transformation to create an inspirational walk-through form. By applying advanced digital design techniques to vernacular construction materials, the pavilion is intended as a link between Macau’s historical building culture and contemporary cityscape. Celebrating the completion of the first academic year at the new Green Campus, it complements the end of year exhibition by USJ Architecture graduate students." 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These activities aim to promote the diversity of cultures of the African continent, whilst debate the diplomacy and political relations between Africa and China. Through the Office for International Relations and Regional Cooperation, USJ has hosted the opening ceremony of the celebrations on Friday 25^th May at 6:30pm, with an Art Exhibition – “África! My Land, Our Home” at the Kent Wong Exhibition Gallery and a Debate on “Which Africa we want?” at the Don Bosco Auditorium, followed by the cocktail and African performance music and dance by the African Students resident in Macau. 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This project will be integrated in Iskandar Puteri 100YC Biennale Session Program as a conceptual proposal to a global design challenge put forward to the leading international architecture schools (*).   “Urban Catalyst – Shaping the Future of Medini City” offers original architectural and urban forms for the new City of Medini, designed from the public perspective, that take the potential of its program and the connection to the existing and future context as a starting point to create a vibrant urban entity. The selected works from the 3^rd year urban design studio, developed during 2017/2018, include USJ’s students: Vanda Chan, Travis Lai Fong, Ian Leong Chon Kit, Manley Anyeli Ng Sanchez, Frederick Tupaz Cabio, Billy Chan Chon Wai, Isaac Ho Ngai Pang, Ida lei Wan Ieng, Silvia Chan Cheng I, Phillia Chiang Hao Hsin, and Natalie Fu Ho I.   Iskandar Puteri 100YC (100 Year Cities) is a global research collaboration led by RMIT (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) and Nextdor Property Communications Sdn Bhd, in a challenge to envision new architectural and urban design concepts for the staged development of Medini, Iskandar Puteri’s future Commercial Business District, across a 100-year period. Iskandar Puteri 100YC primarily aims to promote multidisciplinary thinking and collaboration as the main qualifications for future innovation, by bringing together visionaries and progressive international architecture schools and the world’s most innovative architects, urban planners, economists, etc., in search of optimistic and ideal futures for cities.   Iskandar Puteri 100YC Biennale Sessions will occur between May 26^th and May 28^th at the Sale D’Armi of the Arsenale, with a special lecture on the first day by Ar. Patrick Schumacher, the Principal of Zaha Hadid Architects.   The 16^th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, will take place from May 26^th to November 25^th 2018 in Venice at the Giardini and Arsenale venues, with this year’s theme being FREESPACE, a word which focus on the “generosity and quality of space itself.”   (*) Organized by RMIT (the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) with participation of the following schools: University of Saint Joseph, Macau; Raffles University, Iskandar; University of Reading, Malaysia; University of Melbourne; University of Western Australia; Ohio State University; Pratt Institute; SCI-Arc; Syracuse University; University of Cincinnati; University of Pennsylvania; University of Kentucky; University of Southern California; University of Texas; Washington University in St. Louis; Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México-Tijuana; RMIT Europe; Sint-Lucas School; Technical University Berlin; Università Iuav di Venezia; University of Innsbruck; and Bartlett UCL.   Links: http://malaysiabiennial.org/ https://it-it.facebook.com/100YC/ http://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2018" ["post_title"]=> string(69) "USJ's Department of Architecture at Venice Architecture Biennale 2018" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(61) "usj-department-architecture-venice-architecture-biennale-2018" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 10:48:17" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 02:48:17" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14953" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(WP_Post)#3776 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14871) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-21 17:14:53" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-21 09:14:53" ["post_content"]=> string(2809) "

For celebrating World Social Work Day 2018, University of Saint Joseph (USJ), sponsored by the Social Welfare Bureau and in collaboration with the Macau Caritas, organised a forum on Healthy Macau, Happy Home: Holistic and Person-Centered Approach in Social Work, on 19 May (Saturday) at the Don Bosco Auditorium of USJ. Approximately 120 participants attended the activity. The participants in this forum are social work educators and students from academic institutions, social workers and social development practitioners who are working in the government and non-government agencies in Macau.

It was honoured to have scholars and professionals from different fields, including social work, psychology, public health, law, and education, sharing their valuable opinions in the forum; including Mr. Paul Pun Chi Meng, Secretary General of CARITAS Macau, Sr. Juliana Devoy, RGS, MSW, Director of Good Shepherd Center Macau, Ms. Jennifer Chau, Director of Fuhong Society of Macau, Prof. Fr. Alejandro Salcedo, O.P., Ph.D., Principal of Saint Paul School Macau, Ms. Ada Lo, CEO of XD Channel Consultant Ltd., Macau, Dr. Tong Ka Io, M.D., MCD, Chief Public Health Physician of Hac Sa Wan Health Center, Atty. Wong Hang Si, Cecilia, Partner and Lawyer of OCT Law Firm, and Prof. Angus Kuok, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and programme coordinator of USJ. Their sharing has helped on laying a foundation that collaborations between social work and other professionals are needed, on providing holistic and person-centered services and support to the service users in Macau. The forum was moderated by Prof. Jenny Lao- Phillips, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Registrar of USJ.

The opening ceremony was officiated by honourable guests including Mr. Hon Wai, Deputy Director of Social Welfare Bureau, and Father Peter Stilwell, Rector of USJ. A synthesis and call for action were given by Prof. Dominque Tyl, Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, USJ, as the closing ceremony.

The objectives of this forum are: (1) to promote collaboration between different professions; 2) to describe the possibilities of collaboration for the benefit of stakeholders and the community by having the holistic and person-centered approach as directions.

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To culminate the Life Science module, a field visit to the Wetland Park in Hong Kong was organised for the Pre-University Students of USJ last Thursday, 17th May 2018.

The visit reinforced the students’ knowledge and understanding of the function and values of wetland ecosystems. They had the opportunity to observe, in the field, diverse wetland habitat types including streams, freshwater marshes, reedbed, mangroves, mudflats and wet agricultural land, all of which provide very importance ecosystems services. It was a long and hot day around the 61-hectare park but definitely an eye-opener and a meaningful learning experience about the value of our natural environment.

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Then in 2005 we are asked by IIUM to propose the new campus planning. After various studies and presentations, we finally submitted drawings in the summer of 2006. This lecture shows part of our research and the process of design development and our hope for green campus.   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Koji Yagi, Architect. Born 1944 in Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan. Dr. of Engineering, Professor of Tokyo Institute of Technology till 2010. Since 2011, an Emeritus professor at the Kyoto Womenʼs University. Prof. Yagi conducted a wide range of research activities on the relation of “climate, culture and houses” resulted in various publications including “Japanese Touch for your Home”. Architectural design works extend various areas such as houses, medical facilities, sport facilities, offices and commercial complexes, including TOYOTA’s labor union building in Toyota, NONK apartments in Amsterdam and University of Saint Joseph in Macao." 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" ["post_title"]=> string(59) "USJ's Visiting Prof. Dr. Arlinda Frota Helds Art Exhibition" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(31) "usj-teacher-held-art-exhibition" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 10:50:34" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2019-03-05 02:50:34" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14724" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [17]=> object(WP_Post)#3771 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14780) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-10 11:54:40" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-10 03:54:40" ["post_content"]=> string(917) "Sands China launched the International Strategic Leadership Programme for Integrated Resorts for its local management team members. This first-of-its-kind international education programme was designed in conjunction with the University of St. Joseph in Macao, the Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics in Lisbon, Portugal; and Cornell School of Hotel Administration in Ithaca, New York, USA. Over the course of five months the first group of 25 participants went to study on three continents, taking advantage of the unique areas of industry expertise of the three prestigious universities. 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For more information, click here " ["post_title"]=> string(29) "3rd USJ Basic Law Competition" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(29) "3rd-usj-basic-law-competition" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 17:17:31" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 09:17:31" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=14646" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [19]=> object(WP_Post)#3769 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14647) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 16:43:19" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-07 08:43:19" ["post_content"]=> string(2596) "   ABOUT THE TALK For several centuries now European and American sinologists and novelists have imagined their own China and have narrated and imposed China according to this imaginary. By imaginary, I intend that clutch of phrases, images and beliefs which make up the commonly held understanding we have of a group or community (be it an ethnicity or a nation, our own or someone else’s) which dictates the way we perceive it or them. Thus far, this Western imaginary of China has been globally dominant. However, in the 21st century, ‘China’, whose shape and form and categories we in the West  invented and maintained, is starting to escape us. The ‘China’ we have created, that we have imagined, that have dreamt up and of which we have dreamt, the China that frightened us as well as fascinated us, has slipped out grasp. We no longer have sole control over it; just as the West’s dominance over the world’s economy has waned, so has its ability to impose the planet’s global story. But before attempting to take stick of today’s China, we need to apprehend where that China has come from.   ABOUT THE SPEAKER Gregory B. Lee 利大英 is an academic, author, and broadcaster. He is Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and Director of the French research institute, IEFF or Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies, www.iett.world. Lee previously taught at the universities of London (SOAS), Cambridge, Chicago, Hong Kong, and Chinese and Transcultural Studies at City University of Hong Kong where he established, and was the founding director of the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies (2010-2012). He also served as Dean of City University’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences from 2007 to 2010. Lee was First Vice-President of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. His publications include Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist (1989), and China’s Lost Decade (2009, 2012). His forthcoming book is entitled China Imagined: From Western Fantasy to Spectacular Power (2018)." ["post_title"]=> string(74) "Public Lecture: China Imagined: From Western Fantasy to Spectacular Power" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(63) "public-lecture-china-imagined-western-fantasy-spectacular-power" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2020-07-01 12:47:44" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2020-07-01 04:47:44" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(53) "https://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=14647" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [20]=> object(WP_Post)#5968 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(14624) ["post_author"]=> string(2) "10" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 16:04:45" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2018-05-04 08:04:45" ["post_content"]=> string(1924) "Students from the Minzu University of China in Beijing and Tajen Univeristy of Taiwan visited University of Saint Joseph as part of the 2018 Ethnic Minority Culture Week, which is scheduled this year from May 2^ndto May 9^th2018.  The delegation of students represented 10 different ethnic minorities from Mainland China and 5 ethnic minorities from Taiwan.  The welcoming committee included USJ Rector Professor Peter Stilwell, Vice Rector Professor Vincent Yang and Registrar Professor Jenny Lao-Phillips, whom explained the long tradition of USJ in Macau and historical ties with Mainland China and Taiwan.  In addition, Professor Alan Baxter, Dean of Faculty of Humanities extended his invitation for students to join us for their studies at USJ in the future. Later, the students and staff of USJ performed a Chinese Dance and Portuguese Folk Dance respectively with the support of “SHANG AO” Education Centre and “Coração no Macau” to demonstrate that Macau is a special place where all cultures both local and international alike can coexist in harmony and thrive.  The students also toured the various facilites of the university which included the Faculty of Creative Industries and participated in a class in the Faculty of Social Sciences. The activities will continue throughout this week with dance performances in the Leal Senado Square and also the opening of the Ethnic Minority FashionPhoto Exhibition at the Bank of China Building on Saturday May 5th 2018 at 11:30am. For more information on ethnic minority culture you can visit the links below. 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