06/03/2025 (Thursday) 11:00-12:00 E21B-G002 Academic Imagination and Exploration of Intelligent Communication (Talk in Mandarin) Abstract： Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly becoming a significant driving force, profoundly impacting both journalistic practices and academic research. This seminar will explore the new academic landscape that AI technologies have brought to the field of communication studies,
27/02/2025 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Un-coding AI in Everyday Life: Practices and Reasoning in AI Encounters Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) has become an integral part of everyday life, shaping how lay users engage with technology in routine activities. This presentation explores how non-experts encounter, interpret, and navigate AI systems in everyday contexts, from
Prof. Tim Simpson, Associate Professor in the Department of Communication, FSS, has recently published an article titled “Macau as method: Recombinant urbanism in post-socialist China.” It appears in Asia Pacific Viewpoint, an SSCI Q1 journal in area studies. This open-access publication can be accessed by using this link: http://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12442
Prof. Benjamin Kidder Hodges is part of a new painting exhibition “PEOPLE MATTER” at Artelli Macau which features three of his oil-on-canvas paintings, “Beach Excursion”, “Tropical Interior”, and “We Saw it from the Shore.” The exhibition invites 5 established local and international painters, Crystal W.M. Chan (b. 1986‧Macao), Carlos Marreiros (b.1957‧Macao), Konstantin Bessmertny (b. 1964‧Macao), Benjamin Kidder Hodges (b.
14/02/2025 (Friday) 13:00-14:00 E21B-G002 Shallowness of Liberalism in Postwar, Postcolonial Asia Abstract: A commonplace critique of Anglo-American university trained political scientists regarding political development of postwar, postcolonial nations in Asia is their lack of progress towards liberalism democracy. So much so that the recent book, From Development to Democracy: The Transformation of