Post-truth Politics? Populism, Authenticity and the Discourse of Donald Trump 19/01/2017 (Thursday) 13:00-14:00 This paper focuses on aspects of the discourse of Donald Trump during his successful campaign to become the 45th President of the United States of America. It argues that, although we can undoubtedly identify aspects of authoritarian populism in
"Bloodwork: Reconfiguring Relatedness in the era of "China's Rise" " at 15:00-16:00, in E21 4028 Abstract: As the PRC attains new levels of prosperity and international influence, it is becoming an increasingly attractive destination for migrants from around the world. This process has sparked new debates, new desires and new fears about globalization,
The 3-day conference has attracted some 120 scholars, researchers, professors and graduate students working in film, media and popular culture studies from the interdisciplinary field of the arts, humanities and social sciences. In addition to a wide array of paper presentations, it also features three keynote lectures by distinguished scholars of international reputation,
"A Dynamic Approach in Monitoring and Analyzing Online Opinions" at 14:30-16:00, in J218 Abstract: Since the social media became more and more popular, online opinions generated from them have received great attention from academics, policy makers and commercial playmakers. Traditional means and tools are no longer sufficient to collect and monitor such huge
Prof. Wu Mei from the Department of Communication, University of Macau (UM), has published a new book entitled “Internet Mercenaries and Viral Marketing: The Case of Chinese Social Media” through IGI Global, a leading publisher of new media studies. Co-authored with two other scholars from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Tsinghua
With fluent English, swift responsiveness and composed diplomatic etiquette, Dang Hao, a postgraduate student from the Department of Communication, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Macau (UM), won the first prize at a competition on the first Model Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Taiwan.For more information, please visit the page here.
Recipients of the Outstanding Achievement Awards for Macao Research in Humanities and Social Sciences, co-organised by the Macao Foundation, Guangdong Social Sciences Association, and the Social Sciences in China Press, have been announced. Of the 395 submissions from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan (96 monographs, 299 papers), 28 awards were awarded
In May, Tim Simpson delivered an invited lecture at a meeting of the Hispanic Baroque Project, held at the Universidade Federal Sao Paulo, in Brazil. The Hispanic Baroque Project is funded by a Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Grant financed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The title of his