Prof. Tan See Kam was recently elected to be Chairman of the Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS). His election took place at the 10th ACSS international conference held at Hong Kong University, in March 2012. He is also the new Editor of the Asian Cinema journal, published by Intellect Press, an internationally renowned journal based in the United Kingdom.

The Asian Cinema Studies Society (ACSS), started in 1984, held its most recent conference in Hong Kong. A total of six professors and students from the Department of Communication presented their work to an international audience. A short video Sanity, made by 3rd year English Communication students, was also selected for screening and discussion at this conference. More details on the conference can be found at the conference website. Pictured from left; PhD. Student Richard Xu Xiaying, Prof. Tan See Kam, Senior Instructor Lei Chin Pang, and PhD Candidate Jiang Wei.

    Current and former students from the Department of Communication are taking an active part in this year's Macao International Film and Video Festival. The four films that will be shown are “The Dreamers,” “The Making of,” “The Man Who Can't Be Moved,” and “Another Home.”

    Tim Simpson was recently an invited plenary speaker at the Pearl River Delta Graduate Student Conference, University of Macau, February 23-25, 2012. The conference theme was Culture and Identity in Times of Change. The title of his lecture was "Tourist Utopias: Las Vegas, Dubai, Macau.".

    The Department Newsletter for fall 2011 has been released and is newly available for download here.

    The new year starts with a new look for the Dept. of Communication. The department website has been redesigned to better reflect the research of it's students and faculty. Please enjoy and send any comments or feedback to the site admin. [...]

    Prof. Ola Soderstrom, Professor of Social and Cultural Geography at the Institute of Geography, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, presented his recent research on public space policy in Hanoi, Vietnam. [...]

    Course Offerings for the 2nd semester of 2011/2012 and other information about course enrolment

    Information on Course Enrolment and Course Add/Drop

    Prof. Wu Mei and student Wang Qinglin received academic prizes from the China New Media Communication Association. Prof. Wu also gave a keynote “Marshall Mcluhan in China: Analysis of China’s Communication Sector from Marshall Mcluhan’s Perspective” [...]