[Job Vacancy] Assistant Professor

Location: Hong Kong – Hong Kong Salary: Competitive Hours: Full Time Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract Placed On: 18th November 2024 Expires: 18th January 2025 Job Ref: req2474 The Department of Translation sets out to provide an education in bilingual and cross-cultural studies which nourishes graduates with competence in Chinese and English as well as a capacity to think critically and independently […]

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[Lecture] Prof. Anna Wierzbicka on ‘Addressing God in European Languages: Different meanings, different attitudes’

Addressing God in European Languages: Different Meanings, Different Cultural Attitudes Prof. Anna Wierzbicka 19/09/2017 ANU Centre for European Studies, The Australian National University Abstract: Speakers of different European languages tend to address God in different ways – and consequently, they relate to God in different ways. For example, addressing God in German as “Herr” is different from addressing God in […]

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