Topic:  Strategies of Translating Chinese Materia Medicaliterature into English
Speaker:  Professor Cheung Pui Yiu - Hong Kong Baptist University
Time:  12-13 October, 2004

Topic:  Why the Human Science Need the Linguist
Speaker:  Professor Jonathan Webster - City University of Hong Kong
Time:  27-29 September, 2004

Topic:  Conceptual and Methodological Principles for Translating Terminologies of Translation Theories
Speaker:  Professor Tan Zaixi - Hong Kong Baptist University
Time:  24-25 September, 2004 

Topic:  The Political, Economic, Cultural Inclination of Germany in 2004
Speaker:  Professor Wolfgang Kubin - University of Bonn, Germany
Time:  16 September, 2004 

Topic:  Language and Culture
Speaker:  Professor K. K. Tam - The Chinese University of Hongkong
Time:  7-9 July, 2004

Topic:  1) Saussure’s Semiological View of Language;
             2) Systemic Functional  Linguistics: Theories and Practice
Speaker:  Professor Paul Thibault - Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Time:  1-6 April, 2004 

Topic:  1) Grammatical Metaphor
             2) Functional discourse analysis
Speaker:  Emeritus Professor M.A K. Halliday - The University of Sydney, Australia
Time:  1-5 March, 2004 

Topic:  Issues in Functional Linguistics
Speaker:  Emeritus Professor Ruqaiya Hasan - Macquarie University, Australia
Time:  1-5 March, 2004