Topic:  Towards an Integrated Architecture of Language and its Use for Systemic Functional Linguistics
Speaker:  Emeritus Professor Robin P. Fawcett - Cardiff University, U.K.
Time:  17 May, 2010 

Topic:  On Writing Culture
Speaker:  Professor WANG Jianxin - Department of Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University
Time:   9 April, 2010

Topic:   Models for Construing Our Experience of Time in Different Languages: A Systemic Functional
              Perspective
Speaker:  Professor Christian Matthiessen - The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Time:  9 April, 2010 

Topic:  Beyond Rubrics: Evaluating Students' Academic Writing Through Functional Language Analysis
Speaker:  Professor Fang Zhihui - University of Florida, USA
Time:  2 April, 2010 

Topic:  The Significance of Baktin’s Theory of Literature on Humanities Research
Speaker:  Professor Zhou Qichao - Institute of Foreign Literature,Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Time:  11 January, 2010