Topic: Cross-language Communication: Conversation by Writing
Speaker: Professor Wang Yong - Fudan University
Time: November 28, 2014

Translation Studies Salon: Feminism and Translation
Speaker: Professor Tejaswini Niranjana - Lingnan University, Hong Kong
Time: November 25, 2014 

Topic: Fact into Fiction: How A Most Immoral Woman was Born
Speaker: Linda Jaivin - Australian author and translator
Time: November 23, 2014

Topic: A Study of Liang Zongdai
Speaker: Ms. Lu Lan, Class of 1958 Alumni from French Department, School of Foreign Languages
                 Mr. Liu Zhixia, Class of 1958 Alumni from French Department, School of Foreign Languages 
Time: November 21, 2014

Topic: Sleeping Beauties Awake: Language Revival and Cultural Diversity 
Speaker: Professor Ghil‘ad Zuckermann - University of Adelaide, Australia
Time: November 26, 2014

Topic: About ...
Speaker: Professor Dai Fan - Sun Yat-sen University
Time: November 16, 2014

Reading Report: The Aesthetic Analysis of the Motif of Darkness in Evelyn Lau’s Poetry
Lecturer: Associate Professor Liu Yuyu - Sun Yat-sen University
Poetry Appreciation: Zhou Fang
Time: November 7, 2014 

Translation Studies Salon: Translating Chinese Culture to the World
Speaker: Professor Guo Yingjian - Minzu University of China
Time: November 4, 2014

Book Club: Orlando by Virginia Wolfe
Discussion Leader: Dr. Ke Qianting - Department of Chinese, Sun Yat-sen University
Time: November 2, 2014 

German Studies Salon: German Classic Literature and Romantic Literature
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Göttert - University of Cologne, Germany
Time: October 31, 2014

German Studies Salon: The Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Göttert - University of Cologne, Germany
Time: October 30, 2014

German Studies Salon: Stylistic Theories, Baroque Potery
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Göttert - University of Cologne, Germany
Time: October 29, 2014

French Language and Culture Salon: Diversity and Complementarity of Literary Studies: On Les Femmes savantes (The Learned Ladies) of Moliere
Speaker: Professor Pierre Servet - Jean Moulin University - Lyon 3, France
Time: October 21, 2014  

French Language and Culture Salon: Research Methods of Text Analysis in France: From La Rochefoucauld to Camus
Speaker: Professor Pierre Servet - Jean Moulin University - Lyon 3, France
Time: October 20, 2014 

French Language and Culture Salon: A New Figure of French Modern Culture: Montaigne !
Speaker: Professor Pierre Servet - Jean Moulin University - Lyon 3, France
Time: October 20, 2014

Topic: Theory and Practice of Discourse Analysis
Speaker: Professor Huang Guowen - Sun Yat-sen University
Time: October 17, 2014

Reading Report: “Creature of Another World”: Rereading of Mansfield’s Bliss
Lecturer: Associate Professor Liu Yuyu - Sun Yat-sen University
Time: October 17, 2014

German Studies Salon: Poetry Slam
Slammer: Thomas Spitzer & Johannes Berger
Time: October 8, 2014 

Book Club: Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Discussion Leader: Dr. CHIU Kang-yen - School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-sen University
Time: September 28, 2014

Topic:  ‘The Drover’s Wife’ – semiotic spanning between a story and a painting – an exercise in multisystemiotics
Speaker: Professor/Dr. Eija Maritta Ventola - Aalto University, Finland
Time: September 26, 2014