Research

The Chinese Language Program in the Department of Asian Studies, UBC, is pleased to announce that UBC Undergraduate Conference of Chinese Studies (UCCS 3MT 2025, Semifinals) is to be held on Canvas from February 1-28, 2025. You are most

Nearly 100 international and Canadian participants convened in a total of 20 panels (three concurrent panels plus two keynotes) over two days (June 7-8, 2024) for the first conference of the North American Chapter on the History of Emotion

Congratulations to Helena Wu, Assistant Professor of Hong Kong Studies, who received a Merit Award in the category of Social Sciences in the 2021 International Journal of Taiwan Studies Research Article Competition, for the article titled “Serving the ‘China Dream’? Taiwan as a National Object in Cross-Strait Communication” (co-authored with Dr. Simona A. Grano).

Congratulations to Dr. Colleen Laird, Assistant Professor of Japanese Film, for receiving a SSHRC Connection Grant for "Reframing the Argument: Videographic Criticism as Graduate Research Practice" Collaboration! SSHRC Connection

On March 15, three UBC students participated in the 2025 Korean Speech Contest held at University of Toronto with competitors from across Canada. Anushka Lahiry competed in the Intermediate Category, while Aliyah Simpson and Yueyan Shi

Since September 2014, the Department of Asian Studies has been awarding annual prizes to two Lecturers to recognize and celebrate excellence in teaching in the Lecturer rank. It is with great pleasure that we announce Janet Um and Nick Hall as our