2025 Asian Studies Winter Teaching Assistantships
Applications close on April 30, 2025
Creating Community – Persian Language and Iranian Studies at UBC
How three Persian students initiated a new program and created a vibrant community When Arian Zand was 19, his family emigrated from Iran to Canada. He had just finished high school. He left behind not just a community, but an entire worldview, much of it formed by the literature he’d grown up with. “I was […]
Call for Submissions: 26th Annual North American Taiwan Studies Association Conference
The 26th NATSA annual conference – Keywording Taiwan – aims to identify core issues, historical turning points, critical populations, and fundamental theoretical arguments on Taiwan amongst transregional and interdisciplinary scholarship. This year, the conference will take p[lace on May 22-24, 2020 at University of California-Irvine.
Call for Submissions: 29th Annual Columbia Graduate Student Conference on East Asia
Graduate students are cordially invited to submit abstracts for the 29th Annual Columbia Graduate Student Conference on East Asia, to be held at Columbia University on February 21st and 22nd, 2020. Applications from students engaged in research on all fields in East Asian Studies are welcome.
Call for Submissions: Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference 2020
The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) is a conference for UBC undergraduate students to showcase their research to the UBC community through oral or poster presentations. This academic year, MURC will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2020. Applications to present at MURC will be accepted from November 26, 2019 to January 20, 2020.
Tadoku Reading Club / Tagaki Writing Club: Registration for Winter 2019/20
The Japanese Language Program’s Tadoku Reading Club and Tagaki Writing Club is the perfect opportunity for you to practice and improve your Japanese reading and writing skills, while getting feedback from your peers and TAs!
Call for Submissions: Young Scholars Visiting Scheme 2020
The Young Scholars Visiting Scheme supports young scholars visiting The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on research in Chinese Studies. The deadline for applications is September 30th, 2019.
2019 Powell Street Festival Calling for Volunteers!
Come volunteer at the 43rd annual Powell Street Festival happening August 3rd and 4th! The Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian festival in the country and the longest running community arts celebration in Vancouver! Volunteers recieves free food, vouchers and other prizes as compensation for their efforts. Applications are open online but drop-in volunteers are also welcome.