Event Category Archives: Featured Chinese

[Webinar] The Hong Kong Diaspora in the Age of Protests

Hong Kong Studies Webinar Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 17:00 (Pacific Daylight Time) The Hong Kong Diaspora in the Age of Protests Dr. Simon Shen 沈旭暉博士 via Zoom A City in Protest event Registration required The recent decision by the government to arrest fifteen prominent pro-democracy leaders is a clear reminder that, despite Covid-19, political turmoil […]

Webinar: Is Asian Studies For Me? Thursday June 18, 4 – 5pm PST

Date: Thursday, June 18th Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Online via Collaborate Ultra Please note the event has now taken place – thank you to all who participated! You can watch the recording here:   Details: Planning to take Asian Studies courses? Interested in Asian Studies but not sure if you should major in it? […]

Career Insights: Uncovering Journalism in Asia

Thank you to everyone who attended! You can now access the full recording of this webinar on YouTube here. Date: Thursday, August 27 Time: 5:00pm – 6:00pm Location: Online via Zoom RSVP: Via the below form Details: A career in journalism is not for the faint-hearted…but then, it never has been! Amidst the COV-ID pandemic […]

Eileen Chang 張愛玲 at 100: Online premiere of film “Love Everlasting” 不了情 (1947)

Date: Wednesday, September 30th Time: 10am Pacific Time Location: Online via YouTube RSVP: Not required – join here or search “Chinese Film Classics Love Everlasting” on YouTube Details: Please join us for an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Eileen Chang! September 30, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Eileen Chang (Zhang Ailing […]

(Webinar)Chinese Language Talk: Immersing Yourself in the Mandarin Language – Thursday October 8, 7:00pm PST

Date: Thursday, October 8th Time: 7:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Online via Zoom RSVP: Via the form by 5pm Vancouver time, Monday October 5th, 2020 Thank you to all who attended this webinar! The presentation can be viewed on YouTube here. Details: With thousands of years of continuous history, China is one of the world’s oldest civilizations. […]

UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series: Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography

Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series With Speaker John Kieschnick (Professor of Buddhist Studies, Stanford University) Sponsors Tianzhu Global Network for the Study of Buddhist Cultures, FROGBEAR Project Why did Chinese Buddhist historians turn to the doctrine of karma for explanation of historical causation and truths? Find out at “Karma in Chinese […]

2020/21 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture with Professor Wai-yee Li

The 2020/21 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture with Professor Wai-yee Li (Harvard University) Lecture: Elegance and Vulgarity: The Promise and Peril of Things in Ming-Qing Literature 雅俗分際：明清文學的物情與物累   How is value assigned to things? What is the line between the refinement of good taste and the force of obsession? Is elegance compromised by self-consciousness? How can […]