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Restructuring Religiosity: Conflict, Disaster, and the Transformation of Sacred Space in Nepal

The UBC South Asia Research Colloquium offers a forum for specialists in South Asia to share their research in front of an interdisciplinary audience. This seminar features speaker Sara Shneiderman (University of British Columbia, Anthropology and School for Public Policy & Global Affairs). This talk draws upon one chapter of a book manuscript in progress […]

The Japan Lecture Series

The Japan Lecture Series invites established and emerging voices from all areas of Japan Studies to share their latest projects with our community. To promote accessibility, many of the lectures will take a hybrid format. Sessions will entail a forty-five-minute lecture followed by a thirty-minute question-and-answer period. Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies, University […]

The Japan Lecture Series

The Japan Lecture Series invites established and emerging voices from all areas of Japan Studies to share their latest projects with our community. To promote accessibility, many of the lectures will take a hybrid format. Sessions will entail a forty-five-minute lecture followed by a thirty-minute question-and-answer period. Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies, University […]

2024 Asian Studies Annual Careers Night

– Registration is now closed – The Department of Asian Studies is delighted to invite you to our annual Careers Night! Navigating life after graduation can be hard, so each year we bring in reputable guests and alumni with diverse experiences – at home and in Asia – to inform and inspire current students. This […]

Queer/Trans Cinema Studies – A Symposium

Organized by Haruki Sekiguchi (Asian Studies) and Ervin Malakaj (CENES), this symposium brings together scholars at UBC working in any area of queer/trans cinema studies. The event is open to the public and no prior registration is required. Join us on Saturday, March 30 from 12:00pm-5:30pm in Buchanan Tower room 997 for an afternoon of conversation […]

“Two Hearts / Two Solitudes”: Jahan Malek Khatun’s and Forugh Farrokhzad’s Proto-Feminist Self-Defense in Medieval and Modern Iran

The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: “Two Hearts / Two Solitudes”: Jahan Malek Khatun’s and Forugh Farrokhzad’s Proto-Feminist Self-Defense in Medieval and Modern Iran on April 5, 2024. It is not surprising that, having lived six centuries apart, Persian poet-princess Jahan Malek Khatun (d. after 1382 CE) and modernist Iranian poet […]