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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 […]

Confronting Racism in Japanese Language Education presented by Dr. Ryuko Kubota

Confronting Racism in Japanese Language Education 人種差別に立ち向かう日本語教育 Lecture in English and discussion with Dr. Ryuko Kubota (Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education) Antiracism has recently become a prominent topic for discussion, offering critical reflections on language education. This talk will focus on Japanese language teaching and learning and explore the concept of […]

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 […]

2020/21 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Nouvelle Japonisme: Le Samouraï (1967) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinematic Japan

2020/21 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies With Guest Speaker Professor Daisuke Miyao (Professor and Hajime Mori Chair in Japanese Language and Literature at the University of California, San Diego) Nouvelle Japonisme: Le Samouraï (1967) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinematic Japan Thank you to everyone who attended! The recording can be viewed on YouTube via this […]