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2019-wat-lecture2019W Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture

‘Where Silence Reigns, Startling Claps of Thunder’  於無聲處聽驚雷 The 2019W Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture with Dr. Geremie Barmé 白杰明 (Professor Emeritus, Australian National University) In memory of P.K. Leung 梁秉鈞 (1949-2013). Photos from the Yip So Man Wat Lecture: Missed this year’s lecture? You can view it along with Dr. Barmé’s presentation here. […]

[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? […]

(Webinar) Korean Language Talk: Best Practices for Learning Korean – Thursday July 30, 3 – 4:30pm PST

Thank you to everyone who attended! This webinar is now complete, but you can access the full recording here. Also, check out this amazing visual map of everything that was discussed, created by one of our participants! Date: Thursday, July 30th Time: 3:00pm – 4:30pm Location: Online via Collaborate Ultra RSVP: Via the below form […]

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 […]

Pondering Anti-Blackness in the Iranian Context: From Enslavement to the Present

Thinking about antiblackness in the Iranian context since enslavement to the present allows us to become aware of how whiteness finds support for its violence against Black communities throughout the world and leaves us to ask ourselves, how will we show up for Black lives?

(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 […]

No Heaven for Gunga Din (1965): From Speculative Fiction to Decolonial Option

Studies of Anglophone literature, or postcolonial writing in English, are often limited to literatures of the Commonwealth and the former colonies of the British Empire. Yet Ali Mirdrekvandi’s No Heaven for Gunga Din (1965), one of the few cases of Anglophone writing in Iran, a nation which – though never under formal colonial rule – has been deeply shaped by the discourse of colonial modernity.

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 […]