BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Department of Asian Studies//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://asia.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:Department of Asian Studies - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20200523T0414Z-1590207271.0347-EO-48215-18@10.19.146.1 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260710T072207Z CREATED:20200522T183126Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T213355Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200618T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20200618T170000 SUMMARY: Webinar: Is Asian Studies For Me? Thursday June 18\, 4 – 5pm PST DESCRIPTION: Date: Thursday\, June 18th Time: 4:00pm – 5:00pm Location: Onl ine 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? […] X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Date: Thu rsday\, June 18th

Time: 4:00pm - 5:00pm

Location: Online via Collaborate Ultra

Please note the event has now taken place - thank you to all wh o participated! You can watch the recording here:

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Details:

Planning to take Asian Studies courses? Interested in Asian St udies but not sure if you should major in it? The Department of Asian Studi es is excited to invite you to our first undergrad experience webinar! Cour se planning and trying to decide on a major or minor\, whilst also coping w ith the current pandemic is not easy\, so we've invited senior Asian Studie s students and alumni with diverse experiences to connect with and inspire current students. The webinar will feature a Q&A session where current stud ents can ask questions about majoring in Asian Studies\, Go Global experien ces in Asian countries\, and more!

Key Takeaways:

Pa nelists:

Kristy Lin\, 4th year Asian Area Studies \, minor in Asian Canadian Migration\, focus on East Asian popular culture and films

Hel lo everyone! My name is Kristy and I am a second generation Chinese Canadia n from Vancouver. I am currently in 4th year majoring in Asian Area Studies with a minor in Asian Canadian Migration (ACAM). Growing up here in Vancou ver\, I've experienced a fairly unique mix of both Asian and Western cultur al influences\, and so the topics of identity and more importantly cultural identity/identities are very important to me. I think that we are very luc ky that UBC has such a great department for Asian Studies and allowed me to pursue less traditional topics such as East Asian popular culture and film s. After graduation\, I hope to travel across Asia with plans to teach Engl ish in Korea and Japan.

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H arsimran Sachdeva\, 4th year Asian Language and Culture\, specializing in S outh Asia history and languages

I recently graduated f rom UBC with a degree in Arts in South Asian Language and Culture. My acade mic focus was on the history and languages of the region of Central and Sou th Asia: specifically India\, Pakistan\, Iran\, and Afghanistan. During my time at UBC\, I worked as a teaching assistant in the Asian Studies Departm ent and a Student Assistant at the Centre for India and South Asia Research . I also spent a summer in Liberia interning at the United Nations Mission in Liberia and the Ministry of State. Currently\, I am preparing to move ba ck home to the United States where I will pursue a legal education this fal l at the George Washington University Law School in DC.

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Aaron Throness\, 4th year Asian Area Studies\, specializing in Late Imperial China

Aaron Throness is a recent BA Asia n Area Studies graduate from the University of British Columbia (2020). Spe cializing in Late Imperial China\, he has been focusing his research on ear ly Ming geo-cultural statecraft and mid Ming cartography. He has presented and published his research through a variety of venues and worked as a TA a nd RA in his senior years. Linguistically\, Aaron has been studying Mandari n Chinese for 13 years and Classical Chinese for 2\, with three intensive l anguage training sessions at the Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He will be pursuing an MA in History at UBC in the Fall\, where he intends to study the geo-cultural statecraft of Qiu Jun\, an early Ming erudite\, in his 1488 Daxue yanyibu 大学衍义补.

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Erin Wu\, 3rd year Political Science student with a major foc us on Asian politics\, full-time teaching assistant in Japanese language

Erin Wu is a third ye ar Political Science student whose major focus is on Asian politics. Erin s tudies advanced level of Japanese and has worked as a full-time teaching as sistant in the Japanese Language Department for 2 years. Erin competed and was awarded third prize at the Advanced Level in the 30th Canada National J apanese Speech Contest in 2019. She also achieved first place in the catego ry of University Open at the 32nd Annual BC Japanese Speech contest in 2020 . Erin’s goal is to combine the language skills she has learnt in the facul ty of Asian Studies along with her experience in Political Science studies to devote herself into cultural exchange industries to help improve the Jap an-China relationship.

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