Events at: Auditorium, Asian Centre

Dr. Thomas Hunter Memorial Event

Faculty at the Department of Asian Studies and the Indian Classical Music Society of Vancouver remember the life and contributions of Dr. Thomas Hunter, former Lecturer in Sanskrit and South-Southeast Asian Studies, for his one year death anniversary. Join us on Saturday, September 30 at 2:00pm for a memorial program at the Asian Studies Auditorium. […]

Asian Studies Welcome Back Night 2023

  UBC Asian Studies cordially invite you to the highly anticipated annual Welcome Back Night on Oct 5. Come and learn more about the Asian Studies programs while joining our community in celebrating Asian cultures and languages. You’ll have the chance to meet with the faculty, staff and mingle with other students during an evening […]

Kathāsindhu: A Stream of Ancient Tales

  Join us for a public event hosted by students and faculty of ASIA 308 at Asian Studies. We will share stories through creative cultural performances, and the feature will be a dance-drama recital of an episode from the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata by Nrityanjali Kathak Dance Academy.

Complete Political Independence: The Curious Genealogy of a Nationalist Indian Demand

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 Dr. Mrinalini Sinha (University of Michigan). The Indian National Congress, the mainstream old anti-colonial political institution in British India, passed a resolution in 1929 in which it […]

Persian Spread of the Gift

*Please note that registration for this event is now full. Should you have any questions, please reach out to hessam.dehghani@ubc.ca. The University of British Columbia’s Persian Literature Reading Club cordially invites you to a series of enchanting evenings dedicated to the harmonious convergence of Nowrouz and Ramadan, two pivotal moments that celebrate the spiritual and […]