Persian Munshi, Persian Jones: English Translations of Sa’di’s Gulistan from Late 18th to Mid-19th Centuries (in English)

12 February 2020 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Dr. Pegah Shahbaz, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Asian Studies, UBC.

CANCELLED – Persian, Pahlavi, and Teaching Farsi (in English)

13 March 2020 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Dr Rastin Mehri, Lecturer, Language Training Institute, University of Simon Fraser.

This lecture is part of the Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Persian and Iranian Studies. Location TBA.

[CANCELLED] The Wisdom of Love: Hafez, Goethe, and World Literature (in English)

03 April 2020 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Presented in English by Dr. Azadeh Yamini-Hamedani, Associate Professor of World Literature, Simon Fraser University

FROGBEAR Guest Lecture: What do East Asian Buddhists call their books and why?

14 April 2023 4:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120

The Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies, with administrative support from FROGBEAR, proudly presents a lecture by George A. Keyworth, University of Saskatchewan (Canada), for the Glorisun Distinguished Lecture Series. Event Details Time & Location: Speaker: Dr. George A. Keyworth, University of Saskatchewan Date: Friday, April 14, 2023, 4:00-5:30 pm PDT Location: UBC C.K. Choi […]

RESCHEDULED: Intermixture in Persian Epics: The Case of Kush, the Elephant-Eared

01 December 2023 6:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Persian
Tags: Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Poster design by Razman Goudarzi The event recording is now available: The Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies presents: Intermixture in Persian Epics: The Case of Kush, the Elephant-Eared on December 1, 2023. Irānshāh b. Abi Khayr’s Kushnāmeh (written ca. 1108-1111 CE) features an unusual protagonist for a Persian epic poem. With his […]

2023/24 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Works, Networks, and Good Works: John F. Howes and the early years of Japanese Studies at UBC

02 February 2024 5:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Japanese

With Guest Speaker Andrew Horvat (UBC Asian Studies graduate)

《杜騙新書》如何譯? Adventures in Translating the Ming Dynasty Book of Swindles

16 January 2025 12:30 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120
Categories: Featured Chinese, Featured Events

The Book of Swindles 杜騙新書 (1617 preface) is said to be the first Chinese collection of stories about fraud. Addressed primarily to traveling merchants of the late Ming era, the work offers eighty-odd tales of swindles attempted and accomplished, most of which are followed by an author’s comment that drives home the lesson for the […]