Revelations of Chinese Philosophy and Feminist Philosophy, Comparative Studies and Case Studies

16 May 2022 4:00 pm

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

Monday, May 16, 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)

Book Launch: Jazbaatan Da Kinara (Coastline of Emotions) by Gurinder Mann

11 March 2023 5:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi, Room 120
Categories: Featured Punjabi

Jazbaatan Da Kinara (Coastline of Emotions) is a book of Punjabi poetry written by Gurinder Mann, Lecturer in Punjabi Language and Culture of the Department of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia. Gurinder’s poems touch upon various topics, issues, and sentiments, and he uses the tools of imagery, metaphor, and personification to illustrate emotions on […]

Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program 2023

06 April 2023 6:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi, Room 120
Categories: Featured Events, Featured Punjabi
Tags: Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program

The Department of Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to our annual Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program in 2023. Join us in celebrating over 30 years of Punjabi language at UBC on April 6!

Globalizing Indigeneities: Visibilizing Assyrians in the Present

26 February 2025 4:00 pm

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

This talk offers a critical reflection of the invisibility in working on Indigeneity in southwest Asia within the structural imperatives of the academy. It takes up each of these themes by examining the fields of international relations and Iraqi studies to show how the story of Assyrians is invisible or unintelligible across these fields of […]

INDIANS ON INDIAN LANDS: No Past to Long For

22 September 2025 2:00 pm

Venue: C.K. Choi, Room 120
Categories: Featured Hindi-Urdu, Featured Punjabi

Book Talk Lecture and Panel Join us for a book talk and discussion on Nishant Upadhyay’s “Indians on Indian Land: Intersections of Race, Caste, and Indigeneity” alongside short film, “No Past to Long For” by director Monica Cheema. This talk is free and open to the public. Registration is required. This event is sponsored by […]