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Application deadline: April 30, 2025
Date of Posting: March 31, 2025
| ASIA 100 | Introduction to Traditional Asia |
| ASIA 101 | Introduction to Modern Asia |
| ASIA 110 | Introduction to Religions in Asia |
| ASIA 200 | Cultural Foundations of East Asia |
| ASIA 208 | Cultural Foundations of South Asia |
| ASIA 210 | Traditions of Yoga |
| ASIA 250 | Introduction to Buddhism |
| ASIA 258 | Religion in South Asia |
| ASIA 300 | Writing and Culture in East Asia |
| ASIA 301 | Buddhism in the Modern Era |
| ASIA 305 | Asian Horror Cinema: National Nightmares and Specters of Trauma |
| ASIA 308 | Myth, Ritual and Epic in Ancient India |
| ASIA 309 | South Asian Beyond South Asia |
| ASIA 311 | Tibetan Buddhism |
| ASIA 313 | Tibetan and Himalayan Culture and Society |
| ASIA 315 | Japan from Feudal to Modern State |
| ASIA 316 | Race and Ethnicity in Japanese Literature and Film |
| ASIA 319 | Contemporary Chinese Popular Cultures |
| ASIA 320 | History of Early China |
| ASIA 324 | Literature of Hong Kong |
| ASIA 325 | Hong Kong Cinema |
| ASIA 326 | Critical Approaches to Manga and Anime |
| ASIA 327 | Korean Popular Music in Context |
| ASIA 328 | Modern Islam |
| ASIA 333 | Contemporary South Asian Gender and Sexuality Studies |
| ASIA 334 | Writing Women in Premodern East Asia |
| ASIA 336 | Sufi and Bhakti Devotional Literatures |
| ASIA 342 | Chinese Literature in Translation: The Vernacular Tradition |
| ASIA 347 | Traditional Korean Literature in Translation |
| ASIA 348 | Great Literary Works of Classical India in Translation |
| ASIA 349 | Southeast Asian Literature in Translation |
| ASIA 353 | Intro to Hindi Film |
| ASIA 354 | Intro to Japanese Cinema |
| ASIA 355 | Chinese Cinema |
| ASIA 356 | Korean Cinema |
| ASIA 357 | Modern Korean Fiction in Translation |
| ASIA 360 | A Specific Asian Literature in Translation |
| ASIA 363 | Fiction and Film from Modern Taiwan |
| ASIA 366 | Topics in Asian Studies |
| ASIA 371 | Foundations of Chinese thought |
| ASIA 372 | Development of Traditional Chinese Thought |
| ASIA 373 | History of Hong Kong |
| ASIA 375 | Global Chinese Cinemas |
| ASIA 382 | Buddhism in China |
| ASIA 386 | Chinese Grammar and Usage I |
| ASIA 387 | Japanese Religions |
| ASIA 390 | History of the Indian Ocean World |
| ASIA 391 | Classical Islam |
| ASIA 392 | Classical Persian Literature in English Translation |
| ASIA 396 | Chinese Grammar and Usage II |
| ASIA 398 | Narrative Literature in Premodern India |
| ASIA 399 | Films of the South Asian Diaspora |
| ASIA 410 | International Relations in Premodern East Asia |
| ASIA 413 | Pre-Modern Chinese Poetry (Tang to Qing) |
| ASIA 419 | Economic HIstory of India |
| ASIA 433 | The Cinematic Lives of Muslims in South Asia |
| ASIA 441 | Masterworks of Chinese Fiction and Drama in Translation |
| ASIA 442 | Lives of Chinese Books |
| ASIA 444 | Topics in Modern Japanese Fiction and Cultural History |
| ASIA 453 | Japanese Travel Literature |
| ASIA 464 | Japanese Women's Self-Writing |
| ASIA 465 | Japanese Horror |
| ASIA 490 | Asian Classics - Fourth Year Seminar |
| ASIA 495 | Folk Cultures in the Asian Diaspora |
| ASIA 498 | Asia and the Museological Imagination |
| ASIX 300 | Topics in Asian Studies Crossings |
| ASIX 383 | What is Modern Arabic? |
| ASTU 201 | Canada, Japan and the Pacific: Cultural Studies |
| ASTU 202 | Canada, Japan and the Pacific: Political, Economic and Geographical Perspectives |
| CDST 250 | Introduction to Canada |
Please note the course list is not comprehensive (in terms of not listing language courses, but also more generally), and is an estimate at the time of this posting. TAships are created on an enrolment basis; many of these courses will not receive TAs. The application form does not restrict applications to the contents of this list.
Required qualifications:
- High level of fluency in the language/subject to be taught
- Ability to prepare teaching materials
- Training or previous experience in language teaching in the relevant language desirable
Period of Employment:
Term 1: September 1 – December 31, 2025
Term 2: January 1 – April 30, 2026
NOTE: All teaching assistantships for the 2025 Winter session will be 192 hours per course unless otherwise noted.
General nature of the duties:
Preparation of and instruction in the language laboratory, discussion periods, tutorial sessions, review sessions and lectures; teaching; keeping class records; setting, marking and providing feedback on examinations, tests and assignments; holding office hours; invigilating exams and assisting instructors to conduct oral exams; management and maintenance of a website and Canvas; duplicating materials; ordering and obtaining AV equipment; demonstrating procedures or setting up demonstrations.
Current salary (as of September, 2024 – likely to increase in September, 2025):
| Graduate Teaching Assistant I (Doctoral) or equivalent | $40.16/hour |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant II (Masters) or equivalent | $38.65/hour |
| Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA1) | $26.40/hour |
Application Procedure:
If you are interested and think that you qualify, please fill out an application here: https://asia.air.arts.ubc.ca/ta-form-2025-w/
The deadline for submission is April 30, 2025.
Please note that generally it is impossible to make firm decisions about appointments until the enrollments are known at the end of the registration period.
Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Metis, Inuit, or Indigenous person.