Chinese Language Program Event Recap – A Bittersweet Night: 2021 Year-End Online Appreciation Event
In the last Chinese Language Program (CLP) event of this school year, volunteers TAWLs, and professors alike gathered to celebrate the fruit of this year’s hard work.
New publication: “Literary Information in China: A History” co-edited by Dr. Bruce Rusk
Congratulations to Dr. Bruce Rusk on the co-edited publication Literary Information in China: A History (Chen, Jack Wei, Anatoly Detwyler, Xiao Liu, Christopher M. B. Nugent, and Bruce Rusk, eds., Columbia University Press). Dr. Rusk is an associate professor of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. His main areas of research and teaching are on cultural history of […]
Chinese Language Program Event Recap – 2021 UBC Lantern Festival Poetry Event
The 2021 UBC Lantern Festival Poetry Event, the fourth annual extracurricular event organized by the Chinese Language Program, is drawing to a successful conclusion on April 9, 2021. The Covid-19 challenges restricted the event to Canvas (https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/70968), but its talented organizers, contributors, and participants have in turn extended the event from Feb 26 to April 9 despite the pandemic, […]
Dr. Qian Wang and Dr. Hsiang-ning Sunnie Wang Receive Dean’s Award for Educational Leadership
Congratulations to Asian Studies faculty members, Dr. Qian Wang and Dr. Hsiang-ning Sunnie Wang, who have been awarded the Dean’s Award for Educational Leadership projects.
Chinese Language Program Event Recap – Learning from Laughter: Happiness and Curiosity Keeps You Exploring
Dr. Christopher Rea 雷勤风教授, Professor of Modern Chinese Literature at UBC, humorously shared his experience with language learning, with over 100 participants joining in on the laughter of relatable experiences, as well as aspirations for their own future.
My Generation, My Love: A Multimedia Contest 《我的年代、我的愛情》徵 文、獨白及短片創作比賽
Simple yet profound, universal yet deeply personal, love comes in all sorts of shapes and forms. Students from both the UBC Cantonese Language Program and Chinese Language Program showed just how varied something as universal as love can be in this year’s “My Generation, My Love: A Multimedia Contest.” On February 12th, the Cantonese Language […]
Introducing the new UBC Asian Studies LinkedIn page!
Keep in touch with fellow students and alumnni as well as upcoming jobs, news, events and more!
Learning to Question: Chia-ying Yeh and Minsheng Scholarship Winner Yuxin Guo
Back home in Beijing last December 19, 2020, third-year UBC student Yuxin Guo received a pleasant surprise: she was one of 15 winners of the Excellence Award (优秀奖) for the Chia-ying Yeh and Minsheng Scholarship. Among the 15 winners, Yuxin is the only student who hails from a North American university. The scholarship was started […]
Community-Engaged Learning and Teaching: Instructors Uniting and Learning How To Build Communities Through Teaching!
The Virtual Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning Workshop brought instructors from the Chinese and Cantonese Language Programs together along with special guests from both programs, the Centre for Community-Engaged Learning, and various individuals from well-known Canadian universities. In an engaging day of discussions, they sought to broaden the horizons of the Chinese Language Program and expand […]