Bridging Life and Language: Mandarin Speech Contestant Spotlight: Laura Lee
This year, the 2020 “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Speech Contest took place online with the theme of “one world, one family”. Korean-Canadian fourth-year student Laura Lee was chosen to represent British Columbia in this global competition. Laura took her first Mandarin class at UBC, and is now majoring in Chinese Language and Culture, as well as working as a research […]
Asian Studies Spotlight: Danielle Barkley
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In this issue’s Spotlight Interview Series, we have gone slightly rogue and interviewed Danielle Barkley, Graduate Career Educator with UBC’s Centre for Student Involvement & Careers (CSIC). Danielle holds a PhD from the Department of English at McGill University, has taught writing, rhetoric, and […]
We have a new Publications Page!
Check out publications by Asian Studies faculty on our brand-new page!
Chinese Language Program Mid-Autumn Festival Photo Challenge!
The Chinese Language Program recently held a photo challenge to honour Song dynasty poet, calligrapher and writer Su Shi, for their Mid-Autumn Festival and received some great submissions – click to find out who the winners were!
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Haoyue Li
Haoyue Li (BA ’18 and MA ’20) reflects on her study experience, forward to her PhD, and explains how her childhood pastime and nostalgia for home inspired her unique research topic.
Retired Asian Studies Professor Florence Yeh Chia-ying Featured in New Documentary
Until 2012, Professor Florence Yeh Chia-ying was UBC Asian Studies Department’s only female full professor. Now aged ninety-six, she is the subject of a brand-new feature documentary which opened in Shanghai and premiered nationwide on October 16.
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Faiz Jaffar
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our students, postdocs and alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Asian Studies and for any advice they would give to current students. In this interview, alumnus Faiz Jaffar leads us through high […]
2019/20 Lecturers of the Year Announced
Asian Studies is delighted to announce Li-jung Lee and Gurinder Mann as our 2019/20 Lecturers of the Year.
Jinhua Chen Announced as an RSC Fellow for 2020!
Congratulations to Professor Jinhua Chen, who has just been announced as a Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellow for the incoming academic year!
UBC prof translates earliest surviving live-action Mulan film
Mulan, a live-action rendition of the Disney animated classic, premiered on Sept 4th. This highly anticipated film retells the legend of Chinese heroine Hua Mulan, a story that has been appearing on the silver screen for almost a hundred years. Professor Christopher Rea, who recently translated the earliest surviving Mulan film, Hua Mu Lan (1939), talks about why Mulan remains a powerful cultural icon.