Featured Course for Winter Term 2!
ASTU 202 (Canada, Japan and the Pacific: Political, Economic and Geographical Perspectives) takes an interdisciplinary approach to examine core geo-political, economic, and social forces that shape transpacific culture.
Discovering Premodern Japan through Video
[youtube]https://youtu.be/6d6OY6iMp7g[/youtube] How did script and books arrive in Japan from the continent? Why does classical Japanese theatre often include scenes of travel? How was the body represented in Buddhist religious texts circulated in Japan? These are some of the questions being answered in visual ways by a team of researchers in Asian studies. Five scholars […]
Appointment of Sharalyn Orbaugh as Head, 2020-2023
UBC Asian Studies Department is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh as the next Head of the Department. She will take up the role from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023.
2020 Japanese Speech Contest Recap
In light of the growing concern about the spread of the Covid-19 disease, the 32nd Annual BC Japanese Speech Contest was held on March 14 at UBC in a reduced format with precautionary measures taken. It was not open to the public; only contestants, judges, organizers and UBC faculty and student volunteers were allowed to […]
2020 Japanese Fun Night – Feb 28th!
Join the Japanese programme on February 28 for our largest annual event, the Japanese Fun Night! Food, drinks, great prizes, and the chance to spend time with your fellow students, friends, TAs and senseis.
JAPN 453: Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
This is an advanced course in reading and analyzing Japanese literary texts. Read works by your favourite Japanese authors such as Murakami Haruki, Oe Kenzaburo, Banana Yoshimoto, and more!
New Publication on Hokkaidō 150: settler colonialism and Indigeneity in modern Japan and beyond
The proceedings from the Hokkaidō 150 Workshop, which took place earlier in 2019, has been published as a roundtable in Critical Asian Studies. This new publication by the Centre for Japanese Research is accessible through UBC library to students and faculty.
Event Recap: The Warrior Atsumori
On September 18th, the UBC community and beyond had the privilege of watching the latter half of the noh play Atsumori performed by Japanese Intangible Cultural Asset Hisa Uzawa and her fellow noh actor and daughter Hikaru Uzawa. Over 300 students, faculty, and community members filled UBC’s Frederic Wood Theatre for this rare and special […]