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Meet the 2025/2026 Lecturers of the Year

Each year, the Department of Asian Studies awards prizes to two Lecturers to recognize and celebrate excellence in teaching in the Lecturer rank. It is with great pleasure that we announce Pihua Lin and Zoe Lam as our 2025/2026 Lecturers of The Year.

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Ashok Aklujkar (1941 – 2026)

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Ashok Aklujkar, Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Indian Philosophy on October 27, 2026, in Richmond, BC, Canada. With his passing, Asian Studies has lost one of its foundational pillars.

2026 UBC Korean Pedagogy Workshop Recap

Building a Community of Practice for Korean Language Education in Western Canada Connecting K–12, Higher Education, and Communities The UBC Korean Language Program hosted the 2026 UBC Korean Pedagogy Workshop on October 24, 2026, under the

Bringing Chinese Poetry to Life: A Mid-Autumn Movie Night with the Chinese Language Program

What if the poets students study in class could come alive on screen? On October 1, 2026, the UBC Chinese Language Program celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival with a special screening of Chang’an, an acclaimed animated film that follows the

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Letters to Morisaki Kazue: Re-imagining the lives of “karayuki-san”

November 12, 2026

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Liu Boardroom (Rm 316), Liu Institute for Global Issues

Carceral Violence & Resistance: from Palestine to Global Sites of Confinement

November 17, 2026

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

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