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We Are Hiring! 2022/23 Winter Asian Studies Work Learn Positions

The Department of Asian Studies at UBC is welcoming applications for a Communications Assistant, Digital Media Assistant, and Events Assistant through the UBC Work Learn Program for the Winter 2022/23 Session.

Asian Studies Ph.D. candidate Minoru Takano awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation

Congratulations to Asian Studies doctoral student Minoru Takano, who was recently awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.

“Exploring Premodern Japan” new video releases

Since 2020, Asian Studies graduate students Miaoling Xue, Saeko Suzuki, and José Manuel Escalona Echániz have been collaborating with Dr. Christina Laffin to create a video series named "Exploring Premodern Japan" that capture aspects of research on premodern Japan.

KORN students thrive in the 16th Annual Toronto Korean Speech Contest

The 16th Annual Toronto Korean Speech Contest, which was co-hosted by the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Toronto and the Centre for the Study of Korea at University of Toronto, was held virtually on March 19, 2022.