New Publication on Transnational Sex Workers in Yokohama by Dr. Ayaka Yoshimizu
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Ayaka Yoshimizu’s publication Doing Ethnography in the Wake of the Displacement of Transnational Sex Workers in Yokohama (Routledge) has now been released! Doing Ethnography in the Wake of the Displacement of Transnational Sex Workers in Yokohama reflects on the politics, poetics, and ethics of remembering the lives […]
Interview with Professor Emeritus Matsuo Soga
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Department of Asian Studies, we reached out to professor emeriti in recollection of precious memories, and their hopes and aspiration for the Department’s next 60 years. It is our great pleasure to have an opportunity to interview Professor Matsuo Soga, a linguist who taught at UBC from 1971 […]
New Releases in “Exploring Premodern Japan” video series
Graduate students Haley Blum, José Manuel Escalona Echániz, Saeko Suzuki, Miaoling Xue, and Asian Studies professor, Dr. Christina Laffin are excited to announce that they have released three new videos in their “Exploring Premodern Japan” series.
MA student Bianca Chui selected as the winner of Princess Takamado Essay Contest
Congratulations to Asian Studies MA student, Bianca Chui for her essay, titled “Eating Your Way Through Sugoroku: Imaginary Travel in a Japanese Board Game,” being selected as the winner of the 2021 Princess Takamado Essay Contest.
Asian Studies New Faculty Spotlight – Yasuko Matsumoto
Meet our new faculty members in Asian Studies and learn more about their background and passions! In this Faculty Spotlight, we introduce to you Yasuko Matsumoto, our newest Lecturer in Japanese language!
Asian Studies New Faculty Spotlight – Fuyubi Nakamura
Meet our new faculty members in Asian Studies and learn more about their background and passions! In this Faculty Spotlight, we introduce to you Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura (中村冬日).
The first essay collection in English on The Ise Stories co-edited by Prof. Joshua Mostow and PhD student Kurtis Hanlon
Congratulations to Asian Studies Professor Joshua S. Mostow and Asian Studies PhD student, Kurtis Hanlon on the co-edited publication “An “Ise monogatari” Reader”!
Dairy: the deep historical link between China and Japan
Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism Jeffrey Kotyk recently published an article on The China Story Blog about dairy, an important industry that was transmitted from China to Japan as early as the seventh century.
UBC Asian Studies Class of 2021 Graduates Yearbook
Congratulations, UBC Asian Studies Class of 2021!
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Yue Wang
In this interview, graduating MA student Yue Wang shares what inspired her to study dystopian literature and social change as her research focus.