Alumni

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Haoyue Li

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. 

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Faiz Jaffar

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 […]

Celebrating the Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

Celebrating the Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies

On behalf of the Faculty of Arts, it is a pleasure to bring news that the Ahmadian family and friends have provided funding to support the Department of Asian Studies annual Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies. This generous gift will see these important academic and community engagement events fully supported through to the end of the 2025/2026 academic year.

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Rosaley Gai

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Rosaley Gai

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, alumna Rosaley Gai shares with us how […]

Asian Studies Spotlight on Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism – Jeffrey Kotyk

Asian Studies Spotlight on Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism – Jeffrey Kotyk

Jeffrey Kotyk is the current Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism. He shares with us his lifelong love of learning (beginning with watching Chinese films and TV shows as a child growing up in Winnipeg), and the range of global locations his studies have taken him, including two years as a Buddhist monk!

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Chulthim Guring

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Chulthim Guring

Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Alumni Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our 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, Chulthim Guring has just completed his Master of Arts […]

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Daryl Louie

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Daryl Louie

Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Alumni Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Asian Studies and for any advice they would give to current students. This interview features Daryl Louie (BA 2010) who found that majoring in […]

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Kenneth Wong

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Kenneth Wong

Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Alumni Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Asian Studies and for any advice they would give to current students. This interview features Kenneth Wong (BA 1985) who found his passion in […]

Congratulations to our graduates!

Congratulations to our graduates!

Asian Studies extends a huge congratulations to all of our graduates in the June 2020 ceremony. We hope that you feel justifiably proud of your incredible achievements!

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight Featuring Verna Yam

Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight Featuring Verna Yam

Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? This interview feature Verna Yam (BA 2018). Verna is currently working in Ottawa as a Trade Policy Analyst at Global Affairs Canada.