Around the World in Six Tones: Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Cantonese Music
Professor Leo Shin was recently featured on UBC School of Music’s blog as part of a feature on Cantonese Music, a cross-listed course in both Asian Studies and Music, and part of a bigger umbrella of courses on Hong Kong offered at UBC. Click here to read the full article!
New Summer 2020 Term 1 and Term 2 courses!
Want a deeper understanding of Asian film and culture? CHIN 485 (Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Film) and ASIA 200 (Cultural Foundations of East Asia) could be for you.
COVID-19 Update – Advancement in Language Programs
As part of our adjustments to the impact of COVID-19, any course requiring a grade of 60% or higher to be achieved in the pre-requisite course will now require a grade of 55% or higher.
New Weekly Series: Chinese in 1 Minute
The Chinese Language Program is excited to introduce their new weekly series. Aiming to teach the practical basic of Chinese into condensed minute length lessons, follow along to enrich your vocabulary!
Himalaya Program: Language Learning (Nepali and Tibetan) – Summer courses May 11-22, 2020!
Nepali and Tibetan Community-Engaged Language courses will be offered May 11-22, 2020. Sign up to our mailing list now to receive further details!
Tell us your thoughts!
The Asian Studies website recently had a facelift. Do you have any thoughts on the new look? We’d love to hear them if so – click here to complete our 5-minute survey.
Josephine Chiu-Duke promoted to Full Professor
We congratulate Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke in our Chinese faculty on her recent promotion! Specialising in traditional Chinese social, intellectual and cultural history, as well as twentieth-century Chinese fiction.
Sign up for the Carbon Footprint Challenge!
Join the Department of Asian Studies for an informational and engaging 6-week challenge to learn how we can positively change our behaviour to reduce our carbon footprints.
Punjabi-Canadian family of Onkarbir Singh Toor honours his memory through new enhancement fund
Learning about Punjabi language and culture through UBC’s Punjabi Oral History class made a lasting impression on former science student, Onkarbir Singh Toor (BSc’16).