Announcements

The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) is Accepting Applications!

2019W Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture

The Department of Asian Studies, at the University of British Columbia, is pleased to invite you to the 2019 Yip So Man Wat Lecture, with Dr. Geremie Barmé 白杰明 (Professor Emeritus, Australian National University)

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2019 Lecturers of the Year

It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Clayton Ashton and Dr. Maorong Cheng as our 2018/19 Lecturers of The Year.

Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Persian & Iranian Studies – Fall 2019 / Winter 2020 Schedule

Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Persian & Iranian Studies  Department of Asian Studies University of British Columbia  FREE and open to the public!   Time & Place (unless otherwise indicated): 6:30 – 8:30 P.M.  || Room 120, C.K. Choi Building || 1855 West Mall || UBC|| V6T 1Z2  About the Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Persian and […]

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2019 Lecturers of the Year

Each year, the Department singles out two individuals who have demonstrated teaching excellence, taken new risks in their pedagogy, and/or otherwise distinguished themselves in their service to the Department. It is with great pleasure that we announce Dr. Clayton Ashton and Dr. Maoreng Cheng as our 2018/19 Lecturers of The Year. Maorong Cheng In recent […]

At the Border: An Exhibition of Artists’ Work in Response to the Partition of Punjab

At the Border: An Exhibition of Artists’ Work in Response to the Partition of Punjab

On display until October 1, 2019 at the I.K. Barber Learning Centre (1st floor): Curated by Dr. Anne Murphy and CISAR Research Associate Raghavendra Rao K.V. The works on view on the ground floor of the I.K. Barber Learning Centre resulted from a series of residencies and exhibitions in India and the UK in 2018-9 […]

UBC–PUP Joint Undergraduate Research Forum, February 16–23, 2019

UBC–PUP Joint Undergraduate Research Forum, February 16–23, 2019

Over reading week 2019, 15 UBC students led by Dr. Anne Murphy, boarded a plane to India to take part in a weeklong conference, coordinated by Go Global. There, they joined colleagues at the Punjabi University Patiala to explore heritage and memory in the Punjabi landscape. Through the week, students and Faculty worked through lectures, […]

Punjabi Studies in Europe

Punjabi Studies in Europe

In June 2019, Professor Anne Murphy was in residence at the L’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales/Le Centre d’Études de l’Inde et de l’Asie du Sud, Paris to deliver a series of four papers on Punjabi Studies. The topics of the four papers were: “Locating a Punjabi classic: Regional and Linguistic Affinities in Waris […]

Memory work along the Indo-Pakistan border: “Creative Interruptions” Multi-Arts project in Preetnagar, Punjab, India and in London, UK

Memory work along the Indo-Pakistan border: “Creative Interruptions” Multi-Arts project in Preetnagar, Punjab, India and in London, UK

Dr. Anne Murphy has been active in recent years in the integration of cultural history projects with the visual arts. This past year, this work included her participation in a project entitled “Creative Interruptions” (2016-19). This project was funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council research grant (UK) that was held jointly at five […]

Punjabi Studies Oral History Research Project and Program Development, 2019-2021

Punjabi Studies Oral History Research Project and Program Development, 2019-2021

PURE, the Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE), was founded to broaden access to and enhance undergraduate research experiences at UBC. In its first year of implementation, this project focuses on the history of Punjabi language advocacy and mobilization in the lower mainland, with the aim of interviewing activists, teacher, supporters, and leaders in the Punjabi language community.