UBC Cantonese Got Talent 2015
On December 5, 2015, which was the last day of Winter Term I, the first ever Beginning Cantonese Course 301 at UBC celebrated the student achievements with a talent show “UBC Cantonese Got Talent 2015”.
Protected: 2016 Postdoctoral Fellow Position
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Protected: 2016 Summer Sessional Positions
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From the Year of the Ape to the Year of the Monkey
Dr. Christopher Rea, Asian Studies Associate Professor, recently published a short piece with an excerpt from his new book “The Age of Irreverence” in The China Story. Dr. Rea is currently traveling through California giving several talks at different universities regarding his book.
An Interview with Canada's Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Eric Walsh
Ambassador Walsh has been serving as Ambassador of Canada to the Republic of Korea since February 12, 2015. Walsh was recently in Vancouver and was kind enough to grant UBC Asian Studies an interview. We talk about his start in global affairs, the responsibilities of an Ambassador and advice for students hoping to work and live in South Korea. Hopefully Asian Studies will be able to invite Ambassador Walsh onto campus to talk to students during his next visit to Vancouver.
Translating Korean Webtoons: An Interview with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Originally published in the Asia Pacific Memo on February 21st, 2016. Yoon Taeho’s Moss has the good fortune to be translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton, an award-winning team widely acclaimed for their many translations of modern and contemporary Korean literature. The APM’s editor Hyung-Gu Lynn sat down virtually with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton to […]
Farewell to Consul General Okada and Mrs. Okada
On February 29, Japan Studies faculty members in the Department of Asian Studies, along with representatives from community organizations and other UBC units, met to thank Consul General Okada and Mrs. Okada for three years of exemplary service to the academic and arts communities of Vancouver and British Columbia. A certificate of recognition was offered […]
The Update – March 3
A bi-weekly roundup of news in the Department of Asian Studies for our students, faculty and staff.
Upcoming Art Installation in the Asian Centre
From March 15 to May 31 visitors to the Asian Centre will encounter a new exhibit by Naomi Kasumi. Naomi Kasumi is an artist-scholar based in Seattle whose work extends to book art, printmaking, video, and graphics. The artist was asked to install a book-related piece as part of a research roundtable organized by Christina […]
In the News: "Cantonese still thriving in Metro Vancouver despite wave of Mandarin-speaking immigrants"
“Cantonese is currently spoken by somewhere between 60 million and 100 million people, most notably by people in Hong Kong, Macau, Guangdong province, and many overseas communities. But Cantonese-speaking academics fear the language is under threat and could disappear in 50 to 100 years…”- Vancouver Sun