Dr. Ross King on CBC Radio – Interview with Stephen Quinn about the Future Cantonese Studies Program
Back in October 2013, Gage Averill, Dean of Arts, announced a $2,000,000 donation to sponsor the development of a Cantonese Studies program at UBC. The program will include first- and second-year Cantonese language courses, courses in the history and culture of the Cantonese-speaking region and is an extraordinarily generous gift by brothers Alex and Chi Shum Watt. […]
Dr. Ross King on CBC Radio – Interview with Stephen Quinn about the Future Cantonese Studies Program
Back in October 2013, Gage Averill, Dean of Arts, announced a $2,000,000 donation to sponsor the development of a Cantonese Studies program at UBC. The program will include first- and second-year Cantonese language courses, courses in the history and culture of the Cantonese-speaking region and is an extraordinarily generous gift by brothers Alex and Chi Shum Watt. […]
American Institute of Indian Studies – Language Study in India Program
The American Institute of Indian Studies welcomes applications for its summer 2014 and academic year 2014-2015 language programs. Programs to be offered include Hindi (Jaipur), Bengali (Kolkata), Punjabi (Chandigarh), Tamil (Madurai); Marathi (Pune), Urdu (Lucknow), Telugu (Hyderabad), Kannada (Mysore), Malayalam (Thiruvananthapuram) and Sanskrit (Pune) and Pali/Prakrit (Pune). We will offer other Indian languages upon request. […]
2014 Japanese Speech Contest
Please register for the 2014 Japanese Speech Contest here. Guidelines for the 2014 Japanese Speech Contest More information on the Speech Contest >>
Tsugaru Shamisen workshop with Hiroshi Yamaguchi
UBC Asian Library, Asian Studies Department and Mokuyokai co-present a Shamisen workshop with renowned Tsugaru Shamisen artist Hiroshi Yamaguchi, which will be held Tuesday November 12, 6:30pm at the Asian Centre Auditorium in UBC (1871 West Mall, Vancouver). Hiroshi Yamaguchi, one of Japan’s top young Tsugaru Shamisen performers, is visiting Vancouver for the cross-cultural collaborative concert, “Bang […]
The Chinese Language Programme Receives $58,000 Grant to Develop Flexible Learning Project
The CHIN101/103 flexible learning project is titled “Your Chinese Learning, Your Way”. Currently Dr. Qian Wang, Ms. Xinxin Wu, Ms. Chien-ju Lin, and Ms. Yu-chi Kuo, our current CHIN101/103 instructors, are contributing to this exciting new project. Through this project, we are transitioning many of the traditional paper-based exercises and materials to a new and more efficient online learning system […]