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 […]
Asian Studies Holiday Potluck
Dear Asian Studies Faculty, Graduate Students and Staff, The Department of Asian Studies is pleased to invite you to our annual holiday potluck this year! Come mingle with the rest of the Department and enjoy the beginning of the holidays. Drinks will be provided but please bring your favourite dish to share with everyone. Bonus […]
UBC ASIA Academic Department Afternoon Tea Event
Want to meet fellow students who are interested in Asia? Not sure what classes to take next year? Thinking of doing a major/minor in the Asia? Come to our end-of-term Afternoon Tea event! We’ve sent invitations to all members of the Asian Studies Department Faculty so you should join us too. A variety of snacks […]
UBC ASIA Academic Department Professor Luncheon Event Series
This year, the UBC Asian Studies Interest Association’s Academic Department will be hosting a series of catered Professor Luncheon (ProfLunch) events for students to meet the Asia Studies Department’s lovely professors! Events will be conducted monthly and will feature a different professor each time. If you’ve ever wanted to ask professors about things like their […]
New Sections Added for Term 2! CHIN 101 and 473
Please note that extra sections for CHIN 101 and 473 have been added for Term 2. CHIN 101 will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 1:00 -2:00 pm. Register here. CHIN 473 will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00 – 4:30 pm. Register here.
Workshop and Lecture with International Tabla Master Sandeep Das
Thursday October 31, 2013 Time: 1:30 to 3:00 PM Location: UBC School of Music, Roy Barnett Recital Hall Free Admission
In the News: $2 Million Dollar Gift for Cantonese Studies (Interview)
At the 2013 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture, Gage Avrill, Dean of Arts, announced a $2,000,000 donation to sponsor the development of a Cantonese Studies program at UBC. The program will include Cantonese language courses, Cantonese literature courses and is an extraordinarily generous gift by brothers Alex and Chi Shum Watt. Professor Leo Shin, of […]
A Celebration of the Life of Professor Edwin G. Pulleyblank
On December 7th, 2013, the Pulleyblank Family and The Department of Asian Studies held a memorial service in honour of the late Edwin G. Pulleyblank (August 7, 1922 — April 13, 2013). Dr. Pulleyblank was a distinguished sinologist, linguist, and administrator. He joined the Department of Asian Studies in 1966 and served as the Head […]