The Gadar Movement and the Quest for Freedom
Monday, March 18th – The Films of Ali Kazimi
Tuesday, March 19th – Panel on the Gadar Movement and its Local Significance
Revitalizing Tohoku, Japan After the 3.11 Earthquake and Tsunami
Monday, March 4th – Workshop for the Tohoku 3.11 disaster in 2011 with a focus on the reconstruction program, use of special economic zones and implications for public policy making and local governance.
Go Global Opportunities for UBC Asian Studies Students – Info Session
Monday, March 25th – Did you know that as a UBC Asian Studies Major, you can study at many of UBC’s partner universities? Find out more about exchange opportunities for Asian Studies students at the upcoming Go Global info session.
Persian Potluck Party
Thursday, March 21st – Hosted by the Persian Programme at UBC Asian Studies
M.J. Akbar, renowned Indian journalist and author, is coming to UBC’s Institute of Asian Research to give 3 public talks
March 13, 2013 – Islam and Nationalism
March 18, 2013 – India: Promise and Peril in the Search for Modernity
March 25, 2013 – From Ganga to Nile: States, Space and The Power of Shadow Armies
Demand for Chinese Studies Soaring at UBC
Xinhua News Agency, Vancouver video platform video management video solutionsvideo player The University of British Columbia expects enrollment in its Chinese language program will increase by 50 percent within five years. On the 10th anniversary of the university’s Department of Asian Studies Chinese Lunar New Year celebration at the weekend, Professor Harjot Oberoi told Xinhua there were […]
A Life of Journal Writing: Fujiwara no Munetada and the Chūyūki
Wednesday, March 13 – From the mid-Heian period of the ninth to tenth centuries onward male courtiers recorded journals in Sino-Japanese that are now known as kanbun nikki…
Fiction in History and History in Fiction – By Professor Weirong Shen
Monday, March 4th – “The Secret Meditation of Supreme Bliss” as represented and interpreted in various contexts of religion and literature.
2013 Kameyama Buddhism Seminar Series
Thursday, March 7th – Consumerism and Popular Culture in Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
Asian Studies Focus Group
Tuesday, February 26th – Have your say on the department’s website, swag and communication methods!