Asia Voila 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010 12:00pm – 4:00pm Various locations in UBC Come to UBC’s beautiful northwest quadrant and enjoy some of the Asia- related cultural resources on campus. You have the great opportunity to: see some Japanese dance and listen to Indian songs, Bhangra, Gamelan or Chinese traditional music savor different Asian foods watch a […]
Building Towards a Persian Language Program at UBC
An Evening withDr. Abbas Milani Date: Friday, October 1, 2010 Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm Location: Kay Meek Centre, 1700 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver The Department of Asian Studies in the Faculty of Arts at UBC cordially invites you to an evening of Iranian music and academic dialogue at the Kay Meek Centre in West […]
Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series – Andrew Horvat
Andrew Horvat UBC Asian Studies graduate, BA’68, MA’71 Tokyo-based reporter for the Associated Press, Southam News, the Los Angeles Times and American Public Radio Director of Stanford University’s Japan program in Kyoto Is Japan in Permanent Decline – or Just Keeping Quiet while Doing Well? Twenty years ago, Japan’s name was synonymous with success. Today […]
UBC Kameyama Lecture Series 2010
The UBC Kameyama Lecture Series on Buddhist Studies Proudly Presents: Professor Eun-su Cho, Seoul National University “Late 19th Century Korean Buddhism – A Missing Link” 4:00-5:30 P.M., October 28 (Thursday), 2010 Room 604 Asian Centre Eun-su Cho is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Seoul National Universty. She has received her Ph.D. in 1997 […]
Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Dora Nipp
Dora Nipp UBC Asian Studies graduate, 1980 Human rights lawyer and cultural historian 2040 Rolex Awards winner From “Ni hao ma?” to “Hao ji le”: a 2010 Asian Studies Odyssey A descendant of a CPR labourer and head-tax payers, Dora has always had a penchant for Chinese Canadian history. UBC’s Asian Studies program was […]
Celebrating 100 Years of Qian Zhongshu and Yang Jiang
Friday, December 10, 2010 UBC Asian Centre Auditorium 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, BC “Life, it’s been said, is one big book…” Come celebrate the centennial anniversary of two of modern China’s most outstanding cultural figures. As scholars and writers, husband and wife, Qian Zhongshu (1910-1998) and Yang Jiang (b. 1911) radically transformed what it meant […]
Rethinking Korean Family and Gender in the 21st Century
2011 Korean Studies Seminar by Professor Okpyo Moon, The Academy of Korean Studies “Rethinking Korean Family and Gender in the 21st Century” Time and Date: 4:00-5:30 P.M., Thursday, 13 January 2011 Venue: Asian Centre Auditorium Speaker: Professor Okpyo Moon, Academy of Korean Studies Abstract East Asian societies, or societies in the East in general for […]
Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series: Blake Bromley
Want a chance to explore the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden’s but couldn’t attend the Dora Nipp event? Well here’s your chance! The next speaker in our Distinguished Alumni Speaker Series is Blake Bromley an authority on Canadian charity law that has traveled the world aiding governments in drafting laws governing rights and tax […]
Autumn Gem: A Documentary on Modern China’s First Feminist
“With all my heart I beseech and beg my two hundred million female compatriots to assume their responsibility as citizens. Arise! Arise! Chinese women, arise!” – Qiu Jin Meet the “Chinese Joan of Arc” Qiu Jin (1875-1907), a radical women’s rights activist who defied tradition to become the leader of a revolutionary army. She attempted […]
The Early South Asian Community in Britain and the Making of London’s “Oriental Quarter”
Date: March 14, 2010 Time: 12:00-1:30pm Place: Room 604, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall Please reserve seats by emailing:stefcoop@interchange.ubc.ca( Kindly write under the subject heading: Professor Fisher’s Talk) Michael Fisher holds the Robert S. Danforth Chair in History at Oberlin College. In 2007, he was awarded the Teaching Excellence Award for the Social Sciences. He […]