2019/20 Lecturers of the Year Announced
Asian Studies is delighted to announce Li-jung Lee and Gurinder Mann as our 2019/20 Lecturers of the Year.
Celebrating the Alireza Ahmadian Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies
On behalf of the Faculty of Arts, it is a pleasure to bring news that the Ahmadian family and friends have provided funding to support the Department of Asian Studies annual Lectures in Iranian and Persianate Studies. This generous gift will see these important academic and community engagement events fully supported through to the end of the 2025/2026 academic year.
Asian Studies Professor Oberoi’s Writings Featured in New Book
University of Chicago Press recently published Professor Laurie Patton’s book, Who Owns Religion? Scholars And Their Publics in the Late Twentieth Centuries, which includes references to writings by Asian Studies Professor Harjot Oberoi (South Asian Social and Religious History).
Jinhua Chen Announced as an RSC Fellow for 2020!
Congratulations to Professor Jinhua Chen, who has just been announced as a Royal Society of Canada (RSC) Fellow for the incoming academic year!
UBC prof translates earliest surviving live-action Mulan film
Mulan, a live-action rendition of the Disney animated classic, premiered on Sept 4th. This highly anticipated film retells the legend of Chinese heroine Hua Mulan, a story that has been appearing on the silver screen for almost a hundred years. Professor Christopher Rea, who recently translated the earliest surviving Mulan film, Hua Mu Lan (1939), talks about why Mulan remains a powerful cultural icon.
Teaching Assistantships Now Open – Winter 2020
We’ve just opened applications for Winter 2020 Teaching Assistantship positions in our department – closing date to submit them is June 30!
Practice Your New Language Skills with UBC Tandem!
Learning a new language comes with many small “joys”. The first time you can read a full line of text and understand it. The first time you order a meal or a train ticket. And the first time you realise you can fully hold a conversation with a native speaker! “Everyone brings a lot of […]
Nusantara’s Indigenous Knowledge
Nusantara’s Indigenous Knowledge was a June 2020 joint undertaking between Dr. Tom Hunter and the University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Cultural Studies. The book features analyses of both local tradition and artifacts, in juxtaposition to contemporary societies of both Indonesia and South East Asia as a whole. Tom shares his experience on the process!
Statement on Academic Freedom
In light of the recent developments in Hong Kong, as well as the on-going challenges in addressing the past and present elsewhere in Asia, the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia is reaffirming its support of UBC’s commitment to advancing academic freedom.
Farewell Message from Outgoing Departmental Head Ross King
After 12 years, Ross King shares some triumphs and tribulations from the top of the Asian Studies tree and gives a very warm welcome to incoming Head, Sharalyn Orbaugh.