Memory work along the Indo-Pakistan border: “Creative Interruptions” Multi-Arts project in Preetnagar, Punjab, India and in London, UK
Dr. Anne Murphy has been active in recent years in the integration of cultural history projects with the visual arts. This past year, this work included her participation in a project entitled “Creative Interruptions” (2016-19). This project was funded by an Arts and Humanities Research Council research grant (UK) that was held jointly at five […]
Episode 6: Faculty Spotlight with Christopher Rea
Over the last decade, Professor Christopher Rea has expanded UBC’s course offerings on modern Chinese literature and cinema. Check out this video feature!
Episode 5: Faculty Spotlight with Dr. Alison Bailey
Perhaps best known as the instructor for the immensely popular course, Hong Kong Cinema, Dr. Alison Bailey discusses her current research on the cultural history of filial revenge in Chinese literature and law. Recently promoted to Assistant Professor in Pre-modern Chinese Literature, Bailey hopes she can give students the same sense of respect that she has developed for Chinese culture.
Episode 4: Why Studying Manga and Anime Matters. Faculty Spotlight with Sharalyn Orbaugh
Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh teaches Japanese manga and anime to hundreds of students every year at UBC. An expert in Modern Japanese Literature, she has spent her career researching how stories have been fundamental to the way we understand our lives and create our identities.
Episode 3: Lecturer of the Year, Misuzu Kazama
UBC Lecturer Misuzu Kazama shares her hopes for what students can gain through the study of Japanese and advice for those hoping to learn the language.
Episode 2: Lecturer of the Year, Xueshun Liu
In our second episode of our UBC Asian Studies Stories series, Dr. Xueshun Liu shares his hopes for what students can gain through the study of Chinese and advice for those hoping to learn the language.
Episode 1: Faculty Spotlight with Leo Shin
At the helm of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative, Shin has been engaging the broader community on and off campus while also encouraging the telling of the story of Hong Kong from both local and global perspectives.
Ongoing Research: Modern Punjabi Literature in India, Pakistan, and Beyond
With the generous support of a grant from the SSHRC Insight Grant program (2017-2022), UBC Professor Anne Murphy is working to construct a social and cultural history of modern Punjabi language advocacy and its creative expressions from the 1940s to the present in multiple locations around the globe, with attention to Punjabi’s early modern formations.
Asian Studies Faculty Spotlight Interview: Christina Laffin
We ask our instructors about their early lives, career development and proudest accomplishments. This interview features Dr. Christina Laffin, Associate Professor in Classical Japanese Studies.
Asian Studies Faculty Spotlight Interview: Dr. Thomas Hunter
A new series where we ask our instructors about their early lives, career development and proudest accomplishments. This interview features Dr. Thomas Hunter, Professor in Sanskrit and South-Southeast Asian Studies.