Around the World in Six Tones: Exploring the Global Phenomenon of Cantonese Music
Professor Leo Shin was recently featured on UBC School of Music’s blog as part of a feature on Cantonese Music, a cross-listed course in both Asian Studies and Music, and part of a bigger umbrella of courses on Hong Kong offered at UBC. Click here to read the full article!
Free to watch now: Chinese Film Classics (with English subtitles)
Professor Chris Rea, assisted by PhD students Liu Yuqing and Yao Jiaqi, has been researching and translating a number of classic Chinese films, which are now available for free on YouTube, as part of an ongoing project to make early Chinese cinema history more accessible.
New Summer 2020 Term 1 and Term 2 courses!
Want a deeper understanding of Asian film and culture? CHIN 485 (Contemporary Chinese Fiction in Film) and ASIA 200 (Cultural Foundations of East Asia) could be for you.
Summer 2020 Term 1: PERS 400
Study modern Persian short stories from mid-19th century to present. Prequisite of either PERS 104 or PERS 300, or Persian heritage speakers with strong reading/writing skills.
JAPN 453: Readings in Modern Japanese Literature
This is an advanced course in reading and analyzing Japanese literary texts. Read works by your favourite Japanese authors such as Murakami Haruki, Oe Kenzaburo, Banana Yoshimoto, and more!
ASIA 337: The Korean People in Modern Times
ASIA 337 is a journey tracing the cultural, social and economic changes Korea has undergone as it has entered the modern world.
2019 Global Seminar: CHIN234 Learning Chinese in a living classroom in Taiwan
In this year’s summer Global Seminar, UBC’s Chinese Language Program allowed students to learn Chinese in a living classroom in Taiwan. Each student was filled with unforgettable experiences!
SANS 300: Introductory Sanskrit
Basic vocabulary and most important grammatical features of classical Sanskrit.
Event Recap: UBC Himalaya Program’s Summer Nepali and Tibetan Language Courses 2019
Each summer, the UBC Himalaya Program hosts a set of community-engaged Nepali and Tibetan language courses. These courses that blended classroom instruction with experiential learning off-campus at various Nepali and Tibetan community sites. Catch a glimpse at what these innovative courses are like!
ASIA 431: Tibetan Literature, Genres, and Book Culture
Tibetan literature, textual genres, and book and printing culture from the seventh century to the present.