Parboti Roy attends the First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies at Indiana University
PhD candidate Parboti Roy attended and presented in a panel and a roundtable discussion on her ongoing PhD research at the First Conference on Global Indigenous Studies (CGIS) on November 15-17 at Indiana University Bloomington, USA. On the first day of the conference, Roy attended a roundtable discussion titled ‘Navigating Western Academia and Claiming Indigeneity […]
Asian Studies Ph.D. candidate Minoru Takano awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation
Congratulations to Asian Studies doctoral student Minoru Takano, who was recently awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship of the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange.
“Exploring Premodern Japan” new video releases
Since 2020, Asian Studies graduate students Miaoling Xue, Saeko Suzuki, and José Manuel Escalona Echániz have been collaborating with Dr. Christina Laffin to create a video series named “Exploring Premodern Japan” that capture aspects of research on premodern Japan.
Asian Studies Ph.D. student Minoru Takano Accepted by the 2021 China Studies Program Online Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship
Congratulations to Asian Studies doctoral student, Minoru Takano who was recently accepted by the 2021 China Studies Program (CSP) Online Joint Research Ph.D. Fellowship.
New Releases in “Exploring Premodern Japan” video series
Graduate students Haley Blum, José Manuel Escalona Echániz, Saeko Suzuki, Miaoling Xue, and Asian Studies professor, Dr. Christina Laffin are excited to announce that they have released three new videos in their “Exploring Premodern Japan” series.
Asian Studies PhD Student Haoyue Li Receives Award at the American Oriental Society Western Branch 2021 Conference
Asian Studies doctoral student Haoyue Li recently received one of three Graduate Student Awards for her paper “The Insight of Nose: Odours, Sentiments, and Memory in Qian Qianyi (1582-1664) and other Late-Ming Loyalists’ Writings.”
MA student Bianca Chui selected as the winner of Princess Takamado Essay Contest
Congratulations to Asian Studies MA student, Bianca Chui for her essay, titled “Eating Your Way Through Sugoroku: Imaginary Travel in a Japanese Board Game,” being selected as the winner of the 2021 Princess Takamado Essay Contest.
Meet Our Students – Jiaqi Yao
Meet Jiaqi Yao, a doctoral student in the Department of Asian Studies — she shares with us the origins of her interest in Chinese literature.
UBC Asian Studies Class of 2021 Graduates Yearbook
Congratulations, UBC Asian Studies Class of 2021!
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Yue Wang
In this interview, graduating MA student Yue Wang shares what inspired her to study dystopian literature and social change as her research focus.