Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Meng Zhang
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our students, postdocs and alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Asian Studies and for any advice they would give to current students. In this interview, recent graduate Meng Zhang enlightens us on […]
Congratulations to Kyoko Kobayashi Hillman on her Ph.D!
We congratulate Kyoko Kobayashi Hillman in our Japanese faculty, who has just successfully submitted and defended her Ph.D thesis within the University of Maryland! The title of Kyoko’s thesis is “Effects of Different Types of Auditory Input on Incidental Vocabulary Learning by L2 Japanese Speakers.” She investigated how different types of spoken input enhance listening […]
Asian Studies Spotlight: Danielle Barkley
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In this issue’s Spotlight Interview Series, we have gone slightly rogue and interviewed Danielle Barkley, Graduate Career Educator with UBC’s Centre for Student Involvement & Careers (CSIC). Danielle holds a PhD from the Department of English at McGill University, has taught writing, rhetoric, and […]
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Haoyue Li
Haoyue Li (BA ’18 and MA ’20) reflects on her study experience, forward to her PhD, and explains how her childhood pastime and nostalgia for home inspired her unique research topic.
Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight – Rosaley Gai
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In our Spotlight Interview Series, we ask our students, postdocs and alumni about their career paths, how they became interested in Asian Studies and for any advice they would give to current students. In this interview, alumna Rosaley Gai shares with us how […]
Meet Our Students: Nicole Lin
Interested in pursuing a BA in Asian Studies? In this interview series, we ask our students about their experience in our program and their future academic and professional goals. This interview features MA student Nicole Lin, who completed her BA at UBC in 2019, double majoring in History and Asian Area Studies. Her MA focus […]
Meet our Students: Parboti Roy
This interview features PhD Parboti Roy. Parboti’s research focuses on Indigenous women’ resistance to gender-based violence in Bangladesh.
Meet our Students: Haoyue Li
This interview features PhD student Haoyue Li. Haoyue’s research focuses on premodern Chinese literature.
Meet our Students: Kyrie Vermette
This interview features Kyrie Vermette, a PhD student studying Korean history researching the interactions between Korean women and foreign women living in Korea during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.