Fourth Video Out in Interviews with Scholars of Japanese Horror
The fourth installment of Professor Colleen Laird‘s new short J-Horror Video series focuses on Kurosawa Kiyoshis “Loft” Interview with Prof. Chika Kinoshita.
Third Installment in Interviews with Scholars of Japanese Horror
The third installment of Professor Colleen Laird‘s new short J-Horror Video series focuses on Shimizu Takashi’s “Ju-On” Interview with Prof. Raechel Dumas.
Second Video Published now! Interviews with Scholars of Japanese Horror
The second installment of Professor Colleen Laird‘s new short J-Horror Video series focuses on Miike Takashi’s “Audition” Interview with Dr. Kathryn Hemmann.
Retired Asian Studies Professor Florence Yeh Chia-ying Featured in New Documentary
Until 2012, Professor Florence Yeh Chia-ying was UBC Asian Studies Department’s only female full professor. Now aged ninety-six, she is the subject of a brand-new feature documentary which opened in Shanghai and premiered nationwide on October 16.
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.
Asian Studies Graduate Students feature daily in Japanese multimedia publication “In Media Res”
This week’s In Media Res (August 31-September 4) features pieces from UBC graduate students Rosaley Gai, Lilian Higashikata, Ai Yamamoto, Jaylene Laturnas, Oğuzhan Kaya, and Alisa Guo. Designed as a public-facing platform to introduce and discuss contemporary new media texts, In Media Res is a multi-modal form of online scholarship with a wide readership and online presence.
Re-discovering the love of Cantonese language
Zoe Lam in our Cantonese language faculty shares her love of the language with everyone she teaches, from beginners to advanced learners!
Asian Studies Alumnus Leo-Thomas Brylowski awarded Korea Times Grand Prize for translation
Leo-Thomas Brylowski, who studied Korean with Dr. Bruce Fulton during his undergraduate years at UBC, has been awarded the Korea Times Grand Prize in its 50th Modern Korean Literature Translation Awards.
Religion and Politics in Bhutan: An Interview with Dr. Dagmar Schwerk
Dagmar Schwerk, Khyentse Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Tibetan Buddhist Studies, was recently interviewed by the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies regarding her recent research and upcoming publication.
Dr. Christopher Rea Featured in “What Makes China Laugh?” with Kung Fu Komedy
Listen to Dr. Christopher Rea’s opening remarks about 5,000 years of Chinese comedy at a recent China Institute NYC panel.