Happy 60th Anniversary UBC Asian Studies – Photo Challenge Event
In celebration of its 60th anniversary this year, the Department of Asian Studies at UBC invites all UBC students and alumni to participate in the Happy 60th Anniversary UBC Asian Studies Photo Challenge Event! Students and alumni will have the opportunity to visit various Asia-related locations on the UBC campus and win a prize from UBC Asian Studies Department Merchandise
To Think and to Transcend: Introducing the UBC Student Association of Sinology, a Newly Constituted UBC AMS Club
The UBC Student Society of Sinology, or UBC Student Association of Sinology (USAS) as registered at AMS, is led by a group of dedicated students who work to create a platform for research and discussion on Chinese literature as well as cultures.
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.”
Cultivating Dedication in the Chinese Language Program: The 2021 Volunteer and TAWL Training Workshop Recap
This year, the Chinese Language Program held its annual Volunteer and TAWL Training Workshop on Saturday, September 11.
Bridging Gaps: Promoting Differentiated Instruction for Both Heritage and Non-Heritage Mandarin Learners in CHIN244/338
Heritage Mandarin learners are frequently faced with particular challenges such as identity confusion, language barriers, doubled sense of cultural alienation, and so on. These difficulties often arise from the ambiguous cultural spaces they are situated in and their shared diasporic experiences. This has precisely been how Selina Guo, a third-year Political Science student, felt when she grew up in […]
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.
We Are Hiring: 2021 Winter Asian Studies Work Learn Positions
The Department of Asian Studies at UBC is welcoming applications for Communications Assistant, Course Support Assistant, and Special Events Assistant through the UBC Work Learn Program for the Winter 2021. Work Learn positions are open only to students and the deadline to apply is August 13, 2021. To apply, please visit CareersOnline and search for the […]
The first essay collection in English on The Ise Stories co-edited by Prof. Joshua Mostow and PhD student Kurtis Hanlon
Congratulations to Asian Studies Professor Joshua S. Mostow and Asian Studies PhD student, Kurtis Hanlon on the co-edited publication “An “Ise monogatari” Reader”!
Heritage Incubator: Fostering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through CHIN243
By encouraging the students to reflect on their own cultural heritage, CHIN 243: Basic Chinese II: Part 2 (Heritage) motivated them to further explore such significant concepts as equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Finding our Seat at the Table: What Identity Means for Asian Canadians
We recently got the chance to talk to Kristy Lin and Daniel Chen about their involvement with the A Seat at the Table exhibition and what it means to them.