Inspiration in Isolation – Xinran Huang
We’ve asked some of our Asian Studies faculty, staff and students to share their experiences on working from home. Chinese language teaching assistant Xinran Huang has a special love for Nintendo Switch (can you tell?): What are some problems you may have encountered during the transition to remote working? I get distracted and lose concentration […]
Inspiration in Isolation – Connie Wu
We’ve asked some of our Asian Studies faculty, staff and students to share their experiences on working from home. Events and Digital Media Assistant Connie Wu only began her role at the start of 2020 and continues to meet every challenge with her sunny disposition! What are some problems you may have encountered during the […]
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 […]
NEW SERIES: Inspiration in Isolation
Good thing our department has thousands of years of history to draw upon when it comes to dealing with challenging times! Asian Studies faculty, staff and students are sharing their tips and challenges from working from home. Plus the best inspirational quotes.
ASIA 365: “Punjabi Cinema” student videos
ASIA 365, “Punjabi Cinema,” explores the history and ongoing, unfolding phenomenon of Punjabi film. Students in the class watch classics of Punjabi film — for example, classics like Nanak Naam Jahaaz Hai (1969), Chann Pardesi (1980), Put Jattan de (1981), and Long da Lishkara (1986), and newer classics, like Khamosh Pani (2003), Munde UK De […]
Generous Gifts From Students
It is hard in these pandemic times to find moments of joy when we are all so aware of the challenges and hardship so many are facing. I have been following the journey of Covid-19 from its early days in Wuhan towards the still uncertain future for all of us, and it is a hard […]
Discovering Premodern Japan through Video
[youtube]https://youtu.be/6d6OY6iMp7g[/youtube] How did script and books arrive in Japan from the continent? Why does classical Japanese theatre often include scenes of travel? How was the body represented in Buddhist religious texts circulated in Japan? These are some of the questions being answered in visual ways by a team of researchers in Asian studies. Five scholars […]
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.
2020 Careers Night Recap (March 12)
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB5YfFagLlk[/youtube] Recently our annual Careers Night was held at Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. Joined by 11 Asian Studies alumni coming from diverse career backgrounds, students had the opportunity to make connections with others who share similar interests, and seek career advice. You can watch our video recap above, and check out some event photos […]