The Department of Asian Studies offers programs of study that lead to degrees in the Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and a Ph.D. Our programs offer students the opportunity to learn about the impact of Asian cultures and develop their linguistic competencies in up to nine Asian languages.

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New entry about Buddhism in Bhutan in the Database of Religious History (DRH) by Dr. Dagmar Schwerk

 
We are delighted to share Dr. Dagmar Schwerk’s detailed entry, "Drukpa Kagyü School (Bhutan),” in the open-access Database of Religious History (DRH) at UBC.

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).
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New entry about Buddhism in Bhutan in the Database of Religious History (DRH) by Dr. Dagmar Schwerk

July 21, 2021

The first essay collection in English on The Ise Stories co-edited by Prof. Joshua Mostow and PhD student Kurtis Hanlon

July 12, 2021

Heritage Incubator: Fostering Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion through CHIN243

July 9, 2021
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Events

In Search of Identity: Story-Reading with Mitra Eliati

August 3, 2021
7:00 pm
RSVP

East Asian Buddhist Worldmaking

August 14, 2021 - August 16, 2021

The Second International Symposium on Teaching Cantonese as a Second Language

August 19, 2021 - August 20, 2021
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