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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Asian Studies Administrator Maija Norman awarded a Dean of Arts Award for Staff Excellence 2019

 
Congratulations to our beloved Administrator, Maija Norman, who was awarded with a Dean of Arts Award for Staff Excellence at the 2019 UBC Faculty of Arts Holiday Celebration!
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Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke Interviewed by Asia Pacific Foundation

 
Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke was interviewed by the Asia Pacific Foundation for their 2019 election series focusing on Taiwan.
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New Publication on Hokkaidō 150: settler colonialism and Indigeneity in modern Japan and beyond

 
The proceedings from the Hokkaidō 150 Workshop, which took place earlier in 2019, has been published as a roundtable in Critical Asian Studies. This new publication by the Centre for Japanese Research is accessible through UBC library to students and faculty.
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News

Asian Studies Administrator Maija Norman awarded a Dean of Arts Award for Staff Excellence 2019

December 11, 2019

Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke Interviewed by Asia Pacific Foundation

October 31, 2019

New Publication on Hokkaidō 150: settler colonialism and Indigeneity in modern Japan and beyond

October 22, 2019
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Events

The Persian Influences on the Architecture of the Mugal Empire (in Persian)

January 31, 2020
6:30 pm

2019/20 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: What Aborigines Sang: Aynu, Yukar and Some Problems in Japan Studies

February 10, 2020
6:30 pm

Persian Munshi, Persian Jones: English Translations of Sa’di’s Gulistan from Late 18th to Mid-19th Centuries (in English)

February 12, 2020
6:30 pm
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