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 Spotlight: Danielle Barkley

 
Interested in what you can do with a degree in Asian Studies? In this issue's Spotlight Interview Series, we have gone slightly rogue and interviewed Danielle Barkley, Graduate Career Educator with UBC's Centre for Student Involvement & Careers

New! Fall 2020 Graduation Zoom Backgrounds

 
We congratulate all of our upcoming graduates for November 25th! For the UBC virtual ceremony, and also for the Asian Studies Graduation Reception on November 26th, we have some new Zoom Backgrounds to help you celebrate in style.

UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series: Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography Lecture Report and Video

 
The second iteration of the UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series was held on October 9, with speaker Dr. John Kieschnick (Stanford University) exploring why Chinese Buddhist historians turned to the doctrine of karma for explanation of historical causation and truths.
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News

Asian Studies Spotlight: Danielle Barkley

November 22, 2020

New! Fall 2020 Graduation Zoom Backgrounds

November 16, 2020

UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series: Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography Lecture Report and Video

November 10, 2020
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Events

Negotiating Modernity: The Prostitute Character in Iranian Film and Fiction

December 12, 2020
4:00 pm

2020/21 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture: Elegance and Vulgarity: The Promise and Peril of Things in Ming-Qing Literature

January 20, 2021
4:00 pm
Free

2020/21 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies: Nouvelle Japonisme: Le Samouraï (1967) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Cinematic Japan

February 1, 2021
5:30 pm
Free
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