Hosted by the Department of Asian Studies, the Hong Kong Studies Initiative (HKSI) at the University of British Columbia is devoted to promoting the teaching and research of this most-improbable metropolis, both as an extraordinary Chinese city and as a spectacular international and transnational hub.
Events
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Apr 13[Community] Hong Kong Cultural Preservation Series: Exploring Hong Kong Flavors 香港文化保育系列 (一):追尋港味 Auditorium, Asian Centre
1871 West Mall -
Apr 12[Screening+Conversation] AICS Closing Film: Leaving in Sorrow and Conversation with Director Vincent Chui AERL 120
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab, 2202 Main Mall -
Mar 28[Seminar] Memory as Resistance: From Tiananmen to Hong Kong Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
6476 NW Marine Drive -
Mar 23[Community] 民主退潮下的新聞自由與香港社會 Press Freedom and Hong Kong Society under Democratic Backsliding Room 7000, Harbour Centre, SFU
515 W. Hastings Street -
Mar 22[Screening+Conversation] In Search of Home: Short Films Selection and Conversation with Filmmakers AERL 120
Aquatic Ecosystems Research Lab, 2202 Main Mall -
Mar 11[Talk] Knowledge Circles 知識界 in Colonial Hong Kong 1945-1997: From Offshore Publics to Civic Communities Room 120, C. K. Choi Building
1855 West Mall
News
April 10, 2024
Check out the HKSI April Update and the highlighted events.
March 18, 2024
Check out the HKSI March Update and the full lineup of events in the coming month.
March 7, 2024
Check out Dr. Helena Wu's review on the English translation of Hong Kong writer Dung Kai-cheung's book “A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On" by Bonnie S. McDougall & Anders Hansson (Columbia UP, 2022) in Asian Studies Review
February 21, 2024
Check out the HKSI February Update and the full lineup of events in the coming month.
February 11, 2024
An article on the use of Cantonese humor in teaching Hong Kong coauthored by Charles Lam and HKSI Faculty Associate Raymond Pai
January 17, 2024
HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) and collaborators are conducting a qualitative study to understand how emigrants from Hong Kong who have moved to Canada, the United Kingdom or Taiwan have settled and integrated themselves into the local communities.
January 15, 2024
Check out the first HKSI Update of 2024 for the latest Hong Kong–related events and opportunities.
January 1, 2024
A research article on spectatorship in post-millennial Hong Kong by HKSI Co-Convenor Dr. Helena Wu
December 11, 2023
Check out the events and opportunities in the lastest (and last) HKSI Update for 2023.
November 20, 2023
Check out our November Update for events and activities organized by colleagues at UBC and beyond.
FEATURED COURSES
STUDENT PROJECTS
- ASIA324 (22W): Visual Novel
- ASIA324 (22W): “The Archeology of an Imaginary UBC”
- ASIA324 (22W): “Beneath the Surface”
- ASIA325 (22W): Plush Animal Video
- ASIA324 (22W): “Urban Identity in Flux”
Featured
[Newsletters] The HKSI April Update is out!
Check out the HKSI April Update and the highlighted events.
Asian Independent Cinema Showcase Closing Film: Leaving in Sorrow
Join us for Vincent Chui's "Leaving in Sorrow" 憂憂愁愁的走了 (2001), the first Hong Kong production filmed in the "Dogme 95" style which portrays Hong Kong in the year of 1997 and how the characters find their lives suddenly turned upside down by events beyond their control
Summer Courses
Check out these Hong Kong–related courses offered in the summer of 2024
[Media] HKSI Co-convenor Dr. Helena Wu on AICS In Search of Home film selections
Sing Tao Canada (in Chinese)
[Media] Three award-winning short films from the Southern Taiwan Film Festival make their Canadian premiere at the AICS
Central News Agency Taiwan (in Chinese)
[Media] HKSI Co-convenor Dr. Helena Wu & Faculty Associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan on Hong Kong identity
The Walrus
Minor in Asian Language and Culture (Hong Kong)
The Department of Asian Studies is pleased to offer undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia the option to pursue a minor in Asian Language and Culture with a focus on Hong Kong
[Newsletters] The HKSI March Update is out!
Check out the HKSI March Update and the full lineup of events in the coming month.
Welcome to the Hong Kong Studies Initiative!
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!)
[Publications] HKSI Co-convenor Dr. Helena Wu contributes a review of the English translation of Hong Kong writer Dung Kai-cheung’s book “A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On” by Bonnie S. McDougall & Anders Hansson (Columbia UP, 2022) in Asian Studies Review
Check out Dr. Helena Wu's review on the English translation of Hong Kong writer Dung Kai-cheung's book “A Catalog of Such Stuff as Dreams are Made On" by Bonnie S. McDougall & Anders Hansson (Columbia UP, 2022) in Asian Studies Review
[Media] HKSI Co-convenor Dr. Helena Wu supports women’s representation in sports and traditional practices in CBC’s report “More women joining traditionally male-dominated lion dance”
Baneet Braich, February 9, 2024
Fostering Research
We support research on all aspects of Hong Kong's past and present
[Newsletters] The HKSI February Update is out!
Check out the HKSI February Update and the full lineup of events in the coming month.
State of Hong Kong Studies—A Workshop
The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to be hosting an international workshop on the state of Hong Kong studies on 9–11 June 2023.
[Publications] Teaching Hong Kong: Cantonese Humor as a Resource
An article on the use of Cantonese humor in teaching Hong Kong coauthored by Charles Lam and HKSI Faculty Associate Raymond Pai
[Media] HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan on his study on the Hong Kong diaspora in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Taiwan
OMNI Cantonese (in Cantonese)
Thoughtful Discussion
We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion
In Search of Home
Co-presented by the South Taiwan Film Festival and the Asian Independent Cinema Showcase, this screening will feature TOH Tze Wei’s The Darkest Night, WU Yu-Fen’s There, and KWOK Zune’s Night is Young
[Research] Settling the Unsettled: A Qualitative Study of Hong Kong Diaspora in Canada, United Kingdom, and Taiwan
HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) and collaborators are conducting a qualitative study to understand how emigrants from Hong Kong who have moved to Canada, the United Kingdom or Taiwan have settled and integrated themselves into the local communities.
[Media] HKSI Co-Convenor Dr. Helena Wu on the upcoming screening of “Drifting Petals” 花果飄零 as part of the Asian Independent Cinema Showcase
OMNI Cantonese (in Cantonese)
[Newsletters] The HKSI January Update is out!
Check out the first HKSI Update of 2024 for the latest Hong Kong–related events and opportunities.
[Media] HKSI Faculty Associates Dr. Zoe Lam and Raymond Pai on the importance of Cantonese language education
迴響 Resonate (No. 30)
Teaching & Learning
We encourage teaching and learning in all their dimensions
[Publications] Distance And Proximity: The Spectatorship of Trauma and Film Viewing in Postmillennial Hong Kong
A research article on spectatorship in post-millennial Hong Kong by HKSI Co-Convenor Dr. Helena Wu
Community Conversation
We aim to build bridges between academia and the community
[Media] HKSI Faculty Associate Raymond Pai on the state of the Cantonese language
OMNI Cantonese (in Cantonese)
[Media] HKSI Faculty Associates on Cantonese language teaching in Canada
Initium Media (subscription)
[Newsletters] The HKSI December Update is out!
Check out the events and opportunities in the lastest (and last) HKSI Update for 2023.
[Newsletters] The HKSI November Update is out!
Check out our November Update for events and activities organized by colleagues at UBC and beyond.