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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Jun 14[Community Talk] Invisible and Marginalized Women’s Communities in Hong Kong 看不見的香港邊緣性別社群 Room 7000, Harbour Centre, SFU
515 W. Hastings Street -
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
News
May 15, 2024
Join Dr. Denise Tang (鄧芝珊) and Dr. Gina Yang (楊靜怡), from Lingnan University, for a pride month community talk in Cantonese and Mandarin
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.
FEATURED COURSES
STUDENT PROJECTS
- ASIA325 (23W): “Award Ceremony for the Heroes of Hong Kong”
- ASIA325 (23W): Storyboard and Scriptwriting
- ASIA325 (23W): “Mo Lei Tau”
- ASIA325 (23W): From A Different Perspective
- ASIA325 (23W): Diorama and Marginalized Spaces
Featured
ASIA325 (23W): “Award Ceremony for the Heroes of Hong Kong”
A Creative Response to A Better Tomorrow
ASIA325 (23W): Storyboard and Scriptwriting
A Creative Response to Chungking Express
ASIA325 (23W): “Mo Lei Tau”
A Creative Response to A Better Tomorrow
ASIA325 (23W): From A Different Perspective
A Creative Response to Beyond The Dream
ASIA325 (23W): Diorama and Marginalized Spaces
Made in Hong Kong
Invisible and Marginalized Women’s Communities in Hong Kong 看不見的香港邊緣性別社群
Join Dr. Denise Tang (鄧芝珊) and Dr. Gina Yang (楊靜怡), from Lingnan University, for a pride month community talk in Cantonese and Mandarin
CNTO 403 (23W): Eating disorder
Intermediate Cantonese II: Eating disorder
CNTO 311 (23W): The date show “one to one”
Basic Cantonese for Mandarin Speakers: The date show “one to one”
CNTO 303 (23W): The grow-up experience of Chinese-born Canadians
Basic Cantonese II: The grow-up experience of Chinese-born Canadians
ASIA324 (23W): Outside In
Modern Re-Telling of Ronald Mar’s “Streets in the Sun”
ASIA324 (23W): Shrimp and Egg, Tofu Soup, and Bubble Waffle
A Creative Response to Hon Lai Chu’s “Notes on an Epidemic”
ASIA324 (23W): AsiaBnB
A Creative Response to Cecil Clementi’s “Hong Kong” and Leung Ping-Kwan’s “A Response to Cecil Clementi”
ASIA324 (23W): Tattoos from The Ashes
A Creative Response to Eileen Chang’s “From the Ashes”
ASIA324 (23W): Intersection
A Creative Response to Liu Yichang’s “Intersection”
ASIA324 (23W): Teahouse of Memories
A Creative Response to Dung Kai Cheung’s “The Rise and Fall of Wing Shing Street”
[Newsletters] The HKSI April Update is out!
Check out the HKSI April Update and the highlighted events.
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