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Meet the new faculty members in Asian Studies
As we kick off the new academic year, we’d also like to extend a huge welcome to five new faculty members joining us this year: Mostafa Abedinifard, Nesrine Basheer, Zoe Lam, Li-Jung Lee, and Janet Um! We’ve asked each of our new faculty to tell us a little bit about themselves.
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Dr. Sunera Thobani named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Thobani, along with nine other UBC faculty, have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows. The fellowship of the RSC comprises over 2,000 Canadian scholars, artists, and scientists, peer-elected as the best in their field. These are distinguished individuals from all branches of learning who have made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life.
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Dr. Sunera Thobani's new edited book sheds light on the effects of Covid-19 for racially marginalized communities
Congratulations to Dr. Sunera Thobani for the release of her edited publication The Deadly Intersections of Covid-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society! This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities.
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Dr. Bruce Fulton featured on the cover of one of the most respected literary journals in Korea, Munhak sasang (Literature and Thought)
We are delighted to share that Dr. Bruce Fulton is featured on the cover of the September issue of Munhak sasang (Literature and Thought), one of the most respected literary journals in Korea. This edition of the journal includes an interview with Dr. Fulton, where he speaks about his and his wife's translation of One Left--the first Korean novel to focus on Korean "comfort women" of the Pacific War.
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Instructor Spotlight: Yi-yi Chen: "Flying Students' Dreams on Top of Literature"
As the new academic year begins, we welcome Yi-yi Chen, our newest visiting lecturer in the Chinese Language Program. Dr. Chen is keen on inspiring her students to set out on journeys of lifelong learning alongside literature, summing up her teaching philosophy as “flying students’ dreams on top of literature.” In this Spotlight, we asked professor Chen to share some of her teaching experiences and pedagogical methods.
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| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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Fizzing and Popping with Possibility: Co-creating Learning Experiences at the Peripheries
Professor Susan Andrews, Mount Allison University
September 23, 6:30pm PT; Hybrid
Teaching Buddhism with and through the body offers exciting possibilities. From community engaged and work integrated learning to role play, field schools, and object lessons, this presentation explores diverse ways of using body activity as a catalyst to learning in our undergraduate courses.
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China’s Grandmothers: A Talk by Professor Emerita Diana Lary on her new book
Professor Emerita Diana Lary, UBC.
September 28, 4:00pm PT; In-person
In this talk, Dr. Lary will be talking about her new book China’s Grandmothers: Gender, Family, and Ageing from late Qing to Twenty-first Century (Cambridge University Press, 2022).
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What Is Ethics For? A Minimalist Approach to Buddhist Ethics
Professor Jin Y. Park, American University
October 1, 7:00pm PT; Hybrid
This presentation considers the minimal factors that can aid us in conceptualizing and practicing ethics in our times, drawing from foundational Buddhist teachings.
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The Dharma-Ending Age: The Climate Crisis through the Lens of Buddhist Eschatology, Past and Present International Conference
Find all the panelists here
October 7-9, 2022; Hybrid
The unprecedented number of global crises is casting a shadow on the future of humanity, all of which seem to augur that the dharma-ending age (mofa 末法) described in Buddhist classics is now silently approaching us. At this crossroad, the climate crisis may wield the most immediate impacts for the world. Buddhism may prove to possess unique insights to address this urgent global challenge.
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A Sense of an Ending: Chinese Buddhist Eschatology Reconsidered
Professor Emeritus Tim H. Barrett, University of London
October 7, 6:30pm PT; Hybrid
In 1976, Dan Overmyer published Folk Buddhist Religion, a volume that drew attention to apocalyptic visions of some popular groups influenced by Buddhist conceptions, amongst others, of global disaster. This keynote will discuss what has been written in this vein since then, reaction in East Asia to climate change, what have we learned over the past five decades.
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[Webinar] Becoming Communities: The Changing Face of Community Activism in Hong Kong
Dr. Samson Yuen, Hong Kong Baptist University
October 7, 5:00pm PT; Online
This talk seeks to provide a more nuanced understanding of social activism in Hong Kong beyond the realm of street politics. The speaker will focus on three types of community activism – online discussion groups, politically-oriented groups and community newspapers – which emerged following three major waves of mass protests in Hong Kong.
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Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: Then and Now
Dr. Sonja Arntzen, researcher and author
October 8, 7:00pm PT; Hybrid
This lecture will explore selected translations of the Kyōunshū 狂雲集 (Crazy Cloud Anthology), an anthology of poems in literary Chinese by medieval Rinzai monk Ikkyū Sōjun 休宗純 (1394-1481). The readings will concentrate on poems from Ikkyū’s later years spent during the catastrophic Ōnin War (1467-1477).
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Gardens in Persian Literature: Ecology of Material and Metaphysical Beauty, from Balkh to Shiraz
Dr. Domenico Ingenito, UCLA
October 14, 6:30pm PT; In-person
Announcing the first lecture in the Fall 2022 line-up of Alireza Ahmadian Lecture in Iranian and Persianate Studies: the lecture on October 14 features Domenico Ingenito, Associate Professor of Persian Literature at UCLA.
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| EVENT RECAPS |
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Japanese Language Program welcomes Kyoai Gakuen University students with cultural exchange event
This past summer, the Japanese Language program welcomed 8 students from Kyoai Gakuen University in Japan for a cultural exchange event with students from UBC's beginner Japanese courses. Together, everyone enjoyed a campus tour, a Japanese cultural workshop, and some group activities.
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Webinar on Chinese Language Technology for Research and Education
This past July, Dr. Joanna Ut-Seong Sio and Dr. Luís Morgado da Costa from Palacký University Olomouc were invited to present a webinar titled Chinese Language Technology for Research and Education. Together, they shared their current projects focusing on linguistic research and their application to teaching and learning Sinitic languages like Mandarin and Cantonese.
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| ASIAN LIBRARY NEWS |
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Hang & Chat Open House
Whether you are a new or returning student, faculty or staff, come and celebrate the new school year with the Asian Library on Tuesday, September 20. Drop by the library anytime during the open house hours to relax and participate in the available activities, which include a scavenger hunt, library tours, DIY button making, and more!
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