August 09, 2019 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. |
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It is not without mixed feelings that we present to you the third issue of Intersections, the annual newsletter of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative. As it should be evident from the events highlighted below, the 2018–2019 season was an extraordinarily active year for HKSI. Not only were we able to bring to campus (and to the community) a wide range of excellent speakers from Hong Kong and beyond, we also witnessed the successful launch of "History of Cantonese Worlds,” an undergraduate course that adds yet another dimension to what was already a rich offering of Hong Kong-related and Cantonese language courses on campus. We are thus particularly thankful to all the students, faculty members, and staff here at UBC as well as our academic and community partners, both local and abroad, for their continual support and encouragement. Your assurance that this is indeed a path worth traveling is much appreciated. We are also deeply grateful to Mr. Chi Shum Watt and other friends of HKSI who have generously contributed to the Hong Kong Studies Initiative Program Fund. Without your support, we certainly would not have gone as far as we have. As we take stock of our activities of the past year, we are of course mindful that it is not without reasons that the teaching and research of Hong Kong has become ever more timely and important. On that note, we would like to draw your attention to the HKSI-sponsored community forum “Hong Kong at a Crossroad: Exploring Canada’s Role,” which will take place in downtown Vancouver on Sunday, August 11. Finally, we would like to take this opportunity to bid farewell to our long-time student associate Kennedy Chi Pan Wong, who has worked with HKSI almost right from the start but whose time has come to embark on his own separate journey. Sincerely, Leo K. Shin 單國鉞 |
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The Worldly Engagement of the Greater Pearl River Delta Region Oct. 3, 2018 The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative was pleased to kick off its third season with the Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture featuring Prof. Helen F. Siu. Details |
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Evolution of Hong Kong's Democracy Moment February 25, 2019 Students of ASIA/HIST 373 (History of Hong Kong) were joined by 60+ members of the UBC community for a lecture by Prof. Ma Ngok on the evolution of the democracy movement in Hong Kong. |
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Standup Comedy with Vivek Mahbubani March 26 - 30, 2019 Made In Hong Kong standup comedian Vivek Mahbubani takes Vancouver by storm. Details |
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History of Cantonese Worlds (ASIA 323/HIST377) The history, culture, languages, and identities of the multi-faceted Cantonese worlds, in the context of Chinese history and the Cantonese diaspora Details |
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CNTO: Cantonese Language Courses From beginner to advanced language learners, the University of British Columbia is the only Canadian university to offer a comprehensive, for-credit Cantonese language program to our cantonese as heritage and non-heritage students. Details |
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ACAM 390: The Heritage of Chinese Migration A summer Global Seminar that examines trans-Pacific Chinese migrations in global contexts |
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Hong Kong in Photographs Hong Kong in Photographs: Mapping Daily Life in the 1950s and 1960s is a digital humanities project that plots a series of old photographs taken of the city onto a map of present-day Hong Kong. Details |
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Cantonese Music (MUSC 327 / ASIA 335) A history of musical genres with Cantonese lyrics from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics include music and text relationships, major singers, major genres (narrative songs, Cantonese opera, Cantopop). Details |
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