August 01, 2019 The Update is a bi-weekly roundup of news in the Department of Asian Studies for our Students, Faculty and Staff |
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Video: Zining Wang Student Alumni Interview with Mason Leung In this episode of our Student Alumni Interview series, fourth year student Mason Leung (BA’20) interviews alumna Zining Wang (BA ’18), who currently works as a project coordinator for the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada. Zining knows it can be hard to “see a clear path of how to translate academic passions into a clear objective” and therefore she strongly advocates students to “be open to new experiences, get yourself out there and try different things,” even if it may seem unfamiliar or daunting. Watch video |
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The Winter 2019/20 course schedule is now available. Look out for our featured courses! |
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2019 Powell Street Festival Calling for Volunteers! Come volunteer at the 43rd annual Powell Street Festival happening August 3rd and 4th! The Powell Street Festival is the largest Japanese Canadian festival in the country and the longest running community arts celebration in Vancouver. Volunteers receive free food, vouchers and other prizes as compensation for their efforts. Applications are now open online but drop-in volunteers are also welcome. UBC Pride Celebration: Friday, September 6 Come one, come all - we're kicking off Pride at UBC in style! On September 6, sashay your way to the Fairview Commons area to celebrate diversity, inclusion and Positive Space at UBC! Click here for more information. UBC Course: Living Language: Science and Society in 2019W In this interdisciplinary 3-credit 'transition-out' course, 3rd and 4th-year students examine, integrate and apply their subject-specific knowledge through the lens of language and the framework of the language sciences, with a focus on themes of real-world importance. There are no pre-requirements, other than a commitment to deep intellectual exploration, a willingness to be challenged, and a readiness to reflect on what you have learned in your discipline through the lens of language. UBC Sustainability Initiative Course Finder Tool The UBC Sustainability Initiative Course Finder tool features over 600 sustainability related courses at the undergraduate and graduate level that address environmental, social and economic aspects of sustainability. Make sustainability part of your degree and share with a friend to be an agent of change! |
| ON & OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS |
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August 1-3 | Various Times | VIFF Theatre, 1181 Seymour St August 3-4 | 11:30 a.m. | Powell St Community Forum: Hong Kong at a Crossroad: Exploring Canada's Role August 11 | 12:30 p.m. | Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville St Monsoon Festival Industry Series Workshop - Writing Workshop August 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Kwantlen Polytechnic University, 12666 72 Ave LiterASIAN 2019 - "Genesis: Writing Life Into Art" September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Chinatown House, 188 East Pender St |
| IN MEMORIAM |
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UBC's Asian Studies' faculty, staff and students were saddened to hear of the recent passing of Alireza Ahmadian. Alireza (second from right) was a passionate supporter of our initiative to establish Persian Language and Iranian Studies within the department, with which he first became acquainted in 2010 as an enthusiastic undergraduate student. Our Head of Department, Professor Ross King, says: ''Alireza was a devoted and trusted advisor, supporter, confidant and friend. My colleagues in Asian Studies, the Dean’s Office, and the Office of Development and Alumni engagement could never say enough good things about his charisma, his passion, his articulate and insightful analyses of Vancouver’s Iranian community, and above all his warm and generous humanity.'' UBC's Asian Studies Department has renamed its lecture series in Persian and Iranian Studies for the 2019/20 academic year in Alireza's honour. |
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