December 09, 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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Asian Studies Student Published in University of Toronto's Snergy Journal Aaron Throness, a fourth-year Asian Studies undergrad student, recently had his essay published in Snergy: The Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies hosted by the University of Toronto. Titled Isolation, Neglect, and Decay: A Study of the Ming Dynasty’s Coastal Consciousness, he investigates the precipitous decline of the Ming Dynasty's coastal fortifications and its withdrawal from maritime affairs. |
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2019/20 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies Professor Ketelaar will draw on his most recent research into the concepts of the barbarian and the frontier in the construction of Japanese national identity and history; coupled with this he will examine something of the roles and meanings of emotion in the construction of the historical imagination in Japan. All of which will be used in a critical approach to the area known as Japan Studies. |
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ASIA 450Z: Buddhism and Social Changes in Contemporary East Asia Students will analyze how Buddhism responds to social, political, and economic changes with a specific focus on Mahayana Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. We will examinine case studies such as the Cultural Revolution in China and charity works run by Buddhist communities. If interested, please send a statement of intent to m.tian@alumni.ubc.ca. |
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Meet Saeyong Kim: Korean Studies Librarian Saeyong Kim recent joined UBC Library as a Korean Studies Librarian. Saeyong comes from a background in children’s literature and public library services, and is interested in how people do things, make things, and tell stories (material culture, customs, folklore, etc.). She is excited to work with faculty, students and community members at UBC, and is looking forward to making connections throughout the campus. |
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Tadoku Reading Club / Tagaki Writing Club: Registration for Winter 2019/20 Do you want to polish your Japanese skills? The Japanese Language Program’s Tadoku Reading Club and Tagaki Writing Club is the perfect opportunity for you to practice and improve your Japanese reading and writing skills, while getting feedback from your peers and TAs! The club meets Mondays and Tuesdays, 3:00-5:00 p.m., Asian Library 1F seminar room. Please complete the form here if you are interested in participating. Critical Asian Studies Journal's Online Blog Critical Asian Studies, a Taylor and Francis multidisciplinary academic journal, is soliciting 500-1,500-word online blog posts to for a linguistically and culturally diverse readership. With a focus on practice more than theory, the blog is now publishing posts emphasizing empirical evidence from early career scholars about emerging scholarship and research on new and critical topics infolding across Asia on the themes of research and opinion on politics, economic realities, or another critical topic in an Asian region, or reflections on fieldwork highlighting methods employed across various disciplines for research, analysis, and data collection. If you would like to submit or propose a post, respond to webeditor.criticalasianstudies@gmail.com with your interest and potential topic. Call for Submissions: 2020 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference is a conference for UBC undergraduate students to showcase their research to the UBC community through oral or poster presentations.This academic year, MURC will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2020. The deadline for applications is January 20, 2020. Call for Submissions: Young Scholars' Forum in Chinese Studies 2020 The Seventh Young Scholars’ Forum in Chinese Studies is now calling for paper proposal to the theme: Intellectual Networks and Knowledge Production: Remapping Chinese Studies. Ph.D. students or Ph.D. graduates with less than five years of work experience are eligible to presentation of their recent research related to the theme. The deadline for abstracts submissions is January 3, 2020. Call for Submissions: Associate Professors at University of Toronto The Faculty of Arts and Sciences of the University of Toronto invites applications for two Associate Professor positions: Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Chair in Chinese Thought and Culture and a Contractually Limited Term Appointment (CLTA) in Japanese Language. The deadline for applications is January 9, 2020. Call for Submissions: 2020 Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast Conference The Organizing Committee of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) 2020 invites college and university faculty, K-12 schoolteachers, independent scholars and graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in Asian or Asian diaspora studies to submit proposals for organized panels, roundtable discussions, individual papers or poster presentations related to Asia and the Asian diasporas.The theme for the conference is “Asia: Our Global Future” and held at the University of Hawaii at Hilo on June 12-13, 2020. The early submission deadline is December 31, 2019 and the regular submission deadline is February 29, 2020. |
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Graduate Research Foundations: Disruption, Action and Advocacy: Building Core Skills and Confidence December 9 | 1:00 p.m. | The xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees), Liu Institute for Global Issues Graduate Research Foundations: Innovation and Impact: Preparing to work differently independently January 23 | 4:00 p.m. | The xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of Many Trees), Liu Institute for Global Issues |
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