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Asian Studies Welcome Back Lunch
Tuesday, September 4
All transfer and returning undergraduate students (2nd, 3rd and 4th years) are invited to join us for our Welcome Back Lunch on Imagine Day. Meet with faculty and staff, network with alumni and mingle with fellow students over lunch. Imagine day is your greatest opportunity to become aware of the programs across campus and start planning ahead!
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Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture
With Dr. Helen Siu
Oct 3 2018
Held annually, the Department invites leading scholars to discuss topics in Chinese literature and culture. This upcoming lecture will feature Helen F. Siu, professor of anthropology at Yale University. Please save the date.
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John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies
With Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Nov 22 2018
Guest speaker, Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney, William F. Vilas Professor at the University of Wisconsin, continues one of our greatest annual traditions in which we invite prominent scholars from around the world to speak to the university community and alumni on Japanese Studies.
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| NEW HIRES |
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Clement Tong
Visiting Assistant Professor teaching 'History of Cantonese Worlds' |
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| Mostafa Abedinefard Assistant Professor without Review of Persian Literary Culture and Civilization |
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Sunil Kumar Bhatt
Tenure-Track Instructor in Hindi-Urdu |
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Saori Hoshi
Tenure-Track Instructor in Japanese |
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Billy Brewster
Sheng Yen Education Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow in Chinese Buddhism
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Tina Wong
Graduate Program Assistant |
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Calling all alumni: share your story
Are you an Asian Studies alumn? Are you looking for ways to reconnect with the University and help current students? If yes, we welcome you to fill in our new Asian Studies Alumni Spotlight Interview form!
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We have new Asian Studies merch!
Prepare yourself for the return to school with our fresh new Asian Studies branded items!
Check out our merch here!
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| RESEARCH STORIES |
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UBC receives $4.9 million for global Buddhist academic network
The University of British Columbia will lead an international network of universities to advance the study of Buddhism and East Asian cultures, thanks to a $4.9-million donation from the China-based Liuzu Temple of Chan Buddhism.
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Khyentse Foundation gifts UBC Asian Studies $524,850
This donation funds the hiring of a post-doctoral research fellow or a visiting faculty member in Tibetan Buddhist Studies and a lecturer in Tibetan Language Studies. The funds will re-establish Asian Studies as a major centre for the study of Tibetan Buddhism and the Tibetan language.
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Christina Laffin among leaders of research in the Faculty of Arts
Dr. Christina Laffin and 23 other Canada Research Chairs are collectively contributing to UBC’s standing as a leading research university. Those who are granted a Chair at a qualifying Canadian university are charged with the immense task of improving “our depth of knowledge and quality of life” as Canadians.
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Fuyubi Nakamura recieves the 2018 Canadian Museum Association Awards of Outstanding Achievement in Research
Winning in the Art Category, Traces of Words: Art and Calligraphy from Asia, led by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, aimed to enhance the understanding of the cultural significance of calligraphy across Asia. The project was on exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology from May to October in 2017.
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A Third Gender, celebrated as one of the best art shows in NYC
Included at #5 on their list of Top 20 NYC Art Shows in 2017, Hyperallergic writes that the show, conceived by Dr. Joshua Mostow, shows "how non-binary expressions of gender in the Edo period were not just widely accepted but regarded as standard."
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Jinhua Chen awarded UBC Killam Research Prize
The UBC Killam Research Prizes are awarded annually to top campus researchers in recognition of outstanding research and scholarly contributions. Dr. Jinhua Chen’s contributions developed primarily from a persistent interest in trans-national narratives in the history and contemporary practice of Buddhism across East Asia.
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Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship Foundation Awards Scholarship to UBC Asian Studies’ student
The Vancouver Korean-Canadian Scholarship Foundation annually offers a scholarship to a graduate student majoring in Korean studies at UBC. In February 2018, members of its Board of Directors, awarded a scholarship to PhD student Kyrie Vermette.
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Ajay Bhardwaj helps UBC pave the way for new conceptions of PhD research
In an Op-Ed to the Vancouver Sun, Dean and Vice-Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Dr. Susan Porter, defends doctoral education and highlights the UBC students, including Asian Studies PhD Student Ajay Bhardwaj, who are redefining it with exciting new research.
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New book: Partition and the Practice of Memory
Co-edited by Dr. Anne Murphy, this collection attends to the locations of memory along and about the Indo-Pakistan and Indo-Bangladesh borders and the complex ways in which such memories are both allowed for and erased in the present.
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New book: Colonizing Language: Cultural Production and Language Politics in Modern Japan and Korea
Dr. Christina Yi investigates how linguistic nationalism and national identity intersect through an examination of Japanese-language cultural production by Korean and Japanese writers from the 1930s through the 1950s.
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New book: Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Chinese Celebrities
Dr Christopher Rea's latest book brings together fifty rediscovered essays, written in English in 1934, which offer fascinating, close-up profiles of a constellation of Chinese celebrities.
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New translation: Dance of the POWs
Ju-Chan and Dr Bruce Fulton's new translation of author Choi Suchol's work was published in the winter issue of the Asymptote Journal.
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New translation: An Intellectual History of China Volume 2: Knowledge, Thought, and Belief from the Seventh through the Nineteenth Century
Translated by Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke & Dr. Michael S. Duke, this book reveals the history of traditional Chinese knowledge, thought and belief from the seventh through to the nineteenth centuries with a new approach that offers a fresh perspective on the matter.
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New translation: The Age of Irreverence now available in Chinese
Written by Dr. Christopher Rea (Lei Qinfeng),The Age of Irreverence: A New History of Laughter in China has been recently translated by Hui-Lin Hsu and is available in Taiwan. The book reveals fascinating insights into the role of comedy and humour in Chinese history.
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Published article: Regulating the Idol - The Life and Death of a South Korean Popular Music Star
Written by Dr. CedarBough Saeiji in collaboration with her former students and Teaching Assistants, this article touches on the tragic suicide of Kim Jonghyun. The article explores how contemporary Korean culture compounds with the intense lives of idols, as well as the impact of Jonghyun's suicide.
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| Featured Courses |
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| Global Chinese Cinemas |
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Partition of India through the eyes of writers and filmmakers
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Asian Classics
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| Chinese Film Classics |
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| Classical Persian Literature in English Translation |
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| Mughal India |
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| SPRING HIGHLIGHTS |
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The Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture
Wednesday, January 17
Titled "The Guest’s View: Some Thoughts on Director Ann Hui’s 許鞍華 Work," guest speaker Dr. Rey Chow (Duke University), discussed the notion of “the guest’s perspective” in relation to Chinese idiom, cinematic form, and contemporary migration controversies.
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The Lunar New Year Celebration
Friday, February 9
Celebrating the Year of the Dog, this event was an exciting opportunity for heritage and non-heritage learners of Mandarin, Cantonese, and Korean to demonstrate their language skills through songs, stories, talk shows and comical performances.
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The Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program
March 2 - 4
The three day program hosted Gurvinder Singh, award-winning Punjabi-language filmmaker, for a series of film screenings and conversations. The program celebrates the long and vibrant life of Punjabi in BC, with the generous support of the Sidhu family.
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The 2018 Asian Studies Careers Night
Tuesday, March 6
10 alumni were invited to share their stories and wisdom with over 60 student participants.
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The John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies
Tuesday, March 13
This year, Dr. Peter Kornicki (Emeritus Professor of Japanese at Cambridge University) was invited to give a talk titled "Stolen Secrets: Intercepting Dispatches between Wartime Berlin and Japan."
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The Second Cantonese Worlds Workshop and the 4th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics
June 21 - 24
These workshops focused on new advances in Cantonese linguistics, including new approaches to theory and data, methodologies, and applications
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The 17th World Sanskrit Conference
July 9 - 13
More than 500 delegates from all over the world presented cutting-edge research on a range of topics related to Sanskrit and classical India, including literature, religion, philosophy, and culture.
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| INTERVIEWS |
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Dr. Edward Slingerland
"Confucius Says Ease Off the New Year's Resolutions" |
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Dr. Leo Shin
"Why a Canadian University is Fascinated by Hong Kong" |
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Joey Lee
"How I Ended Up Staying a Week in Japan for Free" |
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James Mutter, BA '05
Alumni Interview with a Vice-Consul at the Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong |
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Dr. Cedarbough Saeji
"How Koreans put the 'K' in K-pop" |
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Drew Wallin, BA '11
Alumni Interview with a Program Manager at Google |
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| STUDENT NEWS |
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Student Karaoke Night hosted by the Japanese Department
The Japanese language program held a Karaoke Night, which was attended by approximately 170 current JAPN students, students from Ritsumeikan University and language instructors.
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First Annual Cantonese Singing Contest
The inaugural UBC Cantonese Singing Contest was a hit! The event featured performances from 18 finalists, two mini documentaries, and guest performances
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The 30th Annual Japanese Speech Contest
Twelve students from UBC were selected as the finalists to participate in the 30th Annual BC Japanese Speech Contest held at Simon Fraser University.
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2018 Asian Studies Graduate Student Conference
Graduate students participating in the conference presented their original research and engaged in accompanying discussions on their research.
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Class of 2018: Graduation Reception
Congratulations to our class of 2018! Best wishes to all of our graduates on behalf of the whole department. We hope that you are excited for the next step in your journeys and that you stay in touch.
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