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Asian Studies Welcome Back Lunch
Sept 4 | 12pm
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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Bringing Big Data to Religious History
A new Database of Religious History (DRH) spearheaded by Dr. Edward Slingerland aims to provide a clearer picture on polygamy and Mormon faith. Read more |
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Featured Courses For Winter 2018! |
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Philosophical Wisdom of Early India
Covers philosophy in the Mahabharata, Gita; early Buddhist and Jain views on knowledge and reality; views on language.
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Partition of India in Film and Narrative
This fourth year seminar will cover topics in Indian Studies on the displacement, tragedy and the birth of two new nations.
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Asian Classics
This fourth year seminar examines works considered classics by and within the Islamic, Indian, Chinese and Japanese traditions. The course is both text- and problem-centered, and the basic approach will be to analyze these works not as windows on or the epitome of the traditions from which they emerge, but rather as works that offer various universally valuable insights. Read more |
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Popular Culture Theory
Explores theories and methods in the study of popular culture, with particular attention to popular culture phenomena originating in or moving through Asia. Potential case studies will be based on class interest and may include K-pop, martial arts movies, fan fiction, otaku culture, Bollywood and more.
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Introduction to Tibetan I
Concepts, grammar, syntax of spoken and written Tibetan for beginners. Also covers aspects of Tibetan worldview.
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Introduction to Tibetan II
Focus on grammar, syntax, and structures to improve comprehension and communication skills. Also covers aspects of Tibetan worldview.
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DEPARTMENT EVENTS |
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The Birth of a Religious Group
With Dr. Fan Lizhu & Dr. Na Chen
August 27 | 2pm
This is an ethnographic study of the Confucian Congregation, an emerging religious group in Fujian Province, southeast China. The presentation provides an account of its origin, belief and rituals, organization, and development strategy.
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文禄・慶長の役から見る秀吉政権と大名権力: A Premodern Japanese History Seminar
With Dr. Nakano Hitoshi & Dr. Torizu Ryoji
August 30 | 9am
This event is open to the public but will be conducted in Japanese. Please contact Jinsung Kim if interested.
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2018 Yip So Man Wat Memorial Lecture
With Dr. Helen F. Siu
Oct 3 | TBA
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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2018 John Howes Lecture in Japanese Studies
With Dr. Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney
Nov 22 | TBA
Dr. Ohnuki-Tierney (William F. Vilas Professor at the University of Wisconsin) continues one of our greatest annual traditions in which we invite scholars from around the world to speak to the university community and alumni on Japanese Studies. This year's lecture is on The Social and Political Lives of Japanese Cherry Blossoms. Event details |
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EVENT RECAPS |
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The 2018 World Sanskrit Conference
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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OPPORTUNITIES |
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Study on South Asian Language Learning in Babies: Families Needed
The UBC Infant Studies Centre is a research lab under UBC’s Psychology Department studying language learning in babies. For their latest study, they are looking for babies whose parents speak South Asian languages (Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, etc.) at home. If your baby is 4-13 months old and listens to a South Asian language at home, you are invited to participate in a one-time visit for 1 hour at the centre.
Wakayama Fair Volunteer Interpreters
During the fair, Wakayama local specialties will be sold and Japanese-English interpreters (Mandarin and Cantonese also preferred) are needed for each booth to introduce the products. Each volunteer will be compensated 1660 yen per person per shift (approximately $20 CAD). |
Dear Sophie: Undergrad Advising Corner August 2018 |
With Term 1 barely a week away, back-to-school anxiety may seem overwhelming. Read this month’s Dear Sophie article for some last minute tips and tricks to make your September as painless as possible.
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I tried to register for a language course but I got a warning that I don’t have the prerequisites! Do I really have to take those courses before I can take the course?
The first thing to know: our prerequisite warning is a soft warning, meaning it WON’T block you from registering in the course. But, that doesn’t mean the prerequisites should be ignored! If you see the warning message, make sure you’ve completed the appropriate language placement test. If the placement states that you are able to take whichever course you are trying to register in, then you’re good to go! No need to heed the warning message. If you place lower or higher than the course that you’re trying to register in, then we have an issue… (See the next question for details on this.)
Okay, I took the placement test, but I think the recommended language courses are too high/low for my level.
First and foremost, make sure your answers on the placement test are as accurate as possible, this will make things much easier. But, if the recommended courses still seem to be at the wrong level, follow the directions as listed on our site! This will help determine which level is best for you. At times, students are able to take courses higher than the level they were approved for, but this is a very complicated process that must be approved by the appropriate Language Coordinator.
Term is starting, and I’m still not off the waitlist! Do I panic now!?
1. Check the course regularly.
After the start of the term, the Department no longer monitors waitlists. This means, if seats open up in a course, we no longer automatically add you into the course from the waitlist. If your course is unblocked after the term starts, it is your responsibility to add yourself into the course when seats open up.
2. Speak to the instructor.
So, say your course is still blocked after the term starts and the Department is no longer monitoring the waitlists… This means, when seats open up in the course, not only will the Department NOT add you into the course from the waitlist, but you cannot register yourself into the course either. If this is the case, it’s time to speak to the instructor about being added to the course directly! If the instructor approves you to be in the course, they’ll send us an email, and from there we’ll take care of registering you in the course.
3. Fill out the change of registration form.
From new registration, switching sections, or dropping a course, this amazing form can do it all! Some instructors, rather than emailing us directly, will require you to fill out a change of registration form if you have asked to be added into a course after the term starts. This form must be signed by the instructor and dropped off to the Department of Asian Studies’ main office BEFORE the Add/Drop deadline. From there we take care of the registration process.
Got your own burning questions about registrations or academic advising? Send your questions over for the next Dear Sophie at sophie.rock@ubc.ca with the subject “Dear Sophie” |
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