April 02, 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. |
Dear Friend of HKSI, As we are beginning to be surrounded by cherry blossoms (and as the regular academic year is drawing to a close), we would like to invite you to an end-of-term celebration for the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the magnificent Cantonese Language Program as well as to peruse what follows to learn about other HKSI related activities and news. |
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Thursday, 4 April 2019, 12:00–1:45 pm RSVP: https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/celebration-end-of-term-2019/ Come celebrate the end of another exhilarating academic year with food, drinks, highlights of student projects, and a guest presentation: British-Chinese Communities and Identities Between the UK and HK Desmond Cheung (PhD, UBC) is a China historian and assistant professor at Portland State University, Oregon. His research to date has mainly been focused on the Ming period (1368-1644), with projects on the history of Hangzhou’s famous sites as well as the late imperial statecraft tradition. He has also begun to work on the history of Chinese in the United Kingdom, starting with oral histories collected from the British-Chinese community. Hosted by the Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the Cantonese Language Program and co-sponsored by: Department of Asian Studies, Department of History, Centre for Chinese Research, and St. John’s College. |
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Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 6:00–8:30 pm RSVP: https://acam.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/acam-350-community-screening/ The Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program is pleased to present seven student short films produced by this year’s cohort of ACAM 350 (Asian Canadian Community Media). The films cover a wide range of Asian and Asian-Canadian topics, including food and community, intergenerational relationships and the role of dance and art. |
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7 March–23 April 2019 The Canadian Society for Asian Arts and Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden, in cooperation with family and disciples of the late master calligrapher Yim Tse, are pleased to present a retrospective exhibition of his artworks. Pieces have been selected from the early to the later years of his career, showcasing the evolution of the artist’s technique and style. With each piece annotated with standard Chinese script and English translations, you need not be literate in Chinese to appreciate and be moved by the inspired dynamics of this master’s brushwork. Yim Tse (1936 –2018) was a writer, translator, curator, mentor, and master calligrapher. Many of his works of ink and brush calligraphy have been shown in exhibitions and collected by the Canadian Museum of History, University of British Columbia (UBC), Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Richmond International Buddhist Temple, and Nankai University located in Tianjin, China. Mr. Tse also provided the calligraphy for the Hong Kong Studies Initiative. |
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Exhibition It’s a heaven over there is the first solo exhibition in Canada by celebrated Hong Kong artist Samson Young. Situated in a cavernous gallery in a pink walled, neon-lit, 1980s era shopping mall in Vancouver’s ever gentrifying Chinatown, this multimedia installation originates from Young’s archival research on Won Alexander Cumyow, the first person of Chinese descent born in Canada, and mobilizes Centre A’s location in a former retail mall to stage a double vision of global retrotopianism. Samson Young is an highly regarded composer as well as sound and media artist based in Hong Kong. He has held solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Art in Manchester, M+ Pavilion in Hong Kong, and Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, among others. Samson was named the 2013 Artist of the Year (Media Art) by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council and was chosen in 2017 to represent Hong Kong in the 57th Venice Biennale. Details: http://centrea.org/2019/01/its-a-heaven-over-there/ |
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After the Protest: A Vancouver Archive of the Umbrella Movement of 2014 The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is inviting volunteers to participate in an oral history project that seeks to document the impacts of the Umbrella Movement of 2014. The 79-day Umbrella Movement of 2014 was a watershed moment in the history of Hong Kong. Not only has the protest movement transformed the political and social dynamics of the city, it has also deeply affected overseas Hong Kong/Chinese communities. Though most would agree that the Umbrella Movement has been transformative, how such transformations are perceived or felt by individuals is much less well documented. The goal for this project is to create a publicly accessible oral history archive to enable future students and researchers to learn more about the impacts of the Umbrella Movement on the Hong Kong community in Vancouver. |
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February 25: Students of HIST 373 (History of Hong Kong) were joined by 60+ members of the UBC community for a guest lecture by Prof. Ma Ngok on the evolution of the democracy movement in Hong Kong (video now available). March 20: Prof. John Carroll (University of Hong Kong) offered a fascinating discussion on of the history of Hong Kong as a tourist destination (photos). March 24: Student leader Alex Chow and Prof. Tai-lok Lui (Education University of Hong Kong) shared their thoughts with members of the community on the predicaments of post-Umbrella Movement Hong Kong (photos). March 25: Mr. Alex Chow and Prof. Tai-lok Lui shared their views with students of HIST 373 and 90+ members of the UBC community on Hong Kong in the age of the Chinese Dream (photos). March 28–30: Made-in-HK standup comedian Vivek Mahbubani took UBC by storm (photos). |
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Please kindly consider a tax-deductible donation to HKSI (hksi.ubc.ca/support-us). Thank you, as always, for your support of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative. |
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