UBC colleagues: Before the pandemic, in April 2019, AMS released a student experience report: 43% of international students had experienced racial discrimination 48% of those who checked off "Chinese" 45% of those who checked "South Asian" This is *before* the pandemic. 1/12

The Centre for Japanese Research condemns the recent hate crime in Georgia and the rise in anti-Asian racism in the United States, in Vancouver, BC, and in Canada. Read on for our full statement and a thread of resources cjr.iar.ubc.ca/statement-atla…

We are delighted to announce the first of our video series Exploring Premodern Japan! The first three examine Japanese books (wahon 和本), “records” (ki 記) and ancient East Asia, and the travelogue Kaidōki 海道記.

What exactly is an #mRNA vaccine? MSK infectious disease specialist Monika Shah explains how the COVID-19 vaccines work and why they are safe and effective. #COVID19 #COVID19Vaccine #Vaccine

ビデオレクチャーシリーズExploring Premodern Japanが公開となりました！！！

Having such a generative conversation about creating digital and public educational content like my YouTube channel within the group! 🤩 youtube.com/c/eatprayanime Thank you everyone for your input, the feedback and brainstorming is invaluable

FT People of the Year: BioNTech’s Ugur Sahin and Ozlem Tureci ft.com/content/663322… via Financial Times

Since 2020, a few UBC Asian Studies graduate students have collaborated with Dr. Christina Laffin to create the #YouTube series “Exploring Premodern Japan”. The channel has recently released THREE NEW VIDEOS! Read more: ow.ly/u0Ql50GXp3L

This month we're excited to host an #NCCSpotlight by Setsu (UBC Asian Studies) about the innovative video series: Exploring Premodern Japan!🎥🗾🌸 How do we make premodern Japanese culture & history accessible to a wide audience? Read to find out! guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

New on Exploring Premodern Japan March 2022! Abe Yasurō of Ryukoku University considers medieval "kingship" through an examination of twelfth to thirteenth-century illustrated handscrolls (emaki) and visual culture.

It gives us enormous pleasure to announce that, after more than 3 years of planning and preparation, Japan Past & Present is now up and running! 🎉🗾 JPP is a global information hub & repository that promotes research & teaching in the Japanese humanities! japanpastandpresent.org/en/news/announ…