📅 There's still time to register for the Arts ISIT Welcome Back Conference! All Arts faculty, staff, and TAs/GAAs are invited to engage in teaching and learning topics around technology as we prepare for the new academic year. Explore our events: isit.arts.ubc.ca/news/register-…

On Aug 22: celebrate Pride at the Museum of Vancouver! Come and enjoy drag performances, panel discussion with scholars and artists, plus a DJ set with a catered reception by the head chef of Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Society Centre! Learn more:

On Aug 22: Explore Korean history with Dr. Jun-hyung Park (University of Seoul and Visiting Associate Professor, UBC Asian Studies) through spatial structures under the 19th century European treaty regime. Presented in Korean and English: asia.ubc.ca/events/event/t…

Calling undergraduate Arts students! The Arts Co-op Program is now accepting applications for the 2024/25 intake. Learn more and apply by September 19, 2024. Visit artscoop.ubc.ca/apply *Please note that there is only one intake per academic year.

Register for ASIA 345 in Term 1 to explore artistically significant films made in mainland China during the first half century of Chinese film history! wd10.myworkday.com/ubc/d/inst/1$1…

LAST CALL for ASIA 345: Register by the end of today to secure your spot! Find out what’ll be covered in 30 seconds ⚡ youtu.be/_vTyxMYFx6M

Learn what Asian Studies courses can help you fulfill the new Ways of Knowing requirement (featuring Dr. Ayaka Yoshimizu's ASIX 220)! 🌏

Welcome (back) to school, UBC 💙💛 Curious about the Asian Studies department? Want experience in event support, photography and social media promotion, and working with faculty and staff? Join the Asian Studies Communications and Events Team! Apply now: ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e3…

Curious about Asian Studies? Come to our annual Welcome Back Night on September 19! You’ll meet our faculty and staff and mingle with other students 🤩 Let's celebrate Asian cultures and languages together! 👘 Register now: asia.ubc.ca/events/event/w…

Join the first lecture of UBCSocialJusticeInst's Noted Scholars Speaker Series this year, featuring Anjali Arondekar (UCSC), on September 18. The talk will focus on the history of caste and sexuality in South Asia. Presented both online and in-person. grsj.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/a…

On September 15: Join Dr. Kiran Sunar (Asian Studies) at VIFF’s Pantheon series as they introduce the classic 1955 Satyajit Ray film “Pather Panchali,” hailed as one of the greatest films ever made. asia.ubc.ca/events/event/v…

What can “paper theater” plays teach us about WWII propaganda? 🤔 Revisit by Ai Yamamoto (UBC Asian Studies)'s #NCCSpotlight to learn about themes, intermedia & digitizing collections! “Performing Nationalism in UBC’s Kamishibai Propaganda Plays”! #紙芝居 guides.nccjapan.org/homepage/news/…

Participate in the workshop of GRSJ's Noted Scholars Speaker Series this year, featuring Anjali Arondekar (UCSC), on September 17. Discussions will surround potential pathways for radical trans/queer/caste futurities. In-person only: grsj.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/a…

On September 18: Learn from Don Baker (Asian Studies) about the role Catholic priests and women associated with the YWCA played during the Gwangju Uprising in May 1980. More information: rgst.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/r…

Curious about how the Hyakunin isshu (One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each) collection became the foundation of Japan’s popular literary literacy? Come to the talk on September 18, featuring Professor Joshua Mostow (Asian Studies). More information: asia.ubc.ca/events/event/t…

🌕🥮Interested in a night of Chinese games, snacks, and prizes? Looking to gain bonus marks for your CHIN courses? Join the CLP next MONDAY 6-8PM PT at the Asian Centre Auditorium for Game night! Learn more: chinese.arts.ubc.ca/clp-chinese-mo…

Join us online for our first A. Ahmadian lecture of the school year on "The Making of Persianate Modernity" with Dr. Alexander Jabbari (University of Minnesota) on Sep 28. Explore the exchanges between South Asia and Iran that affected Persian. RSVP: bit.ly/4dbte7D