Join CIS and the Department of Asian Studies for Movies and Momos, an International Day of World's Indigenous Peoples celebration featuring food and film screenings, with discussion to follow. The event kicks off at 12pm in the CoDHers Space (Asian Centre, Room 508) and will wrap up by 2pm. We will be screening a collection […]
The event will feature a slide lecture on incense, Japanese incense ceremony, and beneficial effects of incense. The participants will also experience the fragrance of kyara which is the highest quality of agarwood and sandalwood as well as the original fermented neri-koh along with a demonstration of Japanese incense ceremony. This event is free and open to the public. No registration is […]
The Department of Asian Studies is excited to invite you to our annual Welcome Back Night on September 19! Whether you’re brand new to UBC or returning for another year, come celebrate Asian cultures and languages and learn more about the Asian Studies programs. You’ll get the chance to meet our faculty and staff, and mingle […]
Cave of the Silken Web (Pan si dong; Dan Duyu, dir., 1937) is a silent feature film adapted from an episode in the Ming-dynasty novel Journey to the West in which the monk Tripitaka is kidnapped and held prisoner in a cave of spider women. Will his traveling companions the Monkey King, Pigsy, and Sandy […]
Join the CMS Mobilities Research Group and UBC Asian Studies for “Why Do Chinese Women Seek Western Men? The Case of China’s Email-Order Brides” with Dr. Monica Liu. Join our invited speaker or a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, November 27, from 2:00 to 3:00 PM in ANSO 119. Dr. Liu, author of Seeking Western Men: Email-Order Brides […]
The UBC Indigenous Science Colloquium presents a conversation with Dr. Salena Hill, a member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) and Amaskapi Pikuni (Blackfeet) Tribal Nations and Assistant Professor in the Doctoral Program of Leadership Studies. She holds a Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from the University of Montana. Rooted in Indigenous philosophies, her work emphasizes […]