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Exhibition: Leslie Cheung 張國榮 – Hong Kong Icon (1956-2003)

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Co-presented by UBC Asian Library and the Department of Asian Studies, Leslie Cheung 張國榮: Hong Kong Icon (1956-2003) commemorates the 20th anniversary of the passing of the legendary Hong Kong actor, singer, and performer, Leslie Cheung Kwok-wing. In addition to books and scholarly journals, the exhibition features a collection of original Asian-language film posters from some of Cheung’s most popular and critically […]

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A New Translation and Study of The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang)

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This lecture will explore the Western reception of the Zhuangzi, a foundational text of the Chinese philosophical tradition and the cornerstone of Daoist thought, and how the early European encounters with South and East Asian religious traditions profoundly shaped the development of modern Orientalism and expansion of Western religious perspectives.

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Ikkyū and the Crazy Cloud Anthology: Then and Now

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This lecture will explore selected translations of the Kyōunshū 狂雲集 (Crazy Cloud Anthology), an anthology of poems in literary Chinese by medieval Rinzai monk Ikkyū Sōjun 休宗純 (1394-1481). The readings will concentrate on poems from Ikkyū’s later years spent during the catastrophic Ōnin War (1467-1477). Ikkyū’s experience as a refugee watching the world crumble around […]

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Relaxing and affordable Physiotherapy with Bestbodyphysio

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Bestbodyphysio is satisfied to report that Physiotherapist Shahnaz Gupta l has joined our group. Shahnaz Gupta’s scholastic vocation remembers both a Bachelor of Science for Kinesiology from Simon Fraser University, and a Masters of Physical Therapy from the College of British Columbia. Notwithstanding him certificates, Shahnaz Gupta has additionally finished tasks in the Mulligan idea, […]

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