Check out our Hong Kong-related offerings for 2021–22 ...
UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and UBC Cantonese Language Program celebrate the Class of 2021 (click to watch video)! ...
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!) ...
In light of the recent developments in Hong Kong, as well as the on-going challenges in addressing the past and present elsewhere in Asia, the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia is reaffirming its support of UBC’s commitment to advancing academic freedom. ...
We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion ...
In partnership with Hotam Press Gallery, HKSI is pleased to host a special conversation with eleven Canadian artists of Hong Kong descent who are participating in the exhibition Light Hours ...
We support research on all aspects of Hong Kong's past and present ...
The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, in partnership with the Hong Kong Studies Programme at the University of Hong Kong and the Department of Sociology at the Hong Kong Baptist University, is pleased to announce an online workshop on Hong Kong popular culture to be held on May 1–2, 2021. ...
We encourage teaching and learning in all their dimensions ...
We aim to build bridges between academia and the community ...
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.
Please check out the latest HKSI annual newsletter.
For those who might have missed this conversation with artists, here are the webcast and the photo album.
Dr. Yu commented on the recent tragedy happened to Lytton Chinese History Museum and its damage to the history of Chinese-Canadian community in BC.
Basic Cantonese for Mandarin Speaker: Campus life of 3 students during the pandemic
Check out Dr. Christopher Rea of UBC Asian Studies’ new work on early Chinese cinema. . . .
Associates of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative respond to long-standing anti-Asian racism in Canada and the U.S.
UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and UBC Cantonese Language Program celebrate the Class of 2021 (click to watch video)!
Check out our latest events and announcements.
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!)
In light of the recent developments in Hong Kong, as well as the on-going challenges in addressing the past and present elsewhere in Asia, the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia is reaffirming its support of UBC’s commitment to advancing academic freedom.
For those who might have missed this presentation by Dr. Cecilia Chu and Dorothy Tang, here are the webcast and the photo album.
Why Hong Kong electoral reform is a double-edged sword for Beijing South China Morning Post
Associates of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative respond to the #IAmHongKonger campaign.
Check out our latest events and announcements.
In partnership with Hotam Press Gallery, HKSI is pleased to host a special conversation with eleven Canadian artists of Hong Kong descent who are participating in the exhibition Light Hours
Congratulations to Director of the UBC Institute of Asian Research and HKSI Associate Dr. Timothy Cheek on the publication of this timely volume. . .
Check out this latest piece by Dr. Miu Chung Yan of the School of Social Work on the return of returnees.
Associates of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative respond to a potential wave of migration.
HKSI Convenor Dr. Leo K. Shin was interviewed by the South China Morning Post on the “I am Hong Konger” campaign in Canada.
Check out our latest events and announcements.
For those who might have missed this talk by Amelia Allsop, here are the webcast and the photo album.
Congratulations to HKSI Associate Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (and co-translator Dr. Michael S. Duke) on the publication of the translation of the memoir by Prof. Yü Ying-shih 余英時教授, whose connections with Hong Kong could be traced to as early as 1950 when he became one of the first students of the newly-established New Asia College 新亞書院. […]
Advance Cantonese through Pop Culture: An analysis of the disappearing culture of Hong Kong neon lights
