The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, in partnership with the Hong Kong History Project at the University of Bristol, is pleased to announce a history workshop to be held at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, on May 29–31, 2020. ...
Our Vancouver-based oral history archive of the Umbrella Movement is launched ...
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!) ...
We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion ...
A series of lectures, conversations, and events to reflect on the challenges facing Hong Kong ...
We encourage teaching and learning in all their dimensions ...
The University of British Columbia is the only Canadian university to offer a comprehensive, for-credit Cantonese language program. ...
Explores the literature of Hong Kong from the late 19th century up to the present. Its goals are to introduce to students the transformation and basic features of Hong Kong literature, the works of important writers, and to further their skills in literary appreciation and analysis. ...
A history of musical genres with Cantonese lyrics from the nineteenth century to the present ...
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.
[Campaigns] The Vancouver Asian Film Festival (VAFF) is launching a campaign amidst Covid-19 to help stop racist attacks against Asian-Canadians.
—check out what we are up to. . . .
Associates of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative respond to the protests in Hong Kong.
Associates of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative respond to the coronavirus outbreak.
Last hosted by the UBC Cantonese Language Program in 2018, the Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics will be hosted this year by The Ohio State University on 18–19 April 2020.
Despite the pandemic, UBC will be offering (online) a number of Hong Kong-related courses.
As we approach the end of a surreal teaching term here at the University of British Columbia, we hope everyone is staying safe and keeping well. We will be back!
For those who might have missed this seminar by Dr. John Wong, here are the webcast and the photo album. See event details.
An excellent profile of Dr. Hedy Law and her new course.
The University of Hong Kong is offering "Hong Kong Cinema through a Global Lens" as a learner-paced course.
Watch the lecture on "Rhetorical Devices in Cantonese" by Dr. Andy Chin.
HKSI Associate Dr. David Ley (Professor Emeritus, Geography) comments on the challenges faced by “astronaut” families.
Director of the UBC Cantonese Language Program Mr. Raymond Pai was interviewed by Fairchild Television
Stay healthy and take care of each other. We'll be back!
// Effective Monday March 16, UBC classes will transition to online for the remainder of the term. UBC’s campuses will remain open and all university operations will continue as normal, as we transition. //
An excellent profile of Cantonese lecturer Dr. Zoe Lam.
Deadline for applications for summer teaching assistantships for Hong Kong/Canto courses is March 31.
// The one-day conference, organised by the Centre for the Study of Democracy and the Contemporary China Centre, University of Westminster and the Department of Politics, University of Surrey, will feature panels on the ongoing crises in the territory, the shape and future of Hong Kong studies in the UK, LGBT and gender issues, and cutting-edge research by PhD students working on Hong Kong. //
Don't miss this interview with Director of the UBC Cantonese program Mr. Raymond Pai (Part 1 | 2).
For those who might have missed this panel discussion, here are the webcast and the photo album.
UBC Cantonese lecturers Raymond Pai and Dr. Zoe Lam were recently featured in AM 1470. Here are the segments: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
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// This conference, our third, aims to focus on Hong Kong’s relations with places beyond its borders, be they political, social, cultural, culinary, imaginary, or financial. //
// The topic of the symposium encourages us to explore the relationship between ‘Hong Kong’ and ‘World Literature’ in at least two potentially intersecting directions. On the one hand, we are interested in papers that examine how Hong Kong is represented, in dialogue with, translated, and contested by World Literature. What aspects of the city […]
// To promote a better understanding of what China’s increasingly prominent international footprint means for societies in the Global North and South, we are holding the third installment of the Made in China Summer School—‘Global China: Resistance and Adaptation’. The event will take place at the CISL Study Centre in Florence, Italy, from 13 to 17 July 2020 and will bring together scholars from all over the world for five days of discussions with trade unionists, international NGO activists, and students. The initiative will serve to lay the foundations for an international network of concerned scholars and civil society representatives with the aim of fostering international solidarity and knowledge sharing with regard to the social challenges emerging from an increasingly Global China. //
UBC Hua Dialogue 對話 is looking for volunteers.
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Interested in learning Cantonese? Join HKSI Associate Dr. Zoe Lam for this beginning course for adults.
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