Join Alex Chow and Prof. Tai-lok Lui for a dialogue on the positioning of Hong Kong in the Age of the Chinese Dream ...
Join comedian Vivek Mahbubani for some fun and laughter right here at UBC! ...
Come celebrate the end of another exhilarating academic year for the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the UBC Cantonese Language Program ...
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!) ...
We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion ...
Join Prof. John Carroll for an excavation of the history of Hong Kong as a tourist destination ...
Come join Prof. Helen F. Siu 蕭鳳霞 for a conversation on the "localness" of Hong Kong ...
We encourage teaching and learning in all their dimensions ...
Here are some of our Hong Kong-related course offerings ...
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.
Join Alex Chow and Prof. Tai-lok Lui for a dialogue on the positioning of Hong Kong in the Age of the Chinese Dream
Come celebrate the end of another exhilarating academic year for the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the UBC Cantonese Language Program
HKSI is inviting volunteers to participate in an oral history project that seeks to document the impacts of the Umbrella Movement of 2014.
Check out the good work of HKSI Associate Dr. Henry Yu of the Department of History and the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration program at UBC.
A new book edited by Prof. Stephen Yiu-Wai Chu of the Hong Kong Studies Programme at the University of Hong Kong
The 79-day Umbrella Movement of 2014 was a watershed moment in the history of Hong Kong. Not only has the protest movement transformed the political and social dynamics of the city, it has also deeply affected overseas Hong Kong/Chinese communities. Though most would agree that the Umbrella Movement has been transformative, how such transformations are perceived or felt by individuals is much less well documented. Our goal for this project is to create a publicly accessible oral history archive to enable future students and researchers to learn more about the impacts of the Umbrella Movement on the Hong Kong community in Vancouver.
The HKSI February Update is now out.
An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!)
// We are pleased to invite scholars and graduate students interested in Hong Kong Studies to submit proposals for paper or panel presentations at the 1st Annual Conference of the Society for Hong Kong Studies, to be held on 22nd June, 2019. //
Join Prof. John Carroll for an excavation of the history of Hong Kong as a tourist destination
A collection of ever-stimulating essays by Prof. Arif Dirlik, an early HKSI supporter, is now out in Chinese.
// Printed on the abandoned presses of the South China Morning Post, The Hongkong News offers scholars the undiluted voice and mindset of the Japanese administration of Occupied Hong Kong. This significant Japanese Occupation holding of The Hongkong News started publication on 31st December 1941, six days after the Christmas Day surrender of the British Crown Colony, and lasted until August 17, 1945, the day that the Shōwa Emperor’s Rescript ordered Japanese forces to surrender to the Allies. //
// The Minister will host a small number of in-person community meetings during the month of January 2019. This will be an opportunity for participants to share their thoughts for how best to recognize key moments in our shared history. //
Thank you, as always, for your support of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative. We look forward to seeing you in our classes and events in 2019!
For friends who might have missed the talk, here are the webcast and the photo album.
Hong Kong in Photographs: Mapping Daily Life in the 1950s and 1960s is a digital humanities project that plotted a series of old photographs taken around Hong Kong onto a map of present-day Hong Kong.
Regardless of political views, our Intermediate Cantonese students shine with their incredible talents.
Twilight... in Hong Kong (Non-Mandarin-heritage Basic Section)
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
This summer, 20 students from the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Land and Food Systems travelled to Hong Kong and Kaiping, China to research the heritage of Chinese migration.
