Join Director Wu Hoi Fai 胡海輝 for a screening of an original theater production on the 1967 riots of Hong Kong ...
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 ...
Join comedian Vivek Mahbubani for some fun and laughter right here at UBC! ...
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.
The HKSI May Update is out!
HKSI is inviting volunteers to participate in an oral history project that seeks to document the impacts of the Umbrella Movement of 2014.
Join Director Wu Hoi Fai 胡海輝 for a screening of an original theater production on the 1967 riots of Hong Kong
Special congratulations to HKSI Associate and Lecturer of Cantonese Raymond Pai on the publication of his chapter in Cantonese as a Second Language: Issues, Experiences and Suggestions for Teaching and Learning (Routledge, 2019).
The first bilingual and interdisciplinary academic journal on Hong Kong, Hong Kong Studies (Chinese University Press), is now accepting articles for a special issue, "Gender and Sexuality on Hong Kong Screens," curated with Professor Gina Marchetti (HKU) and scheduled for publication in Spring 2020.
The HKSI April Update is out!
Invited by the Cantonese Language Program, Vivek Mahbubani, an award-winning Hong Kong comedian of Indian descent, has gifted UBC and the greater community with countless doses of laughter through a series of events, especially in the Cantonese Comedy Night on March 29 and the encore show on March 30.
HKSI Associate Dr. Alison Bailey discusses her current research on the cultural history of filial revenge in Chinese literature and law. Recently appointed Assistant Professor in Pre-modern Chinese Literature, Dr. Bailey hopes she can give students the same sense of respect that she has developed for Chinese culture.
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!)
HKSI is one of the initiatives featured in this article published in the newsletter of the International Institute for Asian Studies.
// To allow more colleagues to present at our 1st Annual Meeting, the deadline for the submission of panel and paper abstracts has been extended to March 15, 2019. The meeting will be free of charge for all registered participants. //
Workshop on Cantonese (WOC) is an annual event where participants can exchange and interact with each other to explore the interesting properties of Cantonese grammar informally but seriously, regardless of what theoretical background and training they have. WOC began in 2000 and each WOC has a theme.
For friends who might have missed this talk by Prof. Ma Ngok, here are the webcast and the photo album.
News coverage of of the community talk by Dr. Ma Ngok by Ming Pao Daily (Vancouver). See also photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHsmz1tt3v.
Join Prof. John Carroll for an excavation of the history of Hong Kong as a tourist destination
The HKSI March Update is out!
Join HKSI Associate Dr. Clement Tong for this 5-day School of Cantonese Studies hosted by the Education University of Hong Kong.
Divine Threads examines the high stakes surrounding Cantonese opera heritage today, especially in regard to historic collections housed in museums around the world. Today, one of the most complete and well-preserved collections of early Cantonese opera, including some 800 objects, is held at MOA. Divine Threads shines a light on the visual and material culture of Cantonese opera as a treasure trove of sacred and auspicious images, stories, songs, and rituals. In tracing these connections, author April Liu analyzes the politics of memory surrounding historic opera troupes and the material traces they left behind.
Come join Prof. Helen F. Siu 蕭鳳霞 for a conversation on the "localness" of Hong Kong
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.
