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  • Film Screening and Conversation with Directors: Keep Rolling (2022)

    Four Directors, Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic
    Join us for a screening + conversation on UBC Point Grey campus on Thursday, 26 January 2023 ...

  • State of Hong Kong Studies—A Workshop

    The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative is pleased to host an international workshop on the state of Hong Kong studies on 9–11 June 2023. ...

  • Far Far Away 緣路山旮旯

    Join Director Amos Why for a screening and a conversation to appreciate parts of Hong Kong we rarely get to experience ...

  • 2022/2023 Event Series

    “City Rebegins” 我繫.我城 is a series of webinars, conversations, film screenings, and associated events to encourage reflections on the ever-changing new normal and its implications for communities in Hong Kong and beyond ...

  • Hong Kong-related Courses

    Please check out the wide range of Hong Kong-related courses offered by the Department of Asian Studies and the Department of History in the Winter Session of 2022 ...

  • Class of 2022!

    The UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative and the UBC Cantonese Language Program celebrate the class of 2022 (click to watch video)! ...

  • Welcome to the Hong Kong Studies Initiative!

    An exciting endeavor at the University of British Columbia (watch our video!) ...

  • Thoughtful Discussion

    We endeavor to provide forums for thoughtful discussion ...

  • Fostering Research

    We support research on all aspects of Hong Kong's past and present ...

  • Hong Kong Popular Culture—Imagining a Research Field

    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. ...

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.

Events

  • Feb 16
    [Webinar] Minority Tactical ‘Be-longing’: Conviviality through Participation among South Asian youths in Hong Kong 
  • Jan 26
    [Screening + Conversation] Keep Rolling: Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
    6476 NW Marine Drive
  • Jan24
    [Talk] Research Presentation by Dr. Lake Lui (National Taiwan University)
  • Dec 27
    [Book Launch & Talk] 《我城存歿》: 新書發佈及座談會 UBC School of Social Work
    Room 124, 2080 West Mall
  • Nov 25
    [Community Talk] The Role of Overseas Hongkongers’ Communities Room 7000, Harbour Centre, SFU
    515 W. Hastings Street
  • Nov 23
    [Talk] The Moral Limits of Violence in Political Resistance Place of Many Trees, Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC
    6476 NW Marine Drive
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News

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 January Update is out!
January 10, 2023


[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu talks about the cultural significance of late Hong Kong composer Joseph Koo and Cantopop.
January 7, 2023


Film Screening and Conversation with Directors: Keep Rolling (2022)
January 6, 2023
Four Directors, Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic
Join us for a screening + conversation on UBC Point Grey campus on Thursday, 26 January 2023


[Research] Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada
January 5, 2023
HKSI faculty associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) is conducting a Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada.


[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Hedy Law comments on the Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant and the transpacific entertainment network:
January 3, 2023


[Book Launch & Talk] 《我城存歿》: 新書發佈及座談會
December 14, 2022


[Newsletters] The HKSI 2022 December Update is out!
December 1, 2022


[Community Talk] The Role of Overseas Hongkongers’ Communities
November 23, 2022
This community talk by Prof. Joseph Cho-wai Chan will take place in person and will be conducted in Cantonese


[Awards] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu has been named Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong Studies
November 17, 2022
View Dr. Helena Wu's Canada Research Chair profile here.


[Newsletters] The HKSI 2022 November Update is out!
November 3, 2022


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FEATURED COURSES

ASIA 324: Literature of Hong Kong
ACAM 390: The Heritage of Chinese Migration
ASIA 325: Hong Kong Cinema

STUDENT PROJECTS

CNTO 401 (19W): Future IT Crisis
CNTO 401 (20W): Robot Radio
CNTO 401 (19W): Housing differences between Hong Kong and Vancouver
  • ASIA 324 (21W): “Hope or Despair”
  • ASIA 324 (21W): “One City, Two Visions”
  • ASIA 324 (21W): Love in a Fallen City & From the Ashes 
  • ASIA 324 (21W): “VI. Drought”
  • ASIA 324 (21W): “Rules of Epidemic”

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Featured

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2023 January Update is out!

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu talks about the cultural significance of late Hong Kong composer Joseph Koo and Cantopop.

Film Screening and Conversation with Directors: Keep Rolling (2022)

Four Directors, Four Stories about Hong Kong under the Pandemic
Join us for a screening + conversation on UBC Point Grey campus on Thursday, 26 January 2023

[Research] Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada

HKSI faculty associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) is conducting a Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada.

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Hedy Law comments on the Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant and the transpacific entertainment network:

[Book Launch & Talk] 《我城存歿》: 新書發佈及座談會

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2022 December Update is out!

[Community Talk] The Role of Overseas Hongkongers’ Communities

This community talk by Prof. Joseph Cho-wai Chan will take place in person and will be conducted in Cantonese

[Awards] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu has been named Canada Research Chair in Hong Kong Studies

View Dr. Helena Wu's Canada Research Chair profile here.

Leo K. Shin

(On study leave until 30 June 2023)
Associate Professor, History and Asian Studies
Former Co-Director, Centre for Chinese Research


leo.shin@ubc.ca

Josephine Chiu-Duke

Professor, Asian Studies Former Co-Director, Centre for Chinese Research

chiuduke@mail.ubc.ca

Allan Cho

Community Engagement Librarian, Program Services, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

allan.cho@ubc.ca

Paul Evans

Professor, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs HSBC Chair in Asian Research

paul.evans@ubc.ca

Hedy Law

Associate Professor, School of Music

hedy.law@ubc.ca

Chris Lee

Associate Professor, English Director, Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program

chris.lee@ubc.ca

David Ley

Professor Emeritus, Geography Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

david.ley@geog.ubc.ca

Raymond Pai

Lecturer and Acting Director of Cantonese, Asian Studies PhD Candidate, Language and Literacy Education

raymond.pai@ubc.ca

Glen Peterson

Professor, History

glpeters@mail.ubc.ca

Pitman Potter

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Law Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

potter@allard.ubc.ca

Christopher Rea

Professor, Asian Studies Former Director, Centre for Chinese Research

christopher.rea@ubc.ca

Yves Tiberghien

Professor, Political Science Konwakai Chair in Japanese Research

yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca

Shannon Walsh

Associate Professor, Theatre and Film

shannon.walsh@ubc.ca

Qian Wang

Director, Chinese Language Program, Asian Studies

qian.wang@ubc.ca

Miu Chung Yan

Professor, School of Social Work

miu.yan@ubc.ca

Henry Yu

Associate Professor, History Principal, St. John’s College

henry.yu@ubc.ca

Siyuan Liu

Associate Professor, Theatre and Film

siyuan.liu@ubc.ca

Laifong Leung

Former Visiting Professor, Asian Studies

leunglf3269@hotmail.com

Wei Cui

Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law Director, Center for Asian Legal Studies

cui@allard.ubc.ca

Jing Liu

Chinese Language Librarian, Asian Library

jing.liu@ubc.ca



In the Media

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu talks about the cultural significance of late Hong Kong composer Joseph Koo and Cantopop.

January 7, 2023


[Research] Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada

January 5, 2023

HKSI faculty associate Dr. Miu Chung Yan (Social Work) is conducting a Survey Study on Hong Kong Residents Recently Arrived in Canada.

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Hedy Law comments on the Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant and the transpacific entertainment network:

January 3, 2023


[Newsletters] The HKSI 2022 November Update is out!

November 3, 2022


[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu shares the significance of food in Hong Kong cinema.

September 28, 2022

Check out Dr. Wu's interview with OMNI TV.

[Newsletters] The HKSI 2022 September Update is out!

September 12, 2022


[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Helena Wu comments on audience experience under the new normal

September 10, 2022

Check out the radio interview in AM1540.

[Media] HKSI Associate Raymond Pai on the growth of Cantonese-speaking immigrants in Vancouver

August 19, 2022


[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Yves Tiberghien on the role of the Canadian government in defending free speech on Hong Kong matters

August 16, 2022

Check out the report by Vancouver Sun.

[Media] HKSI Associates reflect on the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong

July 1, 2022

On the occasion of this significant milestone, faculty associates of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative share their insights on what this anniversary means for the people of Hong Kong—and beyond.

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