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

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

[Media] HKSI Convenor Dr. Leo K. Shin on the 25th anniversary of the handover of Hong Kong

Dr. Shin spoke in the Early Edition with Stephen Quinn to kick off the “Hong Kong Handover – 25 Years Later” series.

[Media] HKSI Associate Dr. Helena Wu on the power of art to fight amnesia and erasure

[Awards] HKSI Associate Dr. Diana Lary receives the 2022 UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours

Congratulations, Dr. Diana Lary!

[Grants] HKSI Associate Dr. Renren Yang receives the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grant

The research grant has been awarded to Dr. Yang for his project “The Deaths and Rebirths of Literary Authorship in Digital China”.

[Grants] HKSI Associate Dr. Timothy Cheek has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant

The grant has been awarded to Dr. Cheek and his team for the UBC-based Xinjiang Documentation Project.

[News] HKSI Associate Dr. Yves Tiberghien has been appointed to the Indo-Pacific Advisory Committee

[Research] HKSI Associate Dr. Helena Wu addresses digital harassment and free speech in Hong Kong in AAS Digital Dialogue

Dr. Helena Wu spoke in the Academic Online series “Digital Harassment Across Asias”, as part of the Digital Dialogue of the Association of Asian Studies (AAS), on 16 February 2022

[Awards] HKSI Associate Dr. Christopher Rea is a winner of the 2022 Public Engagement Award

Dr. Christopher Rea of the Department of Asian Studies has been selected by the UBC Public Humanities Hub as one of the winners of this year’s Public Engagement Award.

[Publications] HKSI Associate Dr. Henry Yu on what and who constitute Vancouver’s intangible cultural heritage

Check out Dr. Yu’s commentary published on Georgia Straight.