2024S

The University of British Columbia is the only Canadian university to offer a comprehensive, for-credit Cantonese language program.

The history, culture, languages, and identities of the multi-faceted Cantonese worlds, in the context of Chinese history and the Cantonese diaspora

A survey of the cinema of Hong Kong from the post-war period to the present. The influence of Hong Kong on global cinema, and the forces (artists, studios, audiences, etc.) that have given rise to filmmaking styles and genres perceived as "distinctively Hong Kong."

Students will explore multi-disciplinary perspectives on the histories, cultures, and geographies of Cantonese migration from Kaiping to North America in this Go Global summer seminar.