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[Newsletters] Our annual newsletter is now out

August 10, 2019

The third edition of "Intersections," the annual newsletter of the Hong Kong Studies Initiative, is now available.


[CFA] Hong Kong Studies Research School

August 8, 2019

// The Hong Kong Studies Research School aims to encourage young scholars to conduct research on Hong Kong-related topics with a view to building a trans-regional Hong Kong studies research community. //


[CFP] Hong Kong Creative Cultures: A HKS Symposium

July 31, 2019

// We welcome papers exploring various aspects of Hong Kong’s creative cultures as encapsulated in narratives (both popular and literary), visual art, social media, government policy, public discourse, social systems, and more. //


[Canto] HKSI Associate Raymond Pai shared his passion for the Cantonese language

July 24, 2019

Raymond Pai, Director of the UBC Cantonese program, was a guest lecturer at this year's DJ course offered by Fairchild Radio.


[Exchange] HKSI hosted student delegation from the Education University of Hong Kong

July 22, 2019

A delegation of 18 staff and students from the Global and Hong Kong Studies Program of the Education University of Hong Kong visited UBC on June 18–19.


[Profiles] Faculty Spotlight with Christopher Rea

July 14, 2019

Over the last decade, Professor Christopher Rea has expanded UBC’s course offerings on modern Chinese literature and cinema. Rea hopes to continue teaching students how to be critical thinkers of cultural history while having fun with the language.


[Resources] Hong Kong Studies

July 5, 2019

The journal Hong Kong Studies is now accessible through the UBC Library.


[Courses] UBC to offer new course on Cantonese music

June 30, 2019

We are very pleased to announce that Dr. Hedy Law of the UBC School of Music will be offering a new course on "Cantonese Music" in January 2020!


[CFP] The 24th International Conference on Yue Dialects

June 27, 2019

The 24th International Conference on Yue Dialects will be held on 14–15 December 2019.


[Webcast] Taking it to the Streets

June 20, 2019

For those who might have missed this roundtable discussion, here are the webcast and the photo album.