News


[New courses] History of Cantonese Worlds (ASIA 323/HIST 377)

June 11, 2018

UBC Asian Studies and UBC Department of History are pleased to announce the launch in the fall of 2018 of "History of Cantonese Worlds" (ASIA 323/HIST 377).


[CFA] Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society Scholarships

June 9, 2018

// The Chinese Canadian Military Museum Society has established a scholarship for veterans and museum members’ families to assist them in pursuing post-secondary education in a field of their choice/endeavour. //


[CFA] Education & Programs Assistant, Vancouver Chinatown Foundation

June 6, 2018

The Vancouver Chinatown Foundation is looking for an Education & Programs Assistant (deadline: June 15).


[News] HKSI Update (June 2018) is out

June 1, 2018

For our latest update, visit: https://hksi.ubc.ca/news-events/intersections/


[Webcast] Hong Kong Literature: Why and How? 香港文學─為何?如何?

May 30, 2018

For friends who might have missed this community talk (in Cantonese) by Dung Kai-cheung, here are the webcast, photo album, and media coverage.


[Webcast] From History to Fiction: Inventing Hong Kong Stories

May 30, 2018

For friends who might have missed this lecture by Dung Kai-cheung, here are the webcast, photo album, and published transcript.


[CFA] Hong Kong Studies Research School

May 15, 2018

The Academy of Hong Kong Studies at the Education University of Hong Kong is inviting applications for a 3-day training program for Ph.D. students working on any dimension of Hong Kong. *** deadline: 15 June 2018 ***


[CFA] Job openings in the Department of Asian Studies

May 5, 2018

The Department of Asian Studies at UBC is inviting applications for sessional lecturers for the 2018 Winter Session to teach courses in Cantonese language, Hong Kong cinema, among others.


[CFP] Hong Kong Studies (special issue): “Orientalism Forty Years on”

May 1, 2018

"The first bilingual and interdisciplinary academic journal on Hong Kong, Hong Kong Studies (Chinese University Press), is now accepting articles for Issue 3 (scheduled for publication in Spring 2019), which will comprise both general research articles on Hong Kong and a special section on Edward Said’s Orientalism." *** deadline: 15 September 2018 ***


[Events] HKSI on the road

April 19, 2018

Dr. Leo K. Shin will be in Hong Kong to speak on the development of Hong Kong studies at UBC.