[Resources] UBC Library Research Guides: Hong Kong
March 14, 2017
A highly useful research guide compiled by Allan Cho and May Yan at the UBC Library, designed to help students, scholars and others interested in the study of Hong Kong. Here you will find a collection of relevant UBC library books, articles and databases.[CFA] Hong Kong Studies Visiting Fellowship (Academy of Hong Kong Studies)
March 12, 2017
Administered by the Academy of Hong Kong Studies, Education University of Hong Kong, this programme is offered to non-local PhD students who are currently pursuing doctoral studies at non-local universities to conduct research on Hong Kong-related topics with a view to building a trans-regional Hong Kong Studies Research Community. (Application deadline: 10 April 2017)[CFA] APFC Post-Graduate Research Fellowships
February 24, 2017
The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is committed to fostering the next generation of Asia Pacific researchers and analysts. To this end, it offers up to three Post-Graduate Research Fellowships valued at $40,000 for Master’s graduates and $42,000 for PhD graduates for a one-year non-renewable term. Successful applicants will have a background in Asia-related research in a variety of fields, including (but not limited to) social sciences, humanities, business, education, statistics, and natural sciences, and will be based on excellence and fit with the Foundation’s research priorities (energy and the environment; trade and investment; education; and sub-national relations with Asia.) Grants are not intended to support dissertation research.[Courses] Class visit to “Heroes of the Dark Years”
February 23, 2017
Students from ASIA 373 (History of Hong Kong) took advantage of the reading break to visit the special exhibition "Heroes of the Dark Years"—with Mr. King Wan, President of the Chinese Canadian Military Museum, as the tour guide.[CFP] Hong Kong Studies: A Bilingual Journal
February 22, 2017
Submissions are solicited for the inaugural issue of Hong Kong Studies. Hong Kong Studies is the first bilingual academic journal to focus on Hong Kong from an interdisciplinary arts and cultural studies perspective. Published by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, the journal will launch in 2017. The editors believe that the timely expansion of the field of Hong Kong Studies warrants a journal of its own, in order to provide a focused platform for facilitating exchange between different disciplines and viewpoints in relation to Hong Kong. We welcome papers from multiple fields in the humanities and the social sciences, including but not limited to literature, linguistics, cultural studies, sociology, politics, history, education, and gender studies. We also encourage intersectional and cross-disciplinary dialogues on Hong Kong affairs.[Community] Talk by commentator Lau Sai-lung attended by overflowing crowd
January 7, 2017
Sponsored by the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative, the Vancouver Hong Kong Forum Society, and the Richmond Public Library, a talk on "The Post-Leung Chun-ying Era" by noted political commentator Lau Sai-leung was presented to a standing-room-only audience on the evening of January 6.[Screening] Documentary on Umbrella Movement attended by packed crowd
November 23, 2016
Some 250 campus and community members showed up on the rainy evening of November 22 at the Frederic Wood Theatre for a screening of Yellowing, a mesmerizing documentary about the 2014 Umbrella Movement of Hong Kong.[Webcast] Battle of Hong Kong during WWII—A lecture by Cameron Cathcart
November 18, 2016
In the Second World War, Canadian soldiers first engaged in battle while defending the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong against a Japanese attack in December 1941. The Canadians at Hong Kong fought against overwhelming odds and displayed the courage of seasoned veterans, though most had limited military training. They had virtually no chance of victory, but refused to surrender until they were overrun by the enemy. Those who survived the battle became prisoners of war (POWs) and many endured torture and starvation by their Japanese captors. The fighting in Hong Kong ended with immense Canadian casualties: 290 killed and 493 wounded. The death toll and hardship did not end with surrender. Those Canadians who fought in the defence of Hong Kong sacrificed much in their efforts to help bring peace and freedom to the people of Asia and the Pacific. Their task was a difficult and costly one, but their sacrifice would serve as an example of the kind of effort that would be required to eventually triumph. The survivors' ordeal that followed as prisoners of war serves as an additional reminder of the great cost of war. This talk is part of the Remembrance Day speaker series, in conjunction with an exhibit at the Chung Collection curated by Clifford Pereira.[Publications] Crisis and Opportunity: The Work of Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals (ARCI) in Hong Kong and Beyond
September 1, 2016
Congratulations to Prof. Glen Peterson of the History department on the publication of his chapter, "Crisis and Opportunity: The Work of Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals (ARCI) in Hong Kong and Beyond," in Hong Kong in the Cold War, ed. Priscilla Roberts and John M. Carroll (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2016).[Courses] Cantonese language courses announced!
May 29, 2015
The Department of Asian Studies is thrilled to offer Canada’s first for credit university Cantonese Language program. Thanks to a generous donation by brothers Alex and Chi Shum Watt, we will be offering 2 sections of beginner level courses during the 2015/16 school year and then both beginner and intermediate level courses beginning the following year in 2016/17.