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[Meet-the-Filmmaker] Hong Kong New Directors in Conversation: HO Cheuk Tin & KA Sing Fung 香港新生代導演對談: 何爵天 x 賈勝楓

September 30, 2023

Directors HO Cheuk Tin and KA Sing Fung will share their creative journey and thoughts about the recent development Hong Kong cinema


[Newsletters] The HKSI September (2023) Update is out!

September 29, 2023

Check out our Update to learn about the newly-launched minor option for Hong Kong studies at UBC and our upcoming screening event.


[Workshops] Cantonese Teaching Workshop

September 26, 2023

The UBC Cantonese Language Program to hold a (hybrid) Cantonese teaching workshop.


[Celebrations] Appointment of HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Pitman Potter to the Order of Canada

September 25, 2023

The School of Public Policy and Global Affairs to celebrate the appointment of HKSI Emeritus Associate Dr. Pitman Potter (FRSC) to the Order of Canada with a special keynote address by Dr. Sida Liu.


[Socials] ACRE and ACAM Welcome Back Social

September 20, 2023

The Centre for Asian Canadian Research & Engagement (ACRE) and the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM) to host a Welcome Back Social.


[Conferences] Songs of the Future: Cantopop Heritage Conference 未來之歌:粵語流行曲傳承研討會

September 15, 2023

HKSI Faculty Associate Raymond Pai to take part in this online conference on the past and future of Cantopop.


[Resources] Leslie Cheung 張國榮 – Hong Kong Icon (1956–2003): Bibliography

September 12, 2023

Check out this list of resources compiled by the UBC Library on Leslie Cheung, the revered Hong Kong singer, actor, performer, and queer icon.


[Awards] HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Timothy Cheek elected to the Royal Society of Canada

September 11, 2023

Hearty congratulations to Dr. Timothy Cheek on his election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.


[Symposia] 1923: Race, Empire, and Settler Colonialism Across the Pacific

September 8, 2023

HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Henry Yu, among others, will reflect on the significance of racial exclusion during the 1920s in North America and around the world.


[Publications] Rezoning at the threshold of two systems: regionalised party–statecraft in China’s Greater Bay Area

August 24, 2023

Check out this article by HKSI Faculty Associate Dr. Jamie Peck