More Than One Way to Be a Tiger: Experiencing the 2022 Lunar New Year with “Tiger Power”
Traditionally, the Lunar New Year is a time for people to gather together as a community, share good food, and welcome the upcoming year of favor and fortune. As 2022 ushers in the Year of the Tiger, this Lunar New Year celebration especially serves as a renewal of our tiger-like strength and courage. For the […]
Chinatown Opera Theater in North America
We are excited to announce a three lecture series by Professor Nancy Rao of Rutgers University, a leading scholar on Chinese theater in North America. This three-lecture series is funded by the UBC Interdisciplinary Histories Research Cluster, and is sponsored by the UBC School of Music, UBC Library, and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. […]
Poetic Empathy Across Time: 2021 Chia-ying Yeh & Minsheng Scholarship Winner Liu Xinyuan
Liu Xinyuan, a 3rd-year Asian Language & Culture (Chinese Literature) major and Visual Arts minor at UBC, recently won the 2021 Chia-ying Yeh & Minsheng Scholarship, who was also the only recipient hailing from a university in North America. The scholarship was founded by UBC’s very own Professor Emerita Chia-ying Yeh along with the Minsheng […]
Cantonese Speakers’ Secrets of Learning Mandarin: Two Students’ Stories
Over the past years, the UBC Chinese Language Program (CLP) has been dedicated to embracing the diversity of its learners’ linguistic and cultural backgrounds. The Program strives for creating a more welcoming environment for its multifaceted heritage students’ learning experience and outcomes by encirching and renovating its curricula and learning materials as well as adopting […]
2021 BC Chinese Bridge Mandarin Singing Contest Winners!
Thank you to all the students and professors from across British Columbia who participated in the 2021 BC “Chinese Bridge” Mandarin Singing Contest for Learners of Chinese in Post-Secondary Institutions! After listening to so many beautiful pieces and making some hard decisions, along with all the honorable judges the 2021 Chinese Bridge Singing Competition Committee […]
Happy 60th Anniversary UBC Asian Studies – Photo Challenge Event
In celebration of its 60th anniversary this year, the Department of Asian Studies at UBC is hosting a photo challenge event! To celebrate this anniversary, we are inviting all UBC students and alumni to participate in the Happy 60th Anniversary UBC Asian Studies Photo Challenge Event! Students will have the opportunity to visit various […]