Recording Available for Greening East Asia Book Launch Event!
Dec 11, 2020
Thank you all for coming to the book launch event for Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State, co-hosted by the CCR, CJR, and CKR! The recording is now available now! Click here About the Book – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State East Asia hosts a fifth of […]
Book Talk – Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State
Nov 26, 2020
On December 10 at 5PM (PST), join the online book talk hosted collaboratively by UBC’s Centre for Chinese Research, Centre for Japanese Research, and Centre for Korean Research. The event will feature the authors and contributors of a newly published book—Greening East Asia: The Rise of the Eco-developmental State, edited by Ashley Esarey, Mary Alice Haddad, Joanna […]
Dr. Timothy Cheek’s Lecture of Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation Live on Facebook!
Nov 24, 2020
Director of the Institute of Asian Research Dr. Timothy Cheek’s lecture on “Xi Jinping’s Counter-Reformation” is now available for viewing on Facebook! Link: https://www.facebook.com/China.SOAS/videos/189855799391801/?__so__=channel_tab&__rv__=all_videos_card Further information on the lecture: Xi Jinping is the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao. The media is full of his “mass line campaigns,” the anti-corruption campaign, his much-touted “Chinese Dream,” […]
Upcoming Book Release by Dr. Pitman Potter, Former Director of Institute for Asian Research!
Nov 16, 2020
Upcoming book release! New book on China’s impact on the world titled “Exporting Virtue? China’s International Human Rights Activism in the Age of Xi Jinping” by Dr. Pitman Potter, the former director of the Institute of Asian Research. Further details: https://www.ubcpress.ca/exporting-virtue The launch is set for February 2021, watch the CCR news for latest […]
CIC Project: 50 Years of Canada-China Relations
Oct 30, 2020
Exciting new @thecic Project! Phil Calvert and John Gruetzner, track 50 years of Canada-China relations. There will be an article per week until the end of the year, each focusing on a different aspect on their ties. UBC contributors include Diana Lary, Pitman Potter and Leo Shin Current contributions include: Dr. Diana Lary’s on pre […]
AAS Statement on the 2020 Hong Kong National Security Law
Jul 16, 2020
AAS Board of Directors July 10, 2020 The Association for Asian Studies expresses its deep concern over the PRC government’s imposition of sweeping new security legislation that severely curtails the freedoms guaranteed in Hong Kong’s Basic Law, the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The new […]
Statement on Academic Freedom
In light of the recent developments in Hong Kong and elsewhere in Asia, the Institute of Asian Research within the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia is reaffirming our support of UBC’s commitment to advancing academic freedom in line with UBC policy. As members of a Canadian institution of higher learning, we will […]
Viruses Have No Nationality
May 26, 2020
The COVID-19 virus is a risk to us all, but the pandemic does not affect everybody in the same way. From images of “Asia” to the shifting significance of face masks, there are cultural implications to visualizing a pandemic. MOA Curator Fuyubi Nakamura reflects on the power of imagery during these changing times. Read more
Summer RA Opportunities at IAR Centres and Programs
Apr 08, 2020
The area Centres and Programs at the Institute of Asian Research at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA) are offering Summer RAships for graduate students associated with the Centres and Programs or the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) program at the SPPGA.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update
Mar 18, 2020
COVID-19 Update Due to the circumstances surrounding COVID-19 and UBC’s safety precautions, CCR will be suspending all events for the remainder of the term. We appreciate your continued support and engagement at our past events. Thank you for your understanding and stay healthy! Please see SPPGA’s official response on COVID-19 here: https://sppga.ubc.ca/…/coronavirus-covid-19-a-public-healt…/. For UBC’s official statement […]