Events at: Multipurpose Room, Liu Institute for Global Issues

A Musical Welcome: CISAR Rings in the New Academic Year with Virasat Foundation

Join us for a concert with sarod, sarangi, and tabla with acclaimed musicians! The event will be preceded by CISAR Annual Reception at 5:00 PM in the lobby of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. About the Artists   Dilshad Khan is a renowned Sarangi player and belongs to the Sikar Gharana of music, which has given […]

Gu Xiong: Migrations

This lecture will take a direct and rational perspective on artist Gu Xiong and his practice: he was passionate and restless in the 1980s; in the 1990s, his thoughts turned to immigration and identity; around 2000, he entered into dialogues and drew comparisons in response to a new cultural identity; and over the past decade, he has turned his attention to the issue of international migrant workers.

Song and Dance and the Sonic Territorialization of Xinjiang

With Dr. Rachel Harris (SOAS, University of London) Rachel Harris draws on the notion of territorialization to probe current developments in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where a “Peoples War against Islamic Extremism” has developed into an assault on Uyghur cultural identity, massive securitization of the region, and the detention of over a million people. […]

Will China Rescue Nuclear Power?

With Dr. M.V. Ramana (School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, UBC) Abstract: Nuclear energy has been declining as a share of electricity generation around the world. China has the most ambitious targets for nuclear power and some expect that it would shore up the flagging prospects for a large expansion of nuclear power around the world. Is this likely? What are the trends in energy in China? About […]

The 2019 Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program: Celebrating Punjabi Language and Culture

The Department of Asian Studies and the Centre for India and South Asia Research is pleased to invite you to our 11th Annual Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program. Join us in celebrating over 30 years of Punjabi language at UBC on March 14th! 6:00pm Reception with food and refreshments 6:30pm Event Program Free & open to the public. Featuring […]