Events at: St. John's College

Buddhism and Wellbeing Conference

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, University of British Columbia, will host the fifth annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference at UBC. Thursday, May 28: 12:00 PM onwards REGISTRATION 1:30 – 3:00 PM   PANEL 1 Concepts of Health and Wellbeing  Stephen Harris (Leiden University): “Buddhism, Suffering […]

On the Selection of Leaders in a Political Meritocracy: The Case of China

Abstract: In his talk, drawing on his new book The China Model: Political Meritocracy and the Limits of Democracy (Princeton University Press), Daniel A. Bell will make the following assumptions: (1) it is good for a political community to be governed by high-quality leaders; (2) China’s one-party political system is not about to collapse; (3) […]

Mapping Modern Chinese Intellectual Life: A Roundtable Conversation with Tim Cheek

By: Dr. Timothy Cheek (UBC), Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke (UBC), Dr. Timothy Brook (UBC), Dr. Jeremy Brown (SFU), Dr. Christopher Rea (Chair) Mapping Modern Chinese Intellectual Life: A Roundtable Conversation with Tim Cheek Book launch of The Intellectual in Modern Chinese History  About the Event This narrative history of Chinese intellectuals and public life provides a guide […]

Utopia, Dystopia and Uchronia – From ‘The Fat Years’ to ‘The Second Year of Jianfeng: An Alternative History of New China’

About the Speaker: Chan Koonchung is a sinophone writer living in Beijing. He is the Writer of the Year at the 2013 Hong Kong Book Fair. His 2009 novel “The Fat Years” has been translated into 13 languages. His 2013 novel “The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver” is available  in English and Dutch. His 2015 novel, “The […]

Weaker States under the Shadow of Sino-US Great Power Competition: Myanmar and Thailand’s Foreign Policy Choices

 Abstract The rise of China in the recent decades has generated tremendous amount of strategic anxiety among myriads of concerned parties. In the case of the United States, concerned with losing its primacy in the East Asian region to China, has undertaken a series of actions aiming at strengthening its existing security alliances while building […]

City of Marvel and Transformation: Chang’an and Narratives of Experience in Tang Dynasty China

Abstract During China’s Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), the capital city of Chang’an (present-day Xi’an) was a megalopolis, career launch pad, and most importantly, cultural paradigm. As such, it captured the imaginations of Tang writers, shaped their future aspirations, and left significant traces in the literature of this period. This talk takes up some of the […]

Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West

The 6th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference (Hosted by The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, Jessica L. Main, director) at UBC, and co-sponsored by The Modernization of Buddhism in Global Perspective Project (SSHRC Insight Grant, John S. Harding, Victor Sogen Hori, Alexander Soucy, co-investigators) This conference has been called to […]

Documenting Punjabi Canada: Student video projects and discussion

Event Poster | RSVP Organized through a partnership between the Departments of Theatre and Film and Asian Studies, and made possible by the Onkarbir Singh Toor Memorial Punjabi Studies Enhancement Fund and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, with the support of the Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies Program, the Centre for India […]