This December the Department will be celebrating our 50th Anniversary with a banquet to be held at the Renissance Hotel downtown, join us for a night of more...
Each year the department offers a variety of topics under the course numbed 360B. This year we are offering courses in Modern Japanese Literature, Cultures of Manga and Anime More...
Prospective Supervisors
You are welcome to contact our professors in your field of study if you need assistance with your research proposal or like one of them to act as your supervisor.
RESEARCH FIELDS AND SUPERVISORS:
China:
Modern and pre-modern Literature, (modern prose, pre-modern prose, poetry,drama)
Pre-modern history
Dr.Josephine Chiu-Duke- Chinese Intellectual History
Dr. Duanduan Li - Chinese Applied Linguistics
Dr. Jerry Schmidt – Chinese language and Literature
Dr. Leo Shin – Chinese History ( Joint appointment with the History Department)
Dr. Edward Slingerland – Chinese Thought, Philosophy and Religion
Dr. Catherine Swatek - Chinese Language and Pre-Modern Literature
Dr. Christopher Rea - Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
Japan:
Modern and Pre-modern Literature (modern prose, pre-modern prose, poetry, arthistory)
Pre-modern History, Thought (philosophy and religion)
Dr. StefaniaBurk - Medieval Japanese Literature, Culture and Society
Dr. Nam-lin Hur - History of Japan and Religious
Dr. Christina Laffin - Classical Japanese
Dr. Joshua Mostow - Pre-Modern Japanese Literature
Dr. Peter Nosco - Japanese History and Culture
Dr. Sharalyn Orbaugh - Modern Japanese Literature
Jessica Main - Late Medieval to Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
Korea:
Korean language pedagogy, Korean linguistics (historical linguistics,sociolinguistics), Korean diaspora studies
Modern Literature and Translation, Pre- modern, and Early Modern History, Religious History
Dr. Donald Baker - Korean History and Civilization
Dr. Bruce Fulton - Korean literature and literary translation
Dr. Ross King - Korean Language and Literature
Buddhism
Dr.Jinhua Chen - East Asian Buddhism
Jessica Main - Modern Southeast Asian and Japanese Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics
South Asia:
Modern and Pre-modern Literature, History, Religious History
Dr. Ken Bryant - Hindi-Urdu and Indian literature
Dr. Francesca Harlow - Social and Economic History of Early Modern India
Dr. Anne Murphy - Punjabi Language, Literature and Sikh Studies
Dr. Harjot Oberoi - South Asian Social & Religious History
Dr. Adheesh Sathaye - Sanskrit Literature and Folklore
South East Asia:
Modern Literature (Indonesian, Malaysian)
Dr. Tineke Hellwig –Indonesian Language and Literature
Other UBC Faculty with Interests in Asian Studies.
Those interested in Asia-related modern history, political science, commerce, economics, geography, fine arts, anthropology or sociology, should apply to the department concerned.
In special cases, PhD degree programs can be arranged jointly between Asian Studies and other departments. For those interested in the Interdisciplinary Program, please contact the Interdisciplinary Studies at http://www.isgp.ubc.ca/