Asian history

This subclass comprises research and experimental development in Asian history.

Parent Category

Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a PhD in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20 graduate…

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Historians study the past to better understand the present. They analyze the forces and influences that have affected human experiences and shaped different societies over time. For more than 80 years, our graduate program has promoted this analysis from social, cultural, political, and…

Master of Arts in Asian Studies (MA)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a thesis-based MA in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over…

Master of Arts in History (MA)

Historians study the past to better understand the present. They analyze the forces and influences that have affected human experiences and shaped different societies over time. For more than 80 years, our graduate program has promoted this analysis from social, cultural, political, and…

B

Baker, Donald Leslie

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Korean History; Confucian Philosophy; Religion in Korea; science in pre-modern Korea; Kwangju Uprising of 1980; Korean History, Confucian Philosophy, Religion in Korea, science in pre-modern Korea, Kwangju Uprising of 1980

D

Duffy, Kay

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Early Medieval China; Premodern Chinese Literature; Sinographic Sphere; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis, Literary or Artistic Work Dissemination or Reception Contexts, Social Determinants of Arts and Letters, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Early Medieval China, Premodern Chinese Literature, Sinographic Sphere

L

Laird, Colleen

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Japanese cinema; Gendered image production, gendered reception, and women in film industries; Videographic criticism; Japanese cinema, Gendered image production, gendered reception, and women in film industries, Videographic criticism

Lynn, Hyung Gu

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

popular culture, migration, colonialism, globalization, development; popular culture, migration, colonialism, globalization, development

M

McCormick, Kelly

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Modern Japan; History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography; History of Technology; History of Gender and Sexuality; Modern Japan, History of Visual and Material Culture/Photography, History of Technology, History of Gender and Sexuality

R

Rea, Christopher

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Chinese literature; Cinema; Print culture; translation; Humor; Chinese literature, Cinema, Print culture, Translation, Humor

Rusk, Bruce

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Literary or Artistic Work Analysis; Social Determinants of Arts and Letters; Arts and Cultural Traditions; Exegesis and Sacred Text Critics; Lexicography and Dictionaries; Authentication Studies; Confucianism; Early Modern China; material culture; Literary or Artistic Work Analysis, Social Determinants of Arts and Letters, Arts and Cultural Traditions, Exegesis and Sacred Text Critics, Lexicography and Dictionaries, Authentication Studies, Confucianism, Early Modern China, Material Culture

Y

Yi, Christina

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cultural Studies; genre; Japanese colonial repatriates; Language politics; Linguistic nationalism; Modern/Contemporary Japanese literature; National identity; Postcoloniality; Resident Koreans; “Repatriation literature” (hikiage bungaku); “returned” Nikkei; Cultural studies, Genre, Japanese colonial repatriates, Language politics, Linguistic nationalism, Modern/Contemporary Japanese literature, National identity, Postcoloniality, Resident Koreans, “Repatriation literature” (hikiage bungaku), “returned” Nikkei

Academic Units

French Name

Histoire de l’Asie

French Description

Cette sous-classe comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en histoire de l’Asie.