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News
Dr. Leo Shin was interviewed on Zolima CityMag regarding the development of the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative: "Why a Canadian University is Fascinated by Hong Kong".

Dr. Timothy Brook's co-edited book "Sacred Mandates: International Relations in Inner and East Asia since Chinggis Khan" is recently published by the University of Chicago Press. 

►  Dr. Christopher Rea's edited book "Imperfect Understanding: Intimate Portraits of Chinese Celebrities" is recently published by the Cambria Press. 

New Courses
► Dr. Timothy Cheek is giving a new course  "HIST 104D: Topics in World History: Communism and After: A Global History" in the 2018 winter session. 

  Dr. Xiaojun Li is offering a new course "POLI 379: China in the World" in the 2018 winter session. 

Conferences

Friday, May 18 - Saturday, May 19
► Scaling the Ming    Featured!

Time: 9:00 am - 7:00 pm, May 18-19
Venue: See  conference schedule for the location of each panel

The Scaling the Ming Conference will feature multiple panels on Ming studies, as well as a keynote titled "Collusion, Competition, and Compromise: Rethinking the Scale of Portuguese Interaction with Ming China, 1510-1557."

Please  RSVP if you would like to attend.

The conference has been generously sponsored by the Society for Ming Studies, the  James P. Geiss and Margaret Y. Hsu Foundation, the  Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden, and UBC's  History DepartmentDepartment of Asian Studies, and  Centre for Chinese Research.



Saturday, June 23 - Sunday, June 24


Ti me: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Venue: Auditorium, UBC Asian Centre (1871 West Mall, Vancouver)

The 4th Workshop on Innovations in Cantonese Linguistics (WICL-4) will take place on June 23 and 24, 2018, at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. The conference focuses on new advances in Cantonese Linguistics, including new approaches to theory and data, methodologies, and applications. New research on geographical variations, overseas speaker communities, and pedagogical issues are especially welcome.

*Registration is free. Please RSVP by May 31, 2018 if you plan to attend the conference. 


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Opportunities

►Schwarzman Scholars: Global Leadership for the 21st Century

The Schwarzman Scholars application for the 2019-2020 academic year is now available. Schwarzman Scholars is a highly selective, one-year master's program at Tsinghua University in Beijing that is designed to prepare the next generation of global leaders for the challenges of the future.The program is open to candidates between the ages of 18 and 28 years old, regardless of nationality, who are proficient in English and have obtained an undergraduate degree or its equivalent.

Deadline for U.S./Global Application: 11:59PM on September 27, 2018. 

Deadline for Candidates Who Hold Passports from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao: 11:59PM on May 31, 2018.
 
Application



Dr. Timothy Hildebrandt (Associate Professor of Social Policy at the LSE), an internationally-recognised expert in the study of NGOs in China, is offering his course on Chinese social organisations this coming August at the LSE-PKU Summer School in Beijing. This course explores the unique context within which NGOs and other social organisations have emerged in China, revealing how they have been able to often coexist with the government. It draws attention to the strategic adaptations that leaders of these organisations make in order to operate in a more narrow political environment such as China's, and examines how this might change the nature of their activities and ultimately the effect they can have on society. 

Application Deadline: 15 June 2018

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► AMESON YEAR IN CHINA 2018 - EDUCATIONAL AMBASSADOR 

Ameson Year in China (AYC) is a unique opportunity for recent college graduates to become Educational Ambassadors by spending a year teaching, learning, and making a difference in public schools across China. Participants experience the challenges and distinct rewards of being immersed in one of the world's fastest-developing economic and cultural landscapes. Each week, twenty hours are spent teaching, ten hours are spent in the office or in support of students' activities, and ten hours are spent in collaborative or self-directed pursuits, such as language learning, exploration, and community engagement.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.