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Circulation desk: (604) 822-2427
Email: asian.library@ubc.ca
Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2
See Also: Hours Monthly View
Circulation desk: (604) 822-2427
Email: asian.library@ubc.ca
Asian Centre
1871 West Mall
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada V6T 1Z2
By phchow on March 9, 2021
Please take a moment to watch this new video showcasing the Chinese rare book collections with focus put on poetry covering all historical periods. Created by Jing Liu, Chinese Studies Librarian, this video is a part of UBC Asian Studies’ Lantern Festival Poetry Night (上元诗会), a multi-media and multi-lingual event hosted by the UBC Chinese […]
By phchow on March 3, 2021
Update on April 5: We are sorry to announce that the Harjit Kaur Sidhu Memorial Program 2021, originally scheduled on April 7, is cancelled at this time. The event will be rescheduled and announced in due course. For more information, please visit the program page. The Department of Asian Studies and the Asian Library at […]
By phchow on January 15, 2021
Friday, February 5, 2021 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Online event! Please register at https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/event/3593609 Happy New Year! Let’s celebrate the year of the White Ox (辛丑年, beginning on Friday, Feb. 12th) by sending our thoughts to family and friends with a handmade card. The ox is said to be patient and kind, good qualities to have […]
By phchow on November 23, 2020
The Asian Library hosted its first virtual Diwali or Deepavali celebrations on Thursday, November 12 and it also marked the beginning of celebrating Asian Library’s 60th anniversary. Event attendees enjoyed a variety of folk dances, poems, songs, learned about the traditions surrounding Diwali, and also learned about the history of the Asian Library. Sarbjit Randhawa, […]
By phchow on October 30, 2020
Come and celebrate Diwali (Festival of Lights) with the Asian Library, with the support of the Department of Asian Studies. Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:00 am to 11:30 am Virtual event! Please register at https://libcal.library.ubc.ca/calendar/vancouver/diwali2020. Diwali or Deepavali, which means “a row of lights”, is the most widely celebrated festival in India and throughout the Indian diaspora. It […]
By phchow on September 17, 2020
David Mark Graham (1945-2012) was a Vancouver native and a double UBC alumnus (BA, BArch) with a life-long interest in Asia. At UBC, he was closely involved with projects such as the construction of the Asian Centre, the rejuvenation of the Nitobe Japanese Garden, and a proposal for a travelling exhibition of the university’s Tokugawa […]
By phchow on July 27, 2020
Below is the announcement issued by the Associate University Librarian, Collections to faculty members about providing course reserve materials for students in the Fall term. If you have any questions on placing Asian-language materials on reserve, please contact your subject librarians or email asian.reserve@ubc.ca. Dear Colleagues, As UBC looks towards preparing for the Fall term, […]