"City Reassembled" logo for the UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative series, with two squares connected at a corner, against a mottled pale grey background

What is Diaspora? A Possible Dialogue with Hong Kong Studies

Feb 18, 2022 | What is Diaspora? What does “diaspora” describe and conceptualize? Dr. Shelly Chan (University of California, Santa Cruz) explores this and more at the next talk in the Hong Kong Studies Initiative’s “City Reassembled” series.

Blue ink cursive handwriting on yellowed envelopes: "Miss Joan Gillis, RR #1, New Westminster, BC". Stamped on envelopes: "Passed by censor C-270" and postmarks.

I Know We’ll Meet Again

March 1, 2022 | UBC Library and ACAM present a panel inspired by the Joan Gillis fonds, a remarkable collection of letters that recount the lives of Japanese Canadian teenagers after their forced dispersal from the coastal regions of British Columbia in 1942. Supported by the UBC Equity Enhancement Fund and Public Humanities Hub.

Pens in a leather roll-up pen holder laid out on a wood table. Detail of a photo by Rachael Gorjestani, via Unsplash.

Creative Writing for Academics

Feb 17, 2022 | UBC faculty, grad students, and postdocs are invited to a panel featuring three outstanding contemporary scholar-writers who are integrating creative writing into their academic work.