Announcement Archive

Congratulations to MAAPPS student Justin Elavathil, winner of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada‘s 2012/13 Post-Graduate Fellowship.  More details

Well-known Buddhist scholar Dr. B.J. Terweil will be at UBC presenting two lectures on Thai Buddhism on May 15, 2012  in the C.K. Choi Building and May 18, 2012  in the UBC Museum of Anthropology.  More details
 

On March 26, 2012, Mongolia’s Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the University of British Columbia’s Norman B Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering and Institute of Asian Research signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at intensifying cooperation between UBC and Mongolian universities.The MoU specified a number of areas of potential cooperation including the exchange of visiting scholars, joint organization of conferences and the eligibility of Mongolian students for UBC’s International Partial Tuition Scholarships. See Mongolia Today

Department of Polictical Science invites you to a talk by Professor Kellee Tsai of Johns Hopkins University on April 13, 2012 in Buchanan Penthouse on how “developmental diasporas” impact on China’s and India’s economic development.
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Professor Jia Qingguo of the School of International Studies at Peking University will give a
talk on Monday, April 30, 2012 on understanding China's seemingly contradicting foreign policy behaviour.  More details

The UBC Senate recently approved a motion to change the mandate and structure of the College for Interdisciplinary Studies (CFIS). As of April 1st, 2012, the Institute of Asian Research was transferred for administrative purposes to the Faculty of Arts. For more information visit the CFIS website at http://www.cfis.ubc.ca/about/cfis-transitions

Please join us on March 22, 2012 at 12:30pm for a discussion on contemporary water issues and challenges with a panel of knowledgeable experts in the field of transboundary water management. More details

The Master of Arts - Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) Graduate Student Association at UBC and the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington will be holding their first joint annual graduate student conference that invites graduate students to UBC to present papers from all disciplines on topics aiming to increase our understanding of Asian politics, humanities, and histories from April 21-22, 2012.  More details

We are delighted to announce that the Master of Arts Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAAPPS) program has been selected for the 2011-12 Peter Larkin Award for outstanding contribution to graduate student life and development at UBC.  The formal ceremony to honour the winners of this year's Student Awards will be held on April 25th. Meantime, congratulations in particular to Julian Dierkes, head of the Teaching Committee, and Kerry Ross, program administrator.