Asian Studies
Research and teaching programs
David Lam Centre
Since 1989 the David Lam Centre has remained committed to fostering intercultural dialogue through activities that extend across a broad spectrum of social, cultural and economic issues from both contemporary and historical perspectives. The Centre supports and facilitates research collaboration, networking and building the community of Asia-related scholars across campus and internationally.
Global Asia Program
The Global Asia program offers a minor program which will facilitate a comprehensive knowledge of the region and a broad understanding of human experience through an introduction to Asian languages and through courses offered in other departments and units of the University, including Humanities, Anthropology and Sociology, English, World Literature, Political Science, International Studies, Communications, and History.
Faculty with Regional Expertise
Professor | Department of Linguistics
Cantonese, Austronesian, Athabaskan, Tahltan
Professor Emeritus | School of Communication
Myanmar, India
Assistant Professor | Department of Philosophy
Tibet
Professor | Department of History
China
Assistant Professor | School for International Studies
China, Central Asia, Southeast Asia
Associate Professor | Department of History
China
Professor Emeritus | Department of Sociology and Anthropology
India
SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow | Department of Sociology and Anthropology
China
Professor | Department of Linguistics
Korean, Japanese
Associate Professor | Faculty of Education
China
Professor Emeritus | School for International Studies
India, South Asia
Michael J. Hathaway
Professor | Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Southwest China, Japan, Asia
Associate Professor | School for International Studies
Russia, Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
Professor | School of Communication
Korea, Asia
Associate Professor | Department of Political Science
Asia, Japan
Professor | Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
Asia Pacific
Maureen Maloney
Professor | School of Public Policy
South-East Asia, Iraq, China, Brazil, Guatemala and South Africa
Associate Professor | Department of History
Japan, Asia
Associate Professor | School of Communication
Japan, Asia
Professor | School for International Studies
Malaysia
Professor | Department of Linguistics
Asia
Assistant Professor | School for International Studies
China, India
Professor | Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Taiwan
Assisstant Professor | School for the Contemporary Arts
Asia
Rupak Shrestha
Assistant Professor | School for International Studies | Global Asia
Himalaya, South Asia, Nepal
Professor | Beedie School of Business
Asia Pacific
Assistant Professor | Department of Philosophy
China
Professor | Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
South Asia, Bangladesh, the Philipines
Associate Professor | Faculty of Education
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan