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Datong: The Great Society at Vancity Theatre on March 19
Named 2011 Movie-of-the-Year by China’s progressive Southern Metropolitan Daily for “returning fuller memories and humanity to Chinese history,” Datong: The Great Society focuses on modern China’s first major utopian philosopher and constitutional reformer, Kang Youwei (Liu Kai Chi). After the Qing government’s bloody crackdown on the political reform he initiated in 1889, Kang and his daughter Tung Pih (Lindzay Chan) fled into 16 years of exile, including residence on a Swedish island. Evans Chan’s docu-drama recounts Kang’s epic struggle for China’s modernization as well as for his dream of Datong — the Chinese utopia. Stockholm-based actress-choreographer Chiang Ching narrates and Mary Stephen edits. (In English, Chinese, and French with English and Chinese subtitles)Chinese film scholar Michael Berry has called Evans Chan “one of the most singularly innovative and diverse figures in the Chinese cultural world in the last 15 years.” Chan’s award-winning films – four narrative features and five documentaries – have been shown at the Berlin, Rotterdam, London, Moscow, Montreal, and Taiwan Golden Horse film festivals, among others. He has also published three books of essays in Chinese, and is the editor/translator into Chinese of three books by Susan Sontag. Eros, Angst and Exile, a critical anthology about Chan’s works edited by Tony Williams, is forthcoming from the Hong Kong University Press. Time Out Hong Kong this year has listed Chan’s directorial debut To Liv(e) ???? as one of the 100 Greatest Hong Kong Films.
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WEST MEETS EAST: A FREE CONCERT OF CHINESE AND WESTERN CLASSICAL MUSIC
Presented by City Opera Vancouver and Chinese Cultural CentreWilliam Liu, baritoneDavid Boothroyd, keyboardSunday March 2nd, 2014 2 – 4pm, Free admissionSeating is limited, please RSVP by March 1st 3pmChinese Cultural Centre Museum, 555 Columbia Street, Vancouver, BC -
Shunga: How J-Porn Became Academic
UBC ASIA Club’s Academic Department is proud to present a once-in-a-lifetime evening lecture on Shunga with our Associate Head, Dr. Joshua Mostow! The topic of discussion, Shunga, is an erotic art form which had its origins in the Heian period and flourished in the Edo period.
Thursday, February 27th, 2014
Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Location: Asian Centre Room 604
Admission: Free for UBC ASIA members, $2 for non-members
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Revisiting B.C.’s Japanese-Canadian internment camps
Interested in what happened to Japanese Canadians when the Canadian government invoked the War Measures Act in 1942 and stripped their citizenship rights, categorizing them as enemy aliens and sending them to internment camps throughout the B.C. interior?SFU Library Special Collections recently obtained a large collection of materials from one of these camps, the Blue River road camp. The documents detail how the government ran the camps, how the interned men coordinated resistance, how local businesses used them as labourers, and much more.
On Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, 12:30-1:30 p.m., join Kirsten Emiko McAllister, an associate professor in the School of Communication for a discussion on The Japanese-Canadian Blue River Road Camp Collection. She’ll explain the significance of these records for understanding one of the Canadian government’s many programs to manage unwanted racial difference.
McAllister is the author of Terrain of Memory: A Japanese Canadian Memorial Project.
The free event takes place at the W.A.C. Bennett Library, Special Collections, at the Burnaby campus.
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How can we become a more united and inclusive community?
UBC Dialogues: North Shore The North Shore, like other Lower Mainland communities, attracts people from all over the world. In recent decades, significant Chinese, South Asian, Persian and Filipino populations have settled in the area, with many forming cultural communities alongside what previously existed. Although challenges occasionally arise, the resulting cultural mosaic has led to opportunities that don’t exist in other communities. How can we use our cultural differences as a pillar of strength for the broader community? Do current government policies, civil society activities, and societal attitudes contribute to a feeling of unity, or create unnecessary divisions? How can we make the most of our cultural richness?
Event Details
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
6:30 – 9:00 pmProgram begins at 6:30 pm with a reception to follow.
The Kay Meek Centre
1700 Mathers Avenue
West Vancouver, BC, V7V 2G7RSVP
Please RSVP by Monday, February 24, 2014. Questions? Please contact Berkley Weiler at berkley.weiler@ubc.ca or 604-827-5831.
