Monthly Archives: March 2011

Asian Library Open House 2011: Spring Book Sale

Posted on March 28, 2011 by | 1 comment

Spring is back, so is our popular annual book sale! As the part II of Asian Library Open House 2011, this book sale carries new, used, and hard-to-find books and magazines in different Asian languages (mainly Chinese and Korean) and some in English.  Prices range from 10 cents to $5 but most of them are 50 cents only!   You should find books you like!  Bring a tote bag with you.  ALL ITEMS CASH and CARRY.

Same day at Asian Centre:

IDENTIVERSE: Group Exhibition of UBC 3rd Year Painting & 4th Year Art Theory – Some of the exhibit shown in our Open House Part I continues to be on display on the upper floor of the Library.

Vancouver Mokuyokai’s 27th Annual Ohanami
(Cherry Blossom Viewing Festival)
Celebrate spring under the cherry blossoms with a tea ceremony, garden tour, haiku writing, kamishibai (Japanese storytelling), origami, yukata-dressing, Japanese food and traditional music at UBC Nitobe Garden, an authentic Japanese garden illuminated by lantern-light for this special event. At 6pm, ring the Pacific Bell outside UBC Asian Centre and send your prayers to those affected by Japan earthquake. For details please visit Vancouver Mokuyokai Society’s website.

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Asian Library Open House 2011: Exhibits

Posted on March 7, 2011 by | Leave a comment

The Asian Library and the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory are pleased to present two displays – Identiverse and Dimensions of the Asian World at UBC – as part of the Asian Library Open House 2011.

DIMENSIONS of the ASIAN WORLD at UBC: A display

Viewers are invited to conceptualize “Asianness” as a construct in Canada by examining various cultural products – paintings, writings, photographs, quotations, images and video clippings, facts and figures.  Alongside the growing Asian student population at UBC is a rich array of Asian-themed activities, the ever-expanding Asian Studies programs and research, and the participation of non-Asian students and staff in these initiatives.

By featuring the 2010 Maclean’s article entitled “‘Too Asian’?” alongside B.C. responses to the segregation of coloured students from Caucasian children in the 1920s, viewers are prompted to ponder the tension between coercive practices of exclusion and assimilation. Excerpts of UBC’s forum on the thought-provoking Maclean’s article, as well as quotes from the Library’s Diversity Caucus discussion on the same piece, capture some thoughts about the Asian world on campus.

Please come and visit the display which is in the foyer of the Asian Centre from March 13, 2011.

INDENTIVERSE: Group Exhibition of UBC 3rd Year Painting & 4th Year Art Theory

IdentiverseIdentiverse, a combination of “identity” and “diversity,” explores the transitions and struggles of ethnic groups regarding their individual and cultural identities. The identities of university students are also examined.

Opening Reception:
Sunday March 13 4-8pm

Exhibition Dates:
March 14-17   12noon-5pm
March 18  11am-3pm

Asian Centre Auditorium & Asian Library Upper Floor

Co-organizers Asian Library | Art History + Visual Art + Theory
Sponsor Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society
Collaborators Institute of Asian Research |  Chinese Language Program, Asian Studies Department | Punjabi Language, Literature & Sikh Studies, Asian Studies Department

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