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Experiencing Kōdō: A Weekend of Japanese Incense Culture at UBC

This spring, UBC Library was honoured to co-present a weekend of public incense gatherings and lectures on the Japanese incense tradition. Thoughtfully organized by the Dōjin Japanese Arts Society, the program allowed participants to experience incense culture through an array of activities centered around a keynote lecture and symposium on Friday, May 23, and public […]

Award-Winning Books and Films on Display at Asian Library

Looking for your next great read or film? Come explore a new display at UBC Asian Library that celebrates award-winning works from across Asia. This multilingual collection brings together literature and cinema that have received major national and international recognition. Currently, the display features books and films in Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, and Korean. You will […]

Experience Kōdō: The Way of Japanese Incense

This May, we are honoured to welcome special guests from Japan for a weekend of public incense gatherings and lectures on Japanese incense tradition at the University of British Columbia. The program will provide a rich experience of incense culture with an array of activities focused around a special keynote lecture and symposium on Friday, […]

The Journey of Birds: A New Art Exhibit at the Asian Centre Foyer

Date: April 5 to April 30, 2025 Location: Asian Centre (1871 West Mall) (map) Hours: During Asian Library open hours (see hours) Visit the Asian Centre foyer this month to view The Journey of Birds, a new art exhibit presented by UBC graduate student Mengkai Zhang. This exhibit showcases five paintings and a series of […]

Celebrating New Year Traditions at the Asian Library

On Sunday, February 16th, the UBC Asian Library welcomed children and families for Kids Take Over UBC 2025. This year’s theme, “Bridges Across Time, Seasons, and Cultures in Asia,” was presented in collaboration with Nitobe Memorial Garden and Chung | Lind Gallery. As part of this theme, the library has created a special display showcasing […]

Space Fantasy: Nagaoka Shūsei’s Contributions to Afrofuturist Visual Culture – Virtual Exhibit & Visiting Guide

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February 12, 2025 to April 30, 2025
Asian Library Upper Level, Asian Centre
1871 West Mall, UBC Vancouver 
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Space Fantasy: Nagaoka Shusei’s Contributions to Afrofuturist Visual Culture Display

The Asian Library exhibit Space Fantasy: Nagaoka Shusei’s Contributions to Afrofuturist Visual Culture showcases the visionary universe of the diasporic Japanese illustrator Nagaoka Shusei through album covers, interviews, artworks, and books highlighting his legacy in Japan. This exhibit, which notably includes the first known example of Afrofuturistic artwork attributed to Nagaoka, will run from February […]

Patterns as Poetic Practice: A Global Conversation Through Textil Cartographies

Please come by the Asian Centre foyer to view “Patterns as Poetic Practice: A Global Conversation Through Textile Cartographies.” The exhibition will run from May 7 to July 3, 2024. This collaboration between the Art Education Program, The Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and the Asian Library offers an enriching experience that transcends cultural boundaries […]

EDI in Asia display

We invite all our users to come and view our Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in Asia display, located on the upper floor of the Asian Library. The display underscores how EDI challenges and developments are not universal. Asia is home to a vast plethora of countries and therefore diverse cultures, ethnicities, religions, languages, and […]

Book Display: Exploring Sikh Heritage and Vaisakhi Celebrations

April is Sikh Heritage Month in B.C. and is a special time for celebrating Sikh culture, art, and history, as well as honoring the invaluable contributions of the Sikh community to Canada. It carries great significance for Sikhs as it was during this auspicious month that Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth and last human Sikh […]