We are relaunching the Asia Lecture in 2024, and this year’s speaker will be announced in early Fall.
Earlier Lectures
Our Asia Lectures were published as part of YCAR’s Asia Colloquia Papers’ series.
- Poverty and the Imagination of a Future: The Story of Urban Slums in Delhi, India
Inaugural Asia Lecture
24 September 2009
Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University
Asia Colloquia Paper
- 40 Years with China: From the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations in 1970 to the Present Day
21 September 2010
B. Michael Frolic, York University
Asia Colloquia Paper
- The Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China
05 November 2012
Xiang Biao, University of Oxford
Asia Colloquia Paper
- Value Struggles: Waste Work and Urban Ecology in Delhi
08 October 2013
Vinay Gidwani, University of Minnesota
Asia Colloquia Paper
- Vietnam, the Philippines, Guam and California: Connecting the Dots of US Military Empire
08 October 2015
Yen Le Espiritu, University of California, San Diego
Asia Colloquia Paper
For further information, please contact YCAR at ycar[at]yorku.ca.