The York Centre for Asian Research is pleased to host Lalit Vachani to present his new documentary “Prisoner No. 626710 is Present”. The documentary will be screened on Feb 12, 2025 at 2.30pm at York University, Keele campus, as part of YCAR’s South Asia lecture series, “Demos, democracy and democratization”. This will be followed by […]
A panel featuring experts Bangladesh experts Dina M. Siddiqi (New York University) and Saad Hammadi (Balsillie School of International Affairs) will launch a series focusing on contemporary South Asia. The 18 September panel will focus on the massive student-led movement that ended the 15-year authoritarian rule of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. This is […]
YCAR is happy to welcome Kin-Wai Amelia Chu to York as a visiting scholar. Dr Chu is a postdoctoral researcher funded by Research Foundation-Flanders and based at Ghent University. Her research traverses Hong Kong studies and comics, and she has published articles scrutinising comics at the intersections of gender dynamics, nostalgia, culture and politics. With […]
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