Our latest Asia Colloquia Paper is based on a talk by Po King Choi given at the inaugural Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture on 27 April 2017. Choi’s lecture explores the nationalist politics and debates around the medium of instruction of the Chinese language in Hong Kong. She analyzes the surprising levels of uptake […]
For a little more than a decade (2003 to 2015), there was a small bump in the numbers of North Koreans in Canada, many of them seeking asylum. But the number of asylum seekers, which were in the hundreds, dwindled to only two by 2016. Ann Kim, Associate Professor of Sociology and York Centre for […]
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is accepting applications for graduate awards for students conducting research related to Asia or Asian diasporas. The Centre offers eight awards to support a range of graduate research activities including fieldwork travel and language training: Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Fellowship (East or Southeast Asian studies) Vivienne Poy Asian […]
Professor Lily Cho (English) launched www.masscapture.ca in December 2017, a website presenting analyses of a digitized collection of Chinese Canadian head tax certificates known as Chinese Immigration 9 (CI 9). In use between 1910 and 1953, CI 9s tracked the movements of thousands of Chinese immigrants who temporarily left Canada. “CI 9s constitute the first […]
In our latest Asia Research Brief, “International Education: An Untapped Archive of Canadian Nation Formation,” Soma Chatterjee (Social Work) highlights key directions in her ongoing research on the politics of international education in Canada. Soma’s research looks at the entanglements of study migration, internationalization of postsecondary education and nation formation. She analyzes study migration to […]
Baohua Wang (Communication University of China, Beijing), joined YCAR as visiting scholar in October 2017. He is currently working with Qiang Zha (Faculty of Education) focusing on media literacy and crisis response capabilities of Chinese government officials in the internet age. Wang is professor at the Communication University of China and Deputy Director of its Collaborative […]
Wardah Behzad (Politics) was named the winner of the 2017 York Centre for Asian Research Undergraduate Essay Award. Shobna Nijhawan (DLLL) nominated Behzad’s essay, “A Spell to Empower Women: Religion, Culture and Domestic Violence in Pakistan” for its analysis of experiences of women’s oppression and agency. “Wardah Behzad’s essay is a wonderful example of the […]
Patrick Alcedo (Dance) was awarded the National Bank Best First Feature Film Award and the Centennial Best Canadian Film Award at the 2017 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival award ceremony. The world premiere of his film, A Piece of Paradise, will take place on 18 November 2017 at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival. http://www.reelasian.com/general/2017-reel-asian-award-winners/?utm_source=YFile_Email&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=The-Scoop&utm_campaign=yfile
Professor Vivek Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University) will deliver the Inaugural Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture at York on 15 November 2017. The event at York is part of a series of lectures across Canada organized by the Dr Ambedkar International Mission (AIM) Canada. At York, the lecture is presented by the York Centre for Asian Research […]
Ruth Pison, Professor of English and Comparative Literature (University of the Philippines, Diliman) joined YCAR as a Research Collaboration Fellow this October. Dr. Pison’s research on Philippine dance is informed by discourses of postcoloniality, nationalism and contemporary and regional cultures. While at York, she will be working with Patrick Alcedo (Dance) on a publication based on […]