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YCAR Associates | Student associates organize cross-university workshop on feminist political ecology methods.

On 19 November 2016, YCAR Graduate Associates Kimberly Roberts and Sarah Allen (Geography) organized a cross-university workshop on Feminist Political Ecology Methods. The workshop brought together graduate students from York University, Cornell University, Syracuse University, National University of Singapore, University of California Santa Cruz, and Northern Illinois University, the majority of whom conduct research in […]

Call | Research at the Interface of Activism and Academia in Southeast Asia

*** The submissions deadline has been EXTENDED to 13 January 2017 *** Organized by: The York Centre for Asian Research, York University, Toronto Southeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Date: Thursday, 16 March 2017 (9.30am – 4.30pm) Venue: Sheraton Centre, 123 Queen St West, Toronto In most Southeast Asian countries, research […]

Transnational Filipinx Studies Workshop

On Monday 14 November 2016 YCAR co-sponsored the Transnational Filipinx Studies workshop which brought together scholars and community members from both the United States and Canada to explore the similarities and differences in the immigration histories, life trajectories, and experiences of (un)settlement and (un)belonging of different groups of Filipino im/migrants in both countries. The first […]

Sundar Sarukkai on science, philosophy and non-western traditions of knowledge

FOR AUDIO of the talk: CLICK HERE ***The below was originally published in The Excalibur (10 November 2016)*** by Kanchi Uttamchandani | Assistant News Editor Sundar Sarukkai, a leading Indian philosopher and theoretical physicist, wants to send a clear message: the academic world needs to be more inclusive of non-Western school of thought. With a […]

Anand Teltumbde and The Politics of Caste in Contemporary India

To listen to an audio recording from Dr. Anand Teltumbde’s talk on 18 November: CLICK HERE Dr. Anand Teltumbde, a well-known human rights activist, writer and analyst of the contemporary Dalit and Left movements in India, will speak at York University on Friday, November 18. Dr. Teltumbde has engaged with Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s writings and […]

Asia Research Brief | The Socio-ecological Implications of US Food Aid in the South Korean “Miracle”

In our latest Asia Research Brief, Kyle Gibson draws on his doctoral research to examine the relationship between US Food Aid and the South Korean “miracle”. He argues that when it comes to the socio-ecological aspects of South Korean growth, US Food Aid has led to some serious and persistent problems including de-peasantization and food dependence. […]

YCAR Associate | Cheung on North Korea and its foreign policy

Yuk-Kuen Annie Cheung (Research Associate) examines Kim Jong-un’s recent behaviour for insight into how North Korea is conducting its foreign policy in an editorial titled “Tradition and rebellion: What is happening in Pyongyang?”

Women’s friendships focus of new article co-authored by YCAR alumni

Nadia Z. Hasan, Omme-Salma Rahemtullah, and Nishant Upadhyay are co-authors of “Feminisms, Collaborations, Friendships: A Conversation,” published as part of a special issue of Feminist Studies 42(2) on Women’s Friendships. It is a conversation about feminist friendships and co-authorships that emerged from a collective interview with lead author Richa Nagar, conducted in 2011 by the […]

YCAR Associate | Sai Latt on peace and reconciliation in Myanmar

Researcher and YCAR Alumnus Sai Latt has two new articles published in The Irrawaddy, a respected publication founded in 1993 by a group of Burmese journalists living in exile in Thailand.  In “Peace and Reconciliation Calls for New Ways of Looking Back,” Dr. Latt considers the role of history in the peace and national reconciliation […]

ABMP signs C$5 million MOU with Beijing Institute of Education for education training programs

On September 1, 2016, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau witnessed the signature of 56 new contracts and agreements between Canadian and Chinese companies and institutions during his first official visit to China. The Asian Business & Management Program at York University’s Schulich Executive Education Centre, and the Beijing Institute of Education signed a new Memorandum of […]