Guida Man, YCAR Faculty Associate and Associate Professor of Sociology at York University, was interviewed by the Toronto Star about the video on the Chinese “marriage market” released by the Japan-based skincare company, SK-II. The video went viral over the last week with nearly 2 million views. In her comments, Man pointed to the social and […]
Soohwan Song, Director of the Korean National Assembly Secretariat and visiting scholar at YCAR, recently published a study in the Korea Law Review examining Canada’s Student Vote Program and the potential benefits of introducing a similar program in Korea. The study reflects on the possibility of reversing the trend of low voter turnout among younger Koreans by providing a […]
YCAR Faculty Associate, Professor Gregory Chin, met with Consul Chen Zhishan, Vice Consul Liu Yuanyuan and Vice Consul Ye Yi on 12 April 2016 at York University to discuss the preparations for China’s Presidency of the G20 Hangzhou Summit taking place in September 2016. For Dr. Chin’s related research see: http://globalsummitry.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/03/26/global.guw002
YCAR faculty associate, Qiang Zha‘s collaborative research with Ruth Hayhoe (OISE, University of Toronto) and Julia Pan (OISE, University of Toronto) looks at Canada’s largely forgotten role in the development of Chinese universities in the 1980s and 1990s. See their co-authored Asia Research Brief for an overview of their research and their upcoming edited collection, […]
Professor Joan Judge was nominated for the 2016 Ferguson prize for her book, Republican Lens: Gender, Visuality, and Experience in the Early Chinese Periodical Press. The book contributes a rich look into commercial culture in the early days of China’s republic. See the YFILE story about her nomination here.
Gregory T. Chin and Hugo Dobson’s recently published article on China & the upcoming G20 Hangzhou Summit looks at real trends and patterns in China’s global behaviour and the G20 process. The authors argue that “as a result of taking on the G20 presidency, China is stepping up to some aspects of global leadership and elements of […]
Bernard Hung-Kay Luk, 1946-2016 York University Professor of History Bernard Luk, author of numerous publications on modern East Asia, China, and Hong Kong, passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital on March 23 after suffering a stroke. He was a beloved teacher and colleague. After receiving his PhD in History from Indiana University in 1977, Bernard Luk […]
The fourth annual Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies explored the intersections of critical race and area studies. After two days of presentations and discussions, the workshop closed with an engaging panel on transnational activism. Presentations included a keynote by Kamala Visweswaran on genocide and diaspora, a film screening and seminar with Patricia Mohammed, a panel […]
Professor Emeritus, Judith Nagata, recently published a new article titled “The Changing Perceptions of Waqf and Other Religious Endowments: Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital in Penang”. Nagata traces evolving meanings of waqf land in the Penang Muslim community. The article examines how waqfs were endowed for assorted religious purposes, covering mosques, schools, burial grounds, and as bases for […]
Consul-General of Japan Yasunori Nakayama visited York on March 15, 2016 to deliver a talk on China-Japan relations. The event, organized by YCAR, explored the impact of these bilateral relations on the Asia Pacific region.