Artist and art director Park Chan-kook, artist and art director, visited York on 27 November to speak about art and the urban environment, with a focus on his current community art project, Dongdaemun Rooftop Paradise (2013- ), which recycles abandoned urban space and objects and revives local resources in Dongdaemun, a district of Seoul crowded with wholesale and retail clothing […]
Kabita Chakraborty (Children’s Studies) is the author of Young Muslim Women in India: Bollywood, Identity and Changing Youth Culture, which has just been published by Routledge. Based on extensive, original research, the book details the changing lives of youth living in slum communities (bustees) in Kolkata (formerly Calcutta). Using young people’s own photos, art and […]
YCAR was pleased to support the Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity book launch on 30 September 2015. The publication, edited by YCAR Faculty Associate Guida Man (Sociology) and Rina Cohen (Sociology), examines the transnational practices and identities of immigrant women, youth, and children in an era of global migration and neoliberalism, […]
Abigail Anongos, Secretary General of the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) was keynote speaker at a 7 November 2015 event in Toronto. Philippine Indigenous Peoples Under Attack: A Call for Solidarity was organized by ICHRP-Canada, a network of organizations who are concerned about human rights and committed to work for a just and lasting peace in […]
Research Outreach Officer York Centre for Asian Research Limited Term until 31 May 2016 Part-time, 23 hours/week Reports to: YCAR Director Hourly Rate of Pay: $22.33 Job Purpose: Under the general supervision of the YCAR Director, the YCAR Research Outreach Officer will be responsible for mobilizing and communicating York-based Asian and Asian diaspora research. The […]
YCAR Graduate Associates Noa Nahmias (History) and Jolin Joseph (Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies) are two of six York students to receive a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for exceptional PhD students. The award is a signature achievement in part due to its immense research support — providing doctoral students $50,000 annually for up to three […]
The York Centre for Asian Research’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes its Graduate Associates’ travel costs to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that they will be used in conjunction with other awards. The deadline for applications is Monday, 18 January 2016 by 4pm. Eligible […]
York News | Political science professor to organize field trip to North Korea YCAR Faculty Associate Thomas Klassen (Political Science) is coordinating a five-day field trip to North Korea for members of the York University community in the summer of 2016. The trip will be a valuable learning and research opportunity for students, scholars and […]
A warm welcome (back) to YCAR is extended to the following Associates who are new or returning members. We look forward to their engagement in the Centre and in the many activities of the Asia/Asian Diaspora research community at York. Faculty Associates Sylvie Rosienski-Pellerin, French, Glendon Graduate Associates Regina Bautista. Dance Myles Carroll, Political Science Stephanie […]
YCAR is pleased to welcome Hue Le to YCAR as a visiting scholar. Dr. Hue is a senior researcher and lecturer from the Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (CRES), Vietnam National University, Hanoi. Her specialization and research focus is natural resource use and management, climate vulnerability and adaptation in the North, Central and […]