YCAR external associate, Nivedita Das Kundu, published two books this year on socio-economic issues in China and India. India's Emerging Partnerships with Eurasia - Strategies of New Regionalism explores historical and contemporary relationships between India and Eurasia. Her co-edited collection with Bal Kishan Sharma, China's One Belt One Road - Initiatives, Challenges and Prospects, brings together an array of works […]
Congratulations to all the YCAR graduate associates who defended their dissertations in 2015-16! Nadia Z. Hasan (Political Science), Unscripting Piety: Muslim Women, Pakistani Nationalism, and Islamic Feminism Anindo Hazra (English), A Noble Mansion For All?: The Production of Difference in Selected Works by Mahesh Dattani and R. Raj Rao Abhar Rukh Husain, Spirited women tell […]
17 working papers from the Challenges of Agrarian Transition in Southeast Asia (ChATSEA) project are now available on the University of Toronto's T-space. ChATSEA is a major international collaborative project across 18 universities and research institutions in Canada, Southeast Asia, Europe and Australia, including the York Centre for Asian Research. Supported by the Social Sciences and […]
YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow, Jonathan Tardif, explores the complex, political and multilevel nature of ecotourism in his latest co-authored book chapter with Bruno Sarrasin, "La conquête territoriale par l'écotourisme: le cas de Chi Phat dans les Cardamomes". In this chapter, Tardif and Sarrasin view ecotourism in protected areas as a territorialization process and focus on notions of access and […]
YCAR Graduate Associate, Shazia Javed (Film), was interviewed by the Times of India about her latest film project on the vulnerability of Muslim women in marital relationships because of the practice of triple talaq (divorce). Javed suggests that the best thing for allies to do is to amplify the voices of Muslim women activists who […]
YCAR faculty associate and Assistant Professor in Children's Studies, Kabita Chakraborty, wins the 2016 President's University-Wide Teaching Award in the category of full-time faculty. The award recognizes faculty for their contributions to enhancing the quality of learning for York students. Chakraborty was recognized in particular for creating a fun and practical learning environment for her students. […]
YCAR is pleased to support the launch of the Tessellate Institute's Neglected Voices Curriculum Pack. Based on the stories of Muslim youth, the curriculum pack is designed as a resource for teachers to tackle subjects relating to marginalization, discrimination, and alienation. The curriculum pack is based on four short films of Canadian Muslim youth speaking […]
Our new YouTube channel offers audio and video recordings of a selection of lectures, roundtables and presentations organized by the YCAR community. Presenters include YCAR associates as well as guest speakers from other universities and community organizations. Subscribe to YCAR’s YouTube Channel to stay up to date on our latest recordings.
Based on YCAR's 2015 Asia Lecture, our latest Asia Colloquia Paper by Yen Le Espiritu examines how military colonialism in the Asia Pacific region enabled the construction of the United States as a "refuge" for Vietnamese refugees. Using the example of the Vietnam war, she elaborates on her conceptualization of "militarized refuge" to show how U.S. imperialism […]
In a blog post published on Echoes and Evidence: Nursing History and Health Policy, Lydia Wytenbroek writes about the history of nurses using the stethoscope in response to the recent controversy over a contestant at the Miss America Pageant wearing a stethoscope as part of her performance monologue on her experiences as a nurse. Read the full […]