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.
Doris Sung’s article “New Channels of Expression: Voices in Women’s Magazines in the Late Qing and Early Republican China” (translated as “Naistenlehdet, 1900-Luvun Alun Uudet Ilmaisukanavat “) was included in the first volume published in Finnish that explores Chinese women's role and agency through interdisciplinary approach—Enemmän Kuin Puoli Taivasta: Kiinalainen Nainen Historiassa, Yhteiskunnassa Ja Kulttuurissa […]
On April 5th, Cinema Politica at The Bloor will present the Toronto premiere of The Roots Remain followed by a Q & A with graffiti artist and protagonist of the film, FONKi. THE ROOTS REMAIN follows the story of Canadian-raised graffiti artist FONKi, as he returns to his ancestral Cambodia to reunite with his family and to meet with other […]
YCAR graduate associates, Guillame Dandurand, Yasin Kaya, and Kenneth Cardenas will share their ongoing research on the developmental state in Asia at a panel discussion on March 29th. This interdisciplinary panel will analyze and interrogate the developmental state in India, South Korea, and the Philippines. https://yorku.ca/research/ycar/event/rethinking-developmental-state-asia-grad-panel/?instance_id=461
YCAR Faculty Associate, Jay Goulding, was interviewed for Fairchild Television's feature story, "Ancient Philosophy - Taoist." Based on a talk presented at the Interdisciplinary Social Science Speaker Series organized by the Department of Social Science, Professor Goulding spoke about the influence of Chinese philosophy on Heidegger. The full interview and feature is available online in […]
Alicia Turner's new article, "Myanmar: Contesting Conceptual Landscapes in the Politics of Buddhism", published in the Kyoto Review of Southeast Asia, examines the rise of nationalist and anti-Muslim sentiments in constructions of Burmese Buddhist identities. Turner uses examples of analyses of the MaBaTha to illustrate the limitations of viewing Buddhism and Burmese as fixed identities. She suggests that […]
“Mapping Precarity and Politicisation in Punjabi Diasporas”, Michael Nijhawan’s new publication featured in International Innovation, provides an illustrated snapshot of his research with Sikh and Ahmadi diaspora communities. His research develops the concept of “precarious diasporas” to explore these communities’ experiences and memories of social, legal, and political violence. The publication provides a summary of […]
Ethel Tungohan is a postdoctoral research fellow at the York Centre for Asian Research and an incoming assistant professor in the politics of socially engaged research at the Departments of Political Science and Social Science at York University. Her research looks at migrant labour, specifically assessing migrant activism. Her forthcoming book, “From the Politics of […]