Congratulations to Vinoda Thevaseelan, recipient of the 2024 N. Sivalingam Award in Tamil Studies! Nagaratnam Sivalingam’s legacy as a leader and advocate for the Tamil community in Canada continues through this prestigious award, supporting research that delves into Tamil language, history, culture, society, or the Tamil diaspora, with a scope that also embraces comparative research. […]
Congratulations to Htet Min Lwin, recipient of the 2024 The Penny and John Van Esterik Award for Graduate Research on Southeast Asia! The Award is granted annually to a graduate student conducting research on Southeast Asia especially where such research will require the student to travel to Southeast Asia. Penny and John Van Esterik established […]
On April 23, 2024, 15 York University researchers gathered on the Keele campus to launch a new research cluster, the China Studies Group within the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Other attendees from York University included Vinitha Gengatharan, Assistant Vice-President, Global Engagement & Partnerships, and Helen Balderama, Director of Global Engagement Programs & Partnerships. […]
Through its Filipiniana collection development project, the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University acquired 107 titles for donation to York University Libraries (YUL). This project was part of a grant from the Philippine government to enhance academic and research collaborations between York and Philippine universities. A full list of titles acquired is available here. […]
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) announces the relaunch of the China Insights Fund (CIF), made possible by the incredible support of the Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP). Originally established to foster research specifically on Canada-China interactions, the CIF now takes on a significantly broadened scope. This renewal reflects the dynamic evolution of […]
Congratulations to Faculty Associate Glen Norcliffe EUC) whose receipt of a SSHRC Insight Development Grant was announced in March 2024. Glen and his team are researching Velomobility for Disability: The Design, Production and Distribution of Cycles that assist the mobility of persons with a disability. The study aims to discover the source and efficiency of new […]
YCAR is pleased to be a part of the Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative / Initiative canadienne pour l’étude du sud-est asiatique (CSEASI/ICESEA), which is offering synchronous online language courses open to graduate students across Canada. The courses are hosted by the University of Victoria, which is home to CSEASI/ICESEA, which is funded by the […]
Embedded in the field of South Asian Studies, this YCAR-supported series engages with the methodologies and epistemologies of researchers, educators and artists as they reflect on their pedagogies, commitments, responsibilities and accountabilities in academic teaching. With the arts as thematic focus, the three speakers—from the United States, India as well as our Faculty Associate Soma […]
Congratulations to Areej Alshammiry, the 2023 recipient of the 2023 Albert CW Chan Foundation Award. A doctoral student in Sociology, Areej is a Vanier Scholar whose research explores state violence and statelessness. She is also a community-based researcher at the Centre for Community Based Research and a member of the Interim Core Group (ICG) of […]
A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) is Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar’s (Theatre and Performance Studies) new Bhojpuri ethnofiction film about a radical love story between a young man and a tree. Can the community’s songs help him save his love from being cut down? For over a decade, Nayyar has been researching the role […]