YCAR’s China Insights Fund (CIF) is driving new approaches to China studies at York University. Since its launch in 2019, CIF has funded a wide range of projects, from research on AI governance and creative forms of dissent to Toronto’s Chinatown and the effects of geopolitical tensions on Chinese professors in Canada. The CF is […]
Joan Judge (History) is co-editor of a new book celebrating the scholarship of Joshua A. Fogel (History). In The Sinosphere and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Joshua Fogel (De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2024), leading and emerging scholars have contributed to rich clusters of essays on Historiography, Sino-Japanese Encounters, Law and Justice, Politics, Art, Literature and Translation. […]
YCAR is pleased to announce the recipients of Research Collaboration Fellowships for the 2024–25 academic year. Ghazala Shahabuddin (Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, India) and Shubhra Gururani (Anthropology) received a fellowship for their project, ‘Re-wilding’ the Urban Periphery: An interdisciplinary study of the changing politics of nature in India’a National Capital Region (NCR). Recognizing the urgency […]
Ancient pots and fire dancers may seem like an odd pairing but an upcoming book launch offers the Thai perspective on both fascinating topics. Penny Van Esterik and Tiffany Pollock’s new books will be launched at York on Nov. 7. More information about the event can be found at this link. “While we each research […]
YCAR Graduate Associate and MFA Candidate, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), Wang Zi's 王紫 solo show, Blind Folio, opened on 28 October 2024 at Special Projects Gallery, Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, Keele Campus, York University. Opening hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11:00 to 17:00 EDT, Sat-Sun 11:00 to 15:00 EST or by […]
On 22 October 2024, the York Centre for Asian Research’s (YCAR) Canada-ASEAN Initiatives brought stakeholders together in Ottawa from the Canadian federal government and the diplomatic, business, and academic communities to discuss how to promote government and industry collaboration to strengthen economic security and resilience between Canada and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The […]
Denise H. Yo (Georgetown University) will present the seventh Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies on November 12. You can register for the talk at this link. The Hong Kong Studies Group at YCAR organizes the lecture annually in honour of beloved teacher and colleague, Professor Bernard H. K. Luk (1946–2016). He […]
YCAR is pleased to welcome Mi-Hee Lim as a visiting scholar for the 2024–25 academic year.An associate professor in the College of Business at Myongji University in South Korea, she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Management as well as a Master’s and PhD in Management Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and […]
A panel featuring experts Bangladesh experts Dina M. Siddiqi (New York University) and Saad Hammadi (Balsillie School of International Affairs) will launch a series focusing on contemporary South Asia. The 18 September panel will focus on the massive student-led movement that ended the 15-year authoritarian rule of Bangladesh's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. This is […]
The Arts of the Indian Ocean conference, held online 27April 2024, and in Toronto 2–4 May, brought together more than 75 knowledge producers from diverse backgrounds and scholarly arenas to present and discuss research and work on the materialities and artistic expressions in the Indian Ocean world, across geographies—from eastern and southern Africa, through the […]