Designs on Pots: Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand (sample page)

Fourth Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies & Hong Kong Beyond Hong Kong symposium [June 2021]

The York Centre for Asian Research is pleased to host the Fourth Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies in June 2021 as well as three panels inquiring how Hong Kong as a “distinct society” culturally, politically and economically can sustain moving forward within geographical Hong Kong and beyond. *For details, please […]

Opportunities | YCAR-hosted research projects seeking undergraduate Research Assistants for summer 2021 | Deadline: April 30

We are seeking two York University undergraduate research assistants for summer 2021 RAY (Research at York) positions. The position descriptions are below. Interested students can apply to these positions via Student Financial Services. All applicants also need to complete a Work/Study application to determine their eligibility. The application deadlines are 30 April 2021.   Chinese-fluent […]

April Schedule | South Asian Documentary Film Festival 2021

YCAR is pleased to support the South Asian Film Festival 2021—“Stories of, by and from South Asia”  This FREE, virtual Film Festival is aimed at amplifying South Asian culture and activism to create meaningful dialogues and intercultural awareness. We see these films as important resources for students, researchers, faculties and general film enthusiasts to learn […]

Sister, Brother: A Performance & Workshop

Chang’s first foray into playwrighting delves into what it means to be a daughter and son in a Chinese Canadian family Inspired by her undergraduate research on son preference and daughter discrimination among Chinese Canadians, Lauren Chang’s first foray into playwriting and directing is an opportunity for attendees to reflect on their experiences in their […]

South Asian Documentary Film Festival 2021: Stories of, by and from South Asia | March 12-July 23

YCAR is pleased to support the South Asian Film Festival 2021—“Stories of, by and from South Asia”  This is a FREE, virtual Film Festival showcasing 15 South Asian documentaries from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, and Myanmar!  This unique festival is inviting audiences all over the world to register and access these films free of […]

In memory of our colleague Lisa Drummond

Dear YCAR Associates, It is with a heavy heart that I am writing to you that our dear colleague, Lisa Drummond, passed away yesterday after a long illness. Lisa was a long-time YCAR Faculty Associate, Associate Professor in the Urban Studies Program in the Department of Social Science and a member of the Graduate Program […]

"Upstream," a docufiction film by Xin Liu

Xin Liu received Canada-China Initiatives Fund support in 2020 for his master’s project, ‘Upstream’, a 20-minute docufiction film that explores the identity struggle of Chinese Permanent Residents in Canada and their immutable yearnings to return home.  In summer 2020, he drove to British Columbia to document the schools of salmon that find their way back […]

Asia Research Brief #39: Gendered World of Issei Women and Men in Japanese Hawai‘i, 1880s–1910s

In this latest Asia Research Brief, Yukari Takai (History) examines the marriage and divorce practices among Japanese issei women and men in Hawai‘i from the 1880s to the 1910s. She focuses on three practices that are difficult to capture and previously little-studied: temporary marriage or karifūfu, wife sale and wife brokerage. Through her research she […]

2020 Graduate Award Recipient: Heather Evans

YCAR offers or adjudicates nine awards to graduate students at York University on an annual basis. In 2020, 21 students received over $40,000 in support of their research, fieldwork and language studies. In each Update over the summer, we will introduce the 2020 winners. In this issue, we congratulate Heather Evans (Gender, Feminist and Women’s […]