Asia Research Brief #35 | Understanding trends in authoritarian populism by examining the crackdown on the Cambodian free press

In this latest Asia Research Brief, York Alumni and YCAR External Associates Laura Schoenberger (Banting Fellow, University of Ottawa) and Vanessa Lamb (Geography, University of Melbourne), along with co-writer Alice Beban (Sociology, Massey University), examine trends in authoritarian populism by examining the crackdown on the Cambodian free press. Their study focuses on Cambodia’s crackdown on […]

Congratulations to Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar (Theatre & Performance Studies), who is one of four York recipients of the prestigious Vanier Scholarship

Rajat Nayyar's (Theatre & Performance Studies) proposed dissertation is titled “Women’s Vocality, Radical Sociality: Re-Imagining Power, Folklore & Audiovisual Ethnography in Rural North India,” and looks at North India from the nineteenth century onward, when forms of women’s entertainment attracted the attention of British colonial lawmakers, upper-caste social reformers, Hindu nationalists, revivalists, and an emerging middle […]

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Emergent Futures CoLab

YCAR is pleased to partner with the Emergent Futures CoLab, a laboratory for transdisciplinary experimentation and collaborative future-making. The collective of scholars and artists work on activist, speculative and future-oriented projects.  They are actively seeking members, speakers and advisors. If you are interested, please reach out to them via Facebook or their website. This transnational […]

YCAR receives $500,000 to support engagement in Hakka research

The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) recently received a $500,000 donation from the Honourable Dr Vivienne Poy to create an endowment to support student engagement in Hakka research and scholarship. This generous gift plants a seed for the growth of a Hakka Scholars Network to develop Hakka research and scholarship at York University and […]

Irish stick-fighting, Bruce Lee’s musicality, and Chinese Lion Dances with Colin McGuire

Research Associate Colin McGuire was interviewed by Paul Bowman (Cardiff University) on Irish stick-fighting, Bruce Lee’s musicality, and Chinese Lion Dances for a Martial Arts Studies podcast. A summary of the podcast and a link to watch the interview are available here: https://colinpatrickmcguire.com/2020/05/09/interview-martial-arts-studies-podcast/.

Launch of York Left Consortium: Reflections on Capitalism’s Half-Life

The Marxist Studies in a Global and Asian Perspective (MSGAP) blog—York Left Consortium: Reflections on Capitalism’s Half-Life—serves as an accessible location for written interventions of various sorts relating to COVID-19 virus and its aftermath (from short blog posts to longer thought pieces and speculations) on the part of leftist faculty and grad students at York University […]

Graduate Associate-organized virtual panel focuses on COVID-19 and Afghanistan

YCAR Graduate Associate Rohina Kabir, a graduate student in Interdisciplinary Studies, organized a virtual panel discussion focusing on the current situation of COVID-19 in Afghanistan in April. The talk is available here: t.ly/bG9f.  “I wanted to provide interested organizations and young leaders with more information, especially those who are working towards creating change in Afghanistan and or […]

New Voices in Asian Research

New Voices in Asian Research We are pleased to introduce the two new papers in our New Voices in Asian Research paper series. Harkit Bhandal and Safa Warsi are the 2019 recipients of the Undergraduate Asia and Undergraduate Asian Diaspora Essay Awards. The award-winning papers are published annually in this special series.  Safa Warsi is author […]

Award for Research into Korean Language or Culture: 25 Sept Deadline

Young-Rahn Woo Memorial Graduate Award The Woo family established the Young-Rahn Woo Memorial Graduate Award in honour of their wife and mother. It is open to York University graduate students conducting research in Korean language or culture studies or whose research may require them to travel to Korea. Preference will be given to students in […]