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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to our 2020 recipients of the YCAR Professional Development Fund. Fifteen students received funding in support of professional presentations at conferences and workshops in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States on topics ranging from sand extraction to the sunflower movement to Nepali Dalit literature and the Model Minority Stereotype and the […]
The Emerging Asian Urbanism series at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is hosting a film exchange workshop to spark discussion and peer review of unfinished or finished films. The purpose of this event is to allow for a space to showcase ongoing student and scholarly work for the exchange of ideas and constructive […]
Ann Kim’s (Sociology, YCAR) new co-edited book investigates the connections between students and institutions. Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions (University of Toronto Press, 2019) will be launched on Sept. 27 at an event featuring a panel discussion on international education in Canada with three of the book’s […]
2019 Conference of the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies McGill University and University of Sherbrooke (Longueuil), Montreal, Quebec 24-26 October 2019 Call for Submissions: “Power in Southeast Asia” Deadline extended to 15 April 2019 Questions of power permeate virtually all social relations and social facts. Southeast Asia is an especially fertile area in which […]
YCAR’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes its Graduate Associates’ travel costs to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500 with the expectation that they will be used in conjunction with other awards. The next deadline is Friday, 18 January 2019 by 4pm for activities taking place six month before […]
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is accepting applications for graduate awards for students conducting research related to Asia or Asian diasporas. The deadline for all applications is Monday, 11 February 2019 before 4pm. The Centre offers eight awards to support a range of graduate research activities including fieldwork travel and language training. • […]