Winter lecture series focuses on knowledge in historical societies in East Asia

Knowledge Production in East Asia is a lecture and seminar series organized by the Critical China Studies group at YCAR. Initiated in 2014, it invites leading international scholars to share their work on the content, reception, and material production of various registers of knowledge in historical societies in East Asia. After a hiatus, the series […]

Winter lecture series focuses on the South Asian Studies classroom

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 […]

New YCAR-hosted project explores "slow violence" in Mekong region

Congratulations to Faculty Associates Nga Dao (Social Science) and Vanessa Lamb (Social Science) on their receipt of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant for their project on slow violence and water (in)justice: Feminist political ecologies of intergenerational struggles in the Mekong region. They will work with a team of researchers and partner organizations from Vietnam, Thailand […]

Embracing young Asian Canadian talent through design

From designing lipstick packaging to a horror movie title sequence, the creativity of young Asian Canadians was brought together in a diverse, virtual exhibition organized in celebration of Asian Heritage Month in May. The virtual show, Embracing Young Asian Canadians’ Talent, featured the work of young designers of Asian descent who live in the Greater […]