History of the Hakka/Chinese diaspora focus of recipient of second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award recipient
13-01-2022
Congratulation to Eleanor Yang, recipient of the second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award. Eleanor is a master’s student in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies. Eleanor is a 1.5 generation...
Three projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund
14-12-2021
Three YCAR faculty-led research projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support scholarly exchanges and...
Asia Research Brief #46 | The Visual Politics of Taiwanese Nationalism
08-12-2021
In our latest Asia Research Brief, Robin Verrall (PhD, Political Science) explores how national identity is constructed and contested in visual media in Taiwan. He argues that there is no...
The Re[new]All Exhibition Continues
18-11-2021
The Re[new}All online exhibition continues its online run! Opening in late September, the various exhibits (including work by YCAR Associates) are still accessible here: https://sensorium.ampd.yorku.ca/events/renewall/ The exhibition Re[new]All is held...
Asia Research Brief #33 | Ang 2017 Okupang Pabahay sa Pilipinas: Isang Kontra-Proyekto para sa Maayos na Pabahay at Alternatibong Mundo
17-11-2021
This Asia Research Brief, previously published in English, is now available in a Tagalog translation. Hazel Dizon (Geography) shares her research on a housing occupation by thousands of urban poor...
Matatag, a photo series by Filipina nurses, personal support workers, and in-home caregivers
18-10-2021
A photo series by Filipina nurses, personal support workers, and in-home caregivers, Matatag is an exhibit in the windows of A Space Gallery that runs from 20 October 2021 to...
Asia Research Brief #45 | A Series of Miracles: Kyoto Animation's Empathic Anime
12-10-2021
In this latest Asia Research Brief, Joseph Fiumara (Cinema and Media Studies) proposes that radical change is occurring within the anime industry and that this change has also begun to...
Modern Potters from Ban Kham Or
03-10-2021
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Designs on Pots: Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand (sample page)
02-10-2021
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Asia Research Brief #44 | Securitized Forced Migrants: Navigating the Journeys of Tamil Maritime Forced Migrants
07-09-2021
In this latest Asia Research Brief, Harini Sivalingam (Socio-legal Studies) examines forced migration from the ground up, premised on the narratives of forced migrants and their experiences fleeing their homelands,...
