Winter lecture series focuses on the South Asian Studies classroom
15-02-2024
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...
Areej Alshammiry is our 2023 Albert CW Chan Foundation Award recipient!
15-02-2024
Congratulations to Areej Alshammiry, the 2023 recipient of the 2023 Albert CW Chan Foundation Award. A doctoral student in Sociology, Areej is a Vanier Scholar whose research explores state violence...
A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) is new ethnofiction film by Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar
09-11-2023
A Serious Wedding (जे सी बी रवनवा) is Graduate Associate Rajat Nayyar's (Theatre and Performance Studies) new Bhojpuri ethnofiction film about a radical love story between a young man and...
Multidisciplinary contemporary artist Leeroy New inspires York artists and scholars
11-10-2023
Leeroy New: group photo. Internationally acclaimed Filipino contemporary artist Leeroy New visited the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) and the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University...
YCAR awards to support graduate student research and fieldwork | Oct. 30 deadline
25-09-2023
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is accepting applications for awards for students whose research relates to Asia or Asian diasporas. Awards to support research and fieldwork travel...
New YCAR-hosted project explores "slow violence" in Mekong region
17-09-2023
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...
PSG celebrate local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations
12-08-2023
The Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University is celebrating local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations. “One of the core principles of the PSG...
Ching Pong Fong is 2023 recipient of the Global Hong Kong Essay and Creative Project Award
09-08-2023
Congratulation to Ching Pong Fong who is 2023 recipient of the Global Hong Kong Essay and Creative Project Award. A doctoral student in the Graduate Program in Social Work, Ching...
Southeast Asia Emerging Scholars Fellowship
28-07-2023
The Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative (CSEASI) will fund graduate students to attend the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) conference in Québec City, 12 to 14 October 2023. ...
Congratulations to our YRC recipients
07-07-2023
Earlier this week, York University announced the new York Research Chairs (YRC), and two YCAR Faculty Associates are on this list of appointments that showcases York’s research excellence: Taien Ng-Chan...