
Welcome to Visiting Scholar Mi-Hee Lim
08-10-2024
YCAR is pleased to welcome Mi-Hee Lim as a visiting scholar for the 2024–25 academic year.An associate professor in the College of Business at Myongji University in South Korea, she...

Asian Business and Management Program welcomes Canadian Ambassador to China
04-10-2024
Photo credit: Daren Valdez The Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP) at YCAR was honoured to welcome the Canadian Ambassador to China, Jennifer May, to York University on 19 September 2024....

Panel on Bangladesh’s uprising launches series on South Asia
25-09-2024
A panel featuring experts Bangladesh experts Dina M. Siddiqi (New York University) and Saad Hammadi (Balsillie School of International Affairs) will launch a series focusing on contemporary South Asia. The...

KORE meets with BTAA e-School Korean Studies group
30-08-2024
The Korea Office for Research and Education (KORE) at YCAR hosted the U.S.-based BTAA e-School Korean Studies group in late August for their annual planning meeting. “We had very interesting...

YCAR pleased to support Arts of the Indian Ocean conference
23-08-2024
The Arts of the Indian Ocean conference, held online 27April 2024, and in Toronto 2–4 May, brought together more than 75 knowledge producers from diverse backgrounds and scholarly arenas to...

Hana Ahmed features in CBC interview on Bangladesh's new Interim Prime Minister
10-08-2024
Graduate Associate Hana Ahmed was recently featured on CBC Radio's Here and Now Toronto with Gill Deacon. In the segment titled What Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus' Appointment as Interim Prime...

Research Associate Tiffany Pollock launches her first book
24-07-2024
Research Associate Tiffany Pollock (York University) launched her first book—Fire Dancers in Thailand's Tourism Industry: Art, Affect and Labor—on Thursday at A Different Booklist. Mentor and Emeriti Faculty Associate Penny Van Esterik (Anthropology)...

YCAR Publication Fund | Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge
24-07-2024
Faculty Associate Thomas Klassen (School of Public Policy and Administration) is recipient of a YCAR Publication Fund to support the preparation of an edited book manuscript titled “Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge” to...

Our 2024 N. Sivalingam Award in Tamil Studies recipient
24-07-2024
Congratulations to Vinoda Thevaseelan, recipient of the 2024 N. Sivalingam Award in Tamil Studies! Nagaratnam Sivalingam's legacy as a leader and advocate for the Tamil community in Canada continues through...

John Laurier Van Esterik (1943–2024)
10-07-2024
A long-time associate of YCAR, Professor John Laurier Van Esterik (1943–2024) passed away under the compassionate care of Hospice Wellington on 29 June 2024, after a long battle with cancer....
