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February 2025

Climate Change in Palestine: Hazards, Vulnerabilities, and the Intersection with Conflict

Monday, 24 February 2025 | 12:30 to 14:30 EST | Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University With Ahmed Abu Shaban, Visiting Scholar at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University; Al Azhar University, Gaza  Palestine is among the most climate-vulnerable regions in the world, facing a wide range of […]
24 Feb
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Room 280N, Second Floor, York Lanes, York University

Politics of Karma (Kamma): Women's Identity Formation in Theravada Buddhist Discourse and Subaltern Gendered Agency

Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 10:00 to 12:00 EST | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom Aung Min Thein, Visiting Research Fellow, York University & PhD Candidate, Chiang Mai University Respondent: Alicia M Turner, York University Despite the multiple interpretations of Karma (Kamma) in Myanmar, the dominant […]
26 Feb
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
  • Burma Studies Initiatives

Community Building and Journalism in the Context of AI and Big Tech in the Philippines

Wednesday, 26 February 2025 | 10:30 to 12:30 EST | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes,  Keele Campus, York University & virtually via Zoom With Pia Ranada, The 2024 Philippines Marshall McLuhan Fellow and head of Community for Rappler The incumbent Marshall McLuhan Fellow is Pia Ranada, head of community for Rappler. Previously, she was […]
26 Feb
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Finding “Home” on Turtle Island: Three Generations of Hong Kong Immigrants/Diaspora Reflecting on Solidarity with Indigenous Peoples in “Canada”

Friday, 28 February 2025 | 14:00 to 16:00 EST | Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom Speakers:  Discussant: Rick Sin (Contract Faculty, School of Social Work, York University) What does Indigenous people’s colonization experience in “Canada” have to do with Hong Konger diaspora? Why is it critical for […]
28 Feb
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 626, Sixth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom
  • Hong Kong Studies Group at YCAR
March 2025

Echoes of Southeast Asia Film Showcase (Day 1)

Wednesday, 05 March 2025 | 19:00 to 21:00 EST | Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room, Room 004, Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto This is Day 1 of a two-day event and will include a feature-length documentary that explores the lives of underprivileged youth in the Philippines who study dance and […]
05 Mar
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

The Crisis of Regionalism in Indian Politics

Thursday, 06 March 2025 | Time and location TBC Sumeet Mhaskar is a visiting professor at Carleton University and will speak at York University about the crisis of regionalism in Indian politics. YCAR is a co-sponsor of this Department of History event. Further details to follow when made available.
06 Mar
All Day
  • Department of History, York University

Muslim Model Minorities and the Politics of Diasporic Piety

Wednesday, 12 March 2025 | 14:00 to 16:00 EST | Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University With Nadia Z. Hasan, School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, York University In contemporary Islamophobic political climates in Canada, the interplay of gender and multicultural logics of citizenship and belonging have placed Muslim women […]
12 Mar
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University

Echoes of Southeast Asia Film Showcase (Day 2)

Wednesday, 12 March 2025 | 19:00 to 21:00 EST | Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room, Room 004, Accolade East Building, Keele Campus, York University , 4700 Keele Street, Toronto On the second day of the two-day showcase, we will present a series of five short films that will collectively tell a loose narrative. It begins with the […]
12 Mar
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Nick Mirkopoulos Screening Room, 004 Accolade East Building | Keele Campus | York University
  • Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative / Initiative canadienne pour l’étude du sud-est asiatique (CSEASI/ICESEA)

Women, Life, Freedom: Exhibiting Art by Afghan Women ARTivists

27-28 March 2025 | Eleanor Winters Gallery | 129 Winters College, Keele Campus, York University The exhibition Women, Life, Freedom presents artwork by Afghan women ARTivists associated with the Art of Freedom collective. Within the context of escalating restrictions on women's rights in Afghanistan, particularly since the resurgence of the Taliban, Afghan women are utilizing their art to as a form […]
27 - 28 Mar
All Day

Hot Stuff: Exposing Indonesia’s Geothermal Dreams

Monday, 31 March 2025 | 17:00 to 19:00 EST | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University Join us for short films exploring energy policies in Indonesia, corporate ties to those policies, and detrimental effects on local populations. Filmmakers and AIFIS film award winning duo Dandhy Laksono (Director) and Cypri Dale (Producer) […]
31 Mar
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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