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22-23 May 2012 | York University
(Re)Constructions:
Researching and Rethinking Asia
York Centre for Asian Research International Graduate Student Conference
15-16 February 2013
| York University
Earlier 2011.2012 events
Crossing Boundaries: Challenges of Combining the Roles of Activist, Scholar, Filmmaker and Journalist
With Peter Kwong (Professor, Asian American Studies and Urban Affairs and Planning, Hunter College)
Friday, 11 May 2012 | 3:15pm to 5pm | Harry Crowe Room (109 Atkinson) | York University
YCAR Annual General Meeting
Wednesday, 25 April 2012 | 1 to 3pm | 280N York Lanes
The Animal Sublime: Rethinking the Sikh Mystical Body
With Balbinder Singh Bhogal, Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies,
Hofstra University and YCAR Research Associate
Friday, 20 April 2012 | Noon to 2pm | 857 York Research Tower
Contested Water Issues in the Mekong
Professor Xing Lu (Visiting Scholar, York Centre for Asian Research) will speak on the institutional aspects of water issues in the Mekong, and his own involvement in those institutions. He will also outline the research project he is working on during his time at York. Nga Dao (PhD Candidate, Geography) will comment on water management conflicts in Southeast Asia based on her work with Vietnamese organizations.
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 | 2pm | 857 York Research Tower| York University
Oriental Modernity Workshop: Translating and Writing Modern Design Histories in East Asia for the Global World
International workshop organized by Wendy S. Wong with the support of YCAR and the
Research Centre for Transnational Art, Identity and Nation (TrAIN) and Chelsea Camberwell Wimbledon Graduate School, University of the Arts London
Monday, 19 March 2012 | York University | By Invitation
The Making of Canada-Asia Relations: The Roles of “Other Diplomacies
Pre-conference workshop associated with the 2012 Association of Asian Studies Conference in Toronto organized by Mary Young and Susan Henders (By Invitation).
Thursday, 15 March 2012 | By Invitation
Events organized by YCAR faculty associated with the 2012 Association of Asian Studies (AAS) conference
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Gender, Sexuality and Creativity: Self-expressions in the South Asian Diaspora
Thursday, 1 March 2012 | 3 to 5:30pm | 280N York Lanes | York University
What is it to Witness?: Humans, Animals and Visuality in Urban India with Naigari Dave
With Naisargi Dave (Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto). Part of the YCAR and South Asian Studies Programme Colloquia on Contemporary South Asia and co-hosted the Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 | 12:30 to 2:30pm | 2054 Vari Hall | York University
Taiwan's Super Saturday: Perspectives on the 2012 Polls from Canadian Election Observers
Tuesday, 14 February 2012 | 3:30 to 5:30pm | 857 York Research Tower | York University
The Qualities of Quantity: Scale, Number, Image and Authority in Post-Liberalization India
with Kajri Jain (Visual Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga & Graduate Departments of Art History and Cinema Studies, University of Toronto, St George).
Part of the YCAR and South Asian Studies Programme Colloquia on Contemporary South Asia and co-hosted the Department of Anthropology
Wednesday, 1 February 2012 | 12:30 to 2:30pm | 280A York Lanes | York University
Gender Imbalances and Social Development in China: Consequences and Policies
with Li Shuzhuo (Professor and Director of the Institute for Population and Development Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi'an.)
Thursday, 26 January 2012 | 2:30 to 4pm | 305 Founders College
| York University
YCAR Research Day
20 January 2012 | 9:30am to 2:30pm | 519 York Research Tower | York University
Tribute to Tagore Film Festival 2011
3-4 December 2011 | Innis Town Hall | University of Toronto
Balancing Multiculturalism and Gender Equality: Legal Pluralism and the Adjudication of Religious Family Laws in India
With Gopika Solanki, Carleton University
10 November 2011 | 12:30 to 2pm | 305 Founders College | York University
What Factors Influence the Direction of Global Brain Circulation: The Case of Chinese Holders of Canada Research Chairs
Qiang Zha (York University) and Ruth Hayhoe (OISE)
Wednesday, 9 November | 12:30pm | 626 YRT | York University
Translation and the World of Literature
with A.N.D. Haksar
Thursday, 3 November 2011 | 11:30am to 1:30pm | 626 YRT | York University
Launch of Sino-Canadian Relations in the 21st Century (Huhua Cao and Vivienne Poy, eds., University of Ottawa Press, 2011) co-hosted by YCAR and the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library at the University of Toronto
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 | 10am to 1pm | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, 8th floor | 130 St. George St. | University of Toronto
Critical Political Ecologies: Shifting Contours of Environmental Knowledges and Governance
12-13 October 2011 | York University
A Brief History of Taiwanese Film: Three Waves
with Film Critic Alice Shih
Friday, 7 October 2011 | 2 to 3pm | Room 313, York Student Centre | Keele Campus, York University
The Festival includes the screening of four Taiwanese films, and a reception and keynote address by film critic Alice Shih.
3-7 October 2011 | Nat Taylor Cinema | N102 Ross Building | York University
Worker’s’ Trauma through Failed Solidarity: Lessons from a Korean Car Industry
with Su-Dol Kang (Koryo University)
5 October 2011 | 2:30 to 4:30pm | 280A York Lanes | York University
YCAR Fall Reception and Celebration of Publications
27 September 2011 | 3 to 5pm | 280N York Lanes | York University
Fear of Extinction: Environmental Protection as Political Metaphor among China's Ethnic Minorities
with Nimrod Baranovitch (East Asian Studies, Haifa University, Israel)
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21 September 2011 | 1 to 3pm | 626 YRT | York University
The Fight for Sri Lanka and the Last Days of the Tamil Tigers
A talk and launch of a book, The Cage, by Gordon Weiss.
Thursday, 15 September 2011 | 12:30 to 2:30pm | Ignat Kaneff Building, Room 2027 (Faculty Lounge) | Osgoode Hall Law School (west end of second floor) | York University
Japanese Literature Today
Haiku poet Minoru Ozawa; novelists Hiromi Kawakami and Hideo Furukawa, and translator/essayist Motoyuki Shibata.
Monday, 12 September 2011 | 12:30 to 2:30pm | Harry Crowe Room | 109 Atkinson | York University
Legislative Council Election in 2012 and the Future of the Universal Suffrage Movement
Hong Kong Seminar Series with the Honourable Alan Kah-kit Leong, SC and Dennis Kwok.
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Friday, 22 July 2011 | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library | Eighth Floor of Robarts Library | 130 St. George Street | University of Toronto
A list of 2010.2011 YCAR Events can be found here. For last year's event highlights, click here.
Find a complete listing of YCAR events since 2007 in the
YCAR Events Archive.
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