2012.2013 Research Dissemination Activities

YCAR Korea Speaker Series 2012.2013
The series promotes discussion of emerging research on North and South Korea in their regional and global context.
York University

Reflections on Race for Empire: Koreans as Japanese and Japanese as Americans during WWII
With Takashi Fujitani (Dr. David Chu Professor and Director in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Toronto)
YCAR Korea Speaker Series
Monday, 26 November 2012 | 3 to 5pm | 280A York Lanes

Refuge, Relief, and Resettlement in the Temporary Capital Pusan, 1950-1953
YCAR Korea Speaker Series with Janice Kim (History, York University)
Thursday, 7 February 2013 | 3 to 4:30pm | 280A York Lanes

How to be a Good Socialist in North Korea (1953-65)?
YCAR Korea Speaker Series talk with Andre Schmid, East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
Monday, 25 March 2013 | 3 to 4:30pm | 305 York Lanes

(Re)Constructions: Researching and Rethinking Asia
York Centre for Asian Research International Graduate Student Conference. .
26-27 April 2013 | York University

Asian Futures, Old and New
Keynote Lecture for the YCAR International Graduate Student Conference, given by Tania Murray Li (University of Toronto)
Friday, 26 April 2013 | Glendon College campus, York University

 

2011.2012 Research Dissemination Activities

YCAR hosted or supported the following events in 2011.12 on Korea and Korean Diaspora. Please visit the Event Archive for more information on earlier events.

Worker’s’ Trauma through Failed Solidarity: Lessons from a Korean Car Industry
Su-Dol Kang (Koryo University)
5 October 2011 | 2:30-4:30pm | 280A York Lanes | 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