We are a community of York University researchers who are committed to analyzing the changing historical and contemporary dynamics of societies in Asia, understanding Asia’s place in the world, and studying the experiences of Asian communities in Canada and around the globe.
September 2024
Sep 18 2024 - Mar 12 2025
Demos, Democracy, Democratization: South Asia Lecture Series 2024–25
Sep 27 2024 - Mar 28 2025
South Asia Doc Fest 2024
Virtual
- Film South Asia
October 2024
Oct 21 2024 - Feb 24 2025
Climate Dystopias in Asia
Keele Campus, York University
Oct 21 2024
Redefining Manhood: Navigating Success, Identity and Mental Health Among Young Muslim Men of Color in Canada
Oct 21 2024
Splintered Inhabitations? Heatscapes & Cooling Futures in Urban Pakistan
Room 140, HNES Building, Keele Campus, York University
Oct 22 2024
Strengthening Canada-ASEAN Economic Security and Resilience
Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa
- Canada-ASEAN Initiatives
Oct 22 2024
The Postdevelopmental State: Dilemmas of Economic Democratization in Contemporary South Korea
Oct 23 2024
Matter and Memory: the Formation and Reformation of Pagoda Trusts in Burma
Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
Oct 23 2024
In the Shadow of the Mill: Deindustrialization, Urban Politics and Emotions in 20th Century Ahmedabad
Room 305, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University
- South Asia Studies Group
Oct 28 2024
The Filipino Diaspora in Canada: Celebrating Successes and Addressing Persistent Challenges
Oct 31 2024
Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Infectious Disease Politic in China
Room 305, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
November 2024
Nov 11 2024
Hong Kong History and Border History
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- Asian Business and Management Program welcomes Canadian Ambassador to China
- Welcome to Visiting Scholar Mi-Hee Lim
- KORE meets with BTAA e-School Korean Studies group
- Panel on Bangladesh’s uprising launches series on South Asia
- Philippine Studies Group launches Filipiniana collection
- Our 2024 The Penny and John Van Esterik Award for Graduate Research on Southeast Asia recipient
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Research Clusters
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Climate Dystopias Series
Explores environmental vulnerabilities, renewable energy, and the social and political impacts of the climate crisis in Asia
South Asia Lecture Series
Explores themes of youth mobilization, urban politics, environmental renewal and social citizenship across South Asia.