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 26 2024
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side | Screening and Discussion
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 07 2024
Thai Contexts: Past and Present: A launch of two books about research in Thailand
Nov 11 2024
Hong Kong History and Border History
Nov 12 2024
The Oysterman, the Farmer, and the Marine Police: Hong Kong History at Its Borders
- Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Organizing Committee
Nov 13 2024
Fact Checking in Low-Resource Languages: A New Dataset and Transformer Model for the Burmese Language
Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
Nov 13 2024
Hydropower(ed) Nation: Ruin and Renewability in Kashmir
Room 305, Third Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University
- South Asia Studies Group
Nov 20 2024
The Launch of Three Mini Documentaries, “Love in the Time of COVID-19” and Immersive Screening of “The Emigrant Queer Lovebirds”
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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.