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 08 2024
Climate Change in Singapore: Conversations on Sustainable Futures, Knowledge Mobilizations and Transnational Initiatives
Virtually via Zoom
Oct 09 2024
Algorithm-Human Interactions in a Revolutionary Situation: Hidden & Public Transcripts of Digital Resistance in Myanmar
Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
Oct 10 2024
The War for Chinese Talent in America
Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University
- China Studies Group
Oct 10 2024
DEI: The Good, The Bad & The Performative
- School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
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
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- KORE meets with BTAA e-School Korean Studies group
- Panel on Bangladesh’s uprising launches series on South Asia
- Welcome to Visiting Scholar Mi-Hee Lim
- Asian Business and Management Program welcomes Canadian Ambassador to China
- YCAR pleased to support Arts of the Indian Ocean conference
- Hana Ahmed features in CBC interview on Bangladesh
- Research Associate Tiffany Pollock launches her first book
- YCAR Publication Fund | Contemporary Korean Culture from the Edge
- Our 2024 N. Sivalingam Award in Tamil Studies recipient
- John Laurier Van Esterik (1943–2024)
- Launch of the China Studies Group
- Call for submission | Workshop on AI Governance in Global Dynamics | Deadline: June 15
- Amy Choi is our 2023 Dr. Sangdeok Woo & Mrs. Kwisoon Lim Woo Memorial Graduate Award 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.