Congratulations to Faculty Associates Korina Jocson (Education), Marissa Largo (Visual Arts), Katarina O’Briain (English), and Joel Ong (Computational Arts) who received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through the Insight Development Grant program. Professor O’Briain’s project focuses on Manila in the Transoceanic Archive: The Poetics of Colonial Occupation, 1762-1764. Professors […]
Selected conference recordings from consenting participants who shared their research as part of the Beyond the Interface: Critical Perspectives of Sex Work and Sextech conference are now available virtually. YCAR was pleased to support this event, which was organized by the Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster. Learn more about their work at […]
Pia Ranada, the 2024 Marshall McLuhan Fellow, spoke at York University on February 26 on how building journalism around community can help it survive. Pia is the head of Community for Rappler. Previously, she was an investigative journalist and senior reporter for Rappler best known for her coverage of the Duterte administration when she was […]
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Asian or Asian Diaspora Studies beginning 01 September 2025. We seek a scholar whose research aligns with YCAR’s mandate and focuses on historical, modern, or contemporary Asia or Asian diasporas. Fellows will pursue a self-designed research project under the mentorship […]
YCAR’s China Insights Fund (CIF) is driving new approaches to China studies at York University. Since its launch in 2019, CIF has funded a wide range of projects, from research on AI governance and creative forms of dissent to Toronto’s Chinatown and the effects of geopolitical tensions on Chinese professors in Canada. The CF is […]
Joan Judge (History) is co-editor of a new book celebrating the scholarship of Joshua A. Fogel (History). In The Sinosphere and Beyond: Essays in Honor of Joshua Fogel (De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2024), leading and emerging scholars have contributed to rich clusters of essays on Historiography, Sino-Japanese Encounters, Law and Justice, Politics, Art, Literature and Translation. […]
YCAR is pleased to announce the recipients of Research Collaboration Fellowships for the 2024–25 academic year. Ghazala Shahabuddin (Environmental Studies, Ashoka University, India) and Shubhra Gururani (Anthropology) received a fellowship for their project, ‘Re-wilding’ the Urban Periphery: An interdisciplinary study of the changing politics of nature in India’a National Capital Region (NCR). Recognizing the urgency […]
Ancient pots and fire dancers may seem like an odd pairing but an upcoming book launch offers the Thai perspective on both fascinating topics. Penny Van Esterik and Tiffany Pollock’s new books will be launched at York on Nov. 7. More information about the event can be found at this link. “While we each research […]
YCAR Graduate Associate and MFA Candidate, School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD), Wang Zi's 王紫 solo show, Blind Folio, opened on 28 October 2024 at Special Projects Gallery, Joan & Martin Goldfarb Centre for Fine Arts, Keele Campus, York University. Opening hours are Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11:00 to 17:00 EDT, Sat-Sun 11:00 to 15:00 EST or by […]
On 22 October 2024, the York Centre for Asian Research’s (YCAR) Canada-ASEAN Initiatives brought stakeholders together in Ottawa from the Canadian federal government and the diplomatic, business, and academic communities to discuss how to promote government and industry collaboration to strengthen economic security and resilience between Canada and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The […]