The late Professor Bernard HK Luk (History) was a central figure forging new directions in international research on Hong Kong. His legacy in shaping the emerging field of Hong Kong studies will be commemorated annually with the Bernard Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies organized by the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). Professor Luk […]
YCAR faculty associate, Janet T. Landa (Economics) recently published a new book, Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia: Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict: Integrating the Social Sciences with Evolutionary Biology. The book focuses on the role of Chinese middlemen groups in facilitating trade and specialization in Southeast Asia. Professor Landa brings to light […]
Fareeha Alavi and Srijoni Rahman, the inaugural recipients of YCAR's undergraduate essay awards, were nominated by their professors, Nishant Upadhyay, Sailaja Krishnamurti and Shobna Nijhawan for the exceptional essays submitted in their courses. Fareeha Alavi’s paper, “The Making of Bangladesh”, won the essay prize in the category of geographic Asia. Alavi’s essay was the product […]
How do activism and academia shape one another? YCAR associates, Philip Kelly, Ethel Tungohan and Chaya Ocampo Go, together with Elisabeth Kramer (University of Sydney), Jason Morris-Jung (SIM University) and Dominique Caouette (Université de Montréal), organized a special section of the July 2017 issue of Critical Asian Studies to reflect on this question. The special section represents […]
Dr Choi Po King of the Chinese University of Hong Kong will give the inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies on 27 April 2017. A beloved teacher and colleague, Professor Luk (1946-2016) was an internationally recognized authority on the history of Hong Kong. For more about his legacy, please visit: https://yorku.ca/research/ycar/bernard-hung-kay-luk-1946-2016/. […]
The Honourable Peggy Mason, former Canadian Ambassador and current President of the Rideau Institute, will give the keynote address at an upcoming interdisciplinary workshop on peace and security. The Geotechnical Politics of Ocean Frontiers: The Canadian North & the Indo-Pacific will explore the politics of constructing ‘Peace’ and attaining ‘Security’ through the interdisciplinary analytical framework […]
YCAR invites its membership to the 2017 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 27 April 2017. We will be reviewing our activities over the past year, making plans for the year ahead, and presenting awards to our students. It is also a great opportunity to connect with colleagues from across all fields at York who work […]
A warm YCAR welcome to Chusak Wittayapak! Professor Wittayapak is a visiting researcher at YCAR until July 2017. He is working with Peter Vandergeest (Geography) on the New Directions in Environment Governance project. Professor Wittayapak is a university lecturer at Thailand’s Chiang Mai University within the faculty of Social Science. Professor Wittayapak’s scholarly research has focused on forestry […]
Hong Saihwa Hong (Hong Sehwa), one of the most prominent figures in progressive movement in South Korea, will speak at York University on 19 April 2017. An educator, author and journalist, Hong received a Baccalaureate in Political Science and International Relations from Seoul National University (1977). His membership of the Preparation Committee for Nam-Chosun People’s […]
The Capitalist Unconscious: From Korean Unification to Transnational Korea, Professor Park’s (Sociology) recent book published by Columbia University Press, has been accorded Honourable Mention status in this year’s James B. Palais Book Prize competition, adjudicated by the Northeast Asia Council (NEAC) of the Association for Asian Studies. Based on extensive archival and ethnographic research in […]