Emerging scholars’ research on Hong Kong and the diaspora focus of 2023–24 lecture series

York alumni and international scholars are sharing their research on Hong Kong and its diaspora as part of a lecture series this year. The Hong Kong Studies Group Lecture Series aims to review, highlight and acknowledge the new knowledge that emerging scholars are contributing to the field of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Diaspora Studies, […]

Winter lecture series focuses on knowledge in historical societies in East Asia

Knowledge Production in East Asia is a lecture and seminar series organized by the Critical China Studies group at YCAR. Initiated in 2014, it invites leading international scholars to share their work on the content, reception, and material production of various registers of knowledge in historical societies in East Asia. After a hiatus, the series […]

Winter lecture series focuses on the South Asian Studies classroom

Embedded in the field of South Asian Studies, this YCAR-supported series engages with the methodologies and epistemologies of researchers, educators and artists as they reflect on their pedagogies, commitments, responsibilities and accountabilities in academic teaching. With the arts as thematic focus, the three speakers—from the United States, India as well as our Faculty Associate Soma […]

Multidisciplinary contemporary artist Leeroy New inspires York artists and scholars

Internationally acclaimed Filipino contemporary artist Leeroy New visited the School of Arts, Media, Performance and Design (AMPD) and the Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University on 26 September 2023. His visit included studio visits with students of the Graduate Program of Visual Arts, a lunch with PSG members, and a public artist talk. Known […]

New YCAR-hosted project explores "slow violence" in Mekong region

Congratulations to Faculty Associates Nga Dao (Social Science) and Vanessa Lamb (Social Science) on their receipt of a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant for their project on slow violence and water (in)justice: Feminist political ecologies of intergenerational struggles in the Mekong region. They will work with a team of researchers and partner organizations from Vietnam, Thailand […]

PSG celebrate local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations

The Philippine Studies Group (PSG) at York University is celebrating local research with its award of six community-engaged grants to local organizations. “One of the core principles of the PSG is supporting community-engaged and community-grounded work. We are delighted to support exciting and innovating research creation projects from community organizations with a track record of […]

Congratulations to our student awardees

Eight graduate students from three Faculties at York University are recipients of Philippine Studies Group funding for research, fieldwork and language acquisition.   “It is very exciting to read about York University students’ projects, which range from in-depth fieldwork examining the gendered dimensions of the Mindanao peace process to intensive language study and cultural immersion in […]

Dr Kristian Saguin Visits York University

Dr Kristian Saguin (Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines Diliman) visited York between March 19th-22nd. Dr Saguin’s work engages with urban, agrarian and environmental studies in various sites in the Philippines. He has published political ecological and urban research that examines livelihoods, environmental practices, resource politics and urban life at the peri-urban fringes […]

Artist-in-Residency | Leo Lorilla and Pamela Corales

The grant the Philippine Studies Group at York received made it possible for Leo Lorilla and Pamela Corales, core performing artists of Bayanihan: the National Dance Company of the Philippines and faculty members of the Philippine Women’s University (PWU) in Manila, to be artists-in-residents in the Department of Dance at York University from 10 to […]

Embracing young Asian Canadian talent through design

From designing lipstick packaging to a horror movie title sequence, the creativity of young Asian Canadians was brought together in a diverse, virtual exhibition organized in celebration of Asian Heritage Month in May. The virtual show, Embracing Young Asian Canadians’ Talent, featured the work of young designers of Asian descent who live in the Greater […]