Hydropower and Intergenerational Impacts: Storytelling from within
12-01-2026
Experiences of slow violence in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia is explored in a new bilingual photo book led by York researchers. “This photo book offers a rare, insider...
KORE welcome new Coordinator
20-11-2025
YCAR and the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) warmly welcome Yoon Jin Jung as the new KORE Coordinator. Yoon Jung supports KORE thanks to funding as part of...
CCSEAS 2025 conference
04-11-2025
The 37th Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies conference was held on 23–25 October 2025 in Victoria, B.C. The conference was organized by our amazing local organizing committee at the...
Intensifying Canada-ASEAN Economic Ties Amid Tariff Turbulence
29-10-2025
Research Associate Julie G. Bentley, Former High Commissioner to Malaysia, who moderated the Ambassadors' Panel with Heads of Mission of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines Julie Nguyen, the event’s organizer...
Govi recipient of Elizabeth Paterson Award
25-10-2025
Congratulations to Graduate Associate Vedanth Govi (Social Anthropology) who received the Elizabeth Paterson Award, presented annually by the CBIE to an international student who has made significant contributions to the...
The Royal Asiatic Societies and Nineteenth Century Science
22-10-2025
An online conference on “The Royal Asiatic Societies and Nineteenth Century Science” was held on 2-3 October 2025. It brought together scholars from around the world to discuss nine scholarly...
Harsha Anantharaman is inaugural YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies
10-09-2025
YCAR is delighted to welcome Dr Harsha Anantharaman as the inaugural YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow in Asian Studies. From a large and exceptionally strong pool of applicants, the interview committee was...
China Insights Fund 2025 recipients
28-08-2025
The China Insights Fund granted funding to two student and one faculty members for their research that explores how China engages with the world. Congratulations to our 2025 awardees: Haoran...
Call for Applications | CSEASI Travel Grant | Deadline: Aug 15
28-07-2025
The Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative (CSEASI) will fund graduate students to attend the Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies (CCSEAS) conference in Victoria, 23–25 October 2025. To be eligible,...
Klassen and Lee collaborating on research on platform workers in South Korea and Canada
09-07-2025
Sophia Seung-Yoon Lee, our 2024–25 YCAR Research Collaboration Fellowship recipient with research collaborator Thomas R. Klassen (School of Public Policy and Administration) is in Toronto conduct the duo’s comparative study...