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...
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...
YCAR welcomes new members
28-06-2025
YCAR is pleased to welcome new members! Tareq Al Khalaf (Health) Ayesham Ali (Development Studies) Sheetala Bhat (English) Ching Nam Hippocrates Cheng (Binghamton University) Namjee Choi (Sociology) Rong Cong (School...
Congratulations to Donna Akbari, 2025 recipient of the YCAR Undergraduate Essay Award
24-06-2025
A recent York University graduate, Donna Akbari’s award-winning essay—The Weight of What We Carry: Shame as Survival in Two Histories of Oppression—explores how shame functions as a survival mechanism in...
2025-26 CSEASI-ICESEA programs in Indonesian language and Filipino language now open
19-06-2025
The 2025-26 CSEASI-ICESEA programs in Indonesian language and Filipino language are now open for enrollment. Indonesian & Filipino Classes are run both synchronously online and in-person at the University of Victoria. ...