
Asia Research Brief #47 | Money pool (Hụi/Họ) in the Mekong Delta: An Old Way of Doing Finance in Rural Vietnam
10-02-2022
In our latest Asia Research Brief, Nga Dao (Social Science) examines the informal financial sector in rural Vietnam. ROSCA, or money pools (called Hụi, Họ, Phường or Biêu, depending on...

YCAR publication support for upcoming Associate publication focused on Yemen
19-01-2022
Through its Publication Support Fund, YCAR is pleased to support Nalini Persram’s forthcoming book, “Post-Revolutionary Reckoning in Yemen Under Saudi Arabian Bomb” (Palgrave 2022). The book consists of two broad...

SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships Awarded to our Graduate Associates
14-01-2022
Congratulations to our Graduate Associates who received Canada Graduate Scholarships as part of the Fall 2020 competition. The results were recently announced on the SSHRC website. Seungwoo Baek, Communication and...

History of the Hakka/Chinese diaspora focus of recipient of second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award recipient
13-01-2022
Congratulation to Eleanor Yang, recipient of the second Vivienne Poy Hakka Graduate Research Award. Eleanor is a master’s student in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies. Eleanor is a 1.5 generation...

Three projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund
14-12-2021
Three YCAR faculty-led research projects received funding earlier this fall through YCAR’s Canada-China Initiatives Fund. Founded in 2019, the Canada-China Initiatives Fund (CCIF) was created to support scholarly exchanges and...

Asia Research Brief #46 | The Visual Politics of Taiwanese Nationalism
08-12-2021
In our latest Asia Research Brief, Robin Verrall (PhD, Political Science) explores how national identity is constructed and contested in visual media in Taiwan. He argues that there is no...

The Re[new]All Exhibition Continues
18-11-2021
The Re[new}All online exhibition continues its online run! Opening in late September, the various exhibits (including work by YCAR Associates) are still accessible here: https://sensorium.ampd.yorku.ca/events/renewall/ The exhibition Re[new]All is held...

Asia Research Brief #33 | Ang 2017 Okupang Pabahay sa Pilipinas: Isang Kontra-Proyekto para sa Maayos na Pabahay at Alternatibong Mundo
17-11-2021
This Asia Research Brief, previously published in English, is now available in a Tagalog translation. Hazel Dizon (Geography) shares her research on a housing occupation by thousands of urban poor...

Matatag, a photo series by Filipina nurses, personal support workers, and in-home caregivers
18-10-2021
A photo series by Filipina nurses, personal support workers, and in-home caregivers, Matatag is an exhibit in the windows of A Space Gallery that runs from 20 October 2021 to...

Asia Research Brief #45 | A Series of Miracles: Kyoto Animation's Empathic Anime
12-10-2021
In this latest Asia Research Brief, Joseph Fiumara (Cinema and Media Studies) proposes that radical change is occurring within the anime industry and that this change has also begun to...
