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Welcome to our new and returning Associates

08-10-2020

We are pleased to welcome our new and returning Associates!• Lalaie Ameeriar, Anthropology• Lisa Davidson, Anthropology• Mehraneh Ebrahimi, English• Zhipeng Gao, Simon Fraser University• Yilin Guo, History• Jack Leong, York...

Asia Research Brief #38: Can Facebook Usher in Political Inclusion for Afghan Women? Zahra Nader

06-10-2020

In this latest Asia Research Brief, Zahra Nader (Doctoral Student, Graduate Programme in Gender, Feminist and Women’s Studies) investigates whether the use of the Facebook platform is helping Afghan women...

An engaging conversation between The Honourable Dr. Vivienne Poy and Jack Leong on Hong Kong, Canada, Mainland China and their relations.

05-10-2020

Faculty Associate Jack Leong (York University Libraries) delivered a seminar called “Perspectives on China” for the Later Life Learning Program at Innis College at the University of Toronto on 2...

YCAR News | 2020 Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award Recipients

14-09-2020

YCAR offers or adjudicates nine awards to graduate students at York University on an annual basis. In 2020, 21 students received over $40,000 in support of their research, fieldwork and...

Graduate Associate Noa Nahmias (History) is the recipient of a dissertation fellowship

11-09-2020

Congratulations to Noa Nahmias (History), the 2020–21 recipient of the D. Kim Foundation for the History of Science and Technology in East Asia dissertation fellowship. Established in 2008, the D....

Asia Research Brief #37: New Directions in Environmental Governance in Southeast Asia

08-09-2020

In this latest Asia Research Brief, Peter Vandergeest (Geography) gives an overview of the program of research on New Directions in Environmental Governance (NDEG) which wrapped up in 2019. The...

2020 Graduate Award Recipient: Heather Evans

04-09-2020

YCAR offers or adjudicates nine awards to graduate students at York University on an annual basis. In 2020, 21 students received over $40,000 in support of their research, fieldwork and...

[New Book] Confronting Desire: Psychoanalysis and International Development

02-09-2020

Congratulations to Ilan Kapoor (Environmental Studies) on his new book—Confronting Desire: Psychoanalysis and International Development (Cornell University Press, 2020). By applying psychoanalytic perspectives to key themes, concepts, and practices underlying...

[New Book] On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis

01-09-2020

Congratulations to Laam Hae (Politics) on her new co-edited book, On the Margins of Urban South Korea: Core Location as Method and Praxis (University of Toronto Press, 2020). Professor Hae...

Congratulations to SSHRC IDG recipients

28-08-2020

Congratulations to our Faculty Associates who received Insight Development Grants (IDG) earlier this summer. Nga Dao (Social Science) | Principal Investigator | Territory and Politics of Resources: Everyday Lives and...