Call for Papers | Special Issue on Families, Communities, and Nation States in the COVID-19 Pandemic
01-04-2020
Call for Papers | Special Issue on Families, Communities, and Nation States in the COVID-19 Pandemic – Chinese Sociological Review Deadline: April 26 Chinese Sociological Review (CSR) is accepting proposals...
Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards Nominations Open Until 30 April 2020
24-03-2020
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites York faculty members or teaching assistants to nominate exceptional undergraduate student papers for the YCAR Undergraduate Asia Essay Awards. A small monetary...
YCAR Faculty Associate Cary Wu One of Three York researchers to receive COVID-19 research funding
19-03-2020
Cary Wu (Sociology) received $176, 256 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to study issues of trust and how it affects prevention and control measures in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic. Congratulations...
New Book: Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia
11-02-2020
Congratulations to Preet S. Aulakh (Schulich School of Business) and Philip F. Kelly (Geography) on their new edited collection. Mobilities of Labour and Capital in Asia, published by Cambridge University...
New YCAR Asia Research Brief: The Social Life of Flooding in Jakarta
31-01-2020
YCAR director Abidin Kusno’s (Environmental Studies) research on flooding in Jakarta, Indonesia is the focus of our latest Asia Research Brief. Kusno’s SSHRC-funded research builds on the insights of current...
Opportunity | Financial Coordinator, Asian Business and Management Program at YCAR
27-11-2019
Financial Coordinator, Asian Business and Management Program Employment Category: Part time (up to 24 hours) Department: ORU-YCAR/ABMP Classification: Administrative Band: 4 Posting Number: 100381 Job Start Date: 01-06-2020 Job End...
Emerging Asian Urbanisms' Call for Films
11-11-2019
The Emerging Asian Urbanism series at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is hosting a film exchange workshop to spark discussion and peer review of unfinished or finished films....
New Asia Research Brief Examines the Management of Wetland Regions in Kerala, India
04-11-2019
Sanil Kumar's research focuses on the effective management of Indian wetland regions through the adoption of an integrated planning framework. His study site, the Kuttanad Wetland region, is one of...
New Book: Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions
24-09-2019
Ann Kim’s (Sociology, YCAR) new co-edited book investigates the connections between students and institutions. Outward and Upward Mobilities: International Students in Canada, Their Families, and Structuring Institutions (University of Toronto...
2019 Undergraduate Essay Award winners
11-09-2019
YCAR is pleased to announce our 2019 Undergraduate Essay Award winners: Harkit Bhandal and Safa Warsi. Safa is a fourth-year Psychology major who has spent time as a research assistant...