YCAR Is Now Accepting Funding Proposals for Events & Activities
03-04-2018
YCAR is accepting the first round of proposals for activities from our Associates for the 2018-2019 academic year. Activities can include: 1. Lecture Series 2. Community Research Engagement Initiatives 3. ...
Photos from the Salween Studies Workshop
20-03-2018
26-27 February 2018, University of Yangon This research workshop on “Salween Thanlwin Nu Studies” (“Salween Studies”) built on the work and momentum of previous Salween Studies with the aim to...
York Indonesian-language journal only one of its kind
07-02-2018
Professor Albert Schrauwers (Anthropology) launched Lobo: Annals of Sulawesi Research, an Indonesian-language open-access journal that features English‐language social science research translated to Indonesian and peer-reviewed Indonesian-language research. “The purpose of...
Stephen Lee talk now available on YouTube
02-02-2018
On 30 November 2017, Taiwanese human rights lawyer Stephen Lee gave a talk at York University on "National Independence Movements & International Human Rights Law: Perspectives from Taiwan." The event...
Asia Colloquia Paper | Should the Chinese Language be Taught in Putonghua? Contested Identities in Post-1997 Hong Kong
22-01-2018
Our latest Asia Colloquia Paper is based on a talk by Po King Choi given at the inaugural Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture on 27 April 2017. Choi’s lecture...
YCAR Programmes and Projects
22-01-2018
https://yorku.ca/research/ycar/programmes-projects/
Ann Kim awarded grant to study North Korean refugees in Canada
17-01-2018
For a little more than a decade (2003 to 2015), there was a small bump in the numbers of North Koreans in Canada, many of them seeking asylum. But the...
Graduate research awards application deadline is 12 Feb 2018
10-01-2018
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is accepting applications for graduate awards for students conducting research related to Asia or Asian diasporas. The Centre offers eight awards to support...
Lily Cho launches website about Chinese head tax certificates and surveillance
08-01-2018
Professor Lily Cho (English) launched www.masscapture.ca in December 2017, a website presenting analyses of a digitized collection of Chinese Canadian head tax certificates known as Chinese Immigration 9 (CI 9)....
Asia Research Brief | International Education: An Untapped Archive of Canadian Nation Formation
04-01-2018
In our latest Asia Research Brief, “International Education: An Untapped Archive of Canadian Nation Formation,” Soma Chatterjee (Social Work) highlights key directions in her ongoing research on the politics of...