Janet T. Landa publishes book on Chinese merchants in Southeast Asia
15-08-2017
YCAR faculty associate, Janet T. Landa (Economics) recently published a new book, Economic Success of Chinese Merchants in Southeast Asia: Identity, Ethnic Cooperation and Conflict: Integrating the Social Sciences with...
2016 Undergraduate Essay Award Winners
08-08-2017
Fareeha Alavi and Srijoni Rahman, the inaugural recipients of YCAR's undergraduate essay awards, were nominated by their professors, Nishant Upadhyay, Sailaja Krishnamurti and Shobna Nijhawan for the exceptional essays submitted...
Critical Asian Studies Special Section on Academia and Activism in Southeast Asia
08-08-2017
How do activism and academia shape one another? YCAR associates, Philip Kelly, Ethel Tungohan and Chaya Ocampo Go, together with Elisabeth Kramer (University of Sydney), Jason Morris-Jung (SIM University) and Dominique...
Dr Choi Po King on Fairchild TV
31-07-2017
This past April Toronto's Cantonese language television station, Fairchild TV, interviewed Dr Choi Po King who was our guest lecturer for the inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong...
YCAR Associates Publish Article on Chinese Investments in Southeast Asia
18-07-2017
In their co-authored article, Perceptions and Practices of Investment: China's Hydropower Investments in Mainland Southeast Asia, Vanessa Lamb and Nga Dao examine how xenophobia impacts perceptions of Chinese investments in...
YCAR Welcomes New Director, Abidin Kusno
21-06-2017
The YCAR community welcomes Abidin Kusno as he begins his term as the Centre’s new director on 1 July 2017. Abidin Kusno joined York as a Professor in the Faculty...
On 16 June 2017 Nancy Peluso Discusses “Gold Mining & Agrarian Transformation”
13-06-2017
York welcomes Nancy Peluso, Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy at the University of California, Berkeley to York this Friday. Professor Peluso will speak about her research on...
Asian Heritage Month 2017: Tamil Culture
12-06-2017
On Thursday, 25 May 2017 YCAR celebrated Asian Heritage Month with an event centred around Tamil culture. This event was attended by hundreds of students from nine high schools in...
YCAR at the Canada-Hong Kong Link Event “Hong Kong: Twenty Years after the Handover”
18-05-2017
YCAR Associates Wendy Wong and Michael Stainton attended the Canada Hong Kong Link event "Hong Kong: Twenty Years after the Handover" on Saturday May 6, 2017. YCAR was recognized and...
Inaugural Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies: Should the Chinese Language be Taught in Putonghua?
11-05-2017
The Bernard Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies is an annual event organized by the York Centre for Asian Research. The lecture provides an historical or contemporary analysis of Hong Kong as...