Thuy Nguyen to present on disability and social justice on panel in Halifax
25-04-2016
YCAR Research Associate, Thuy Nguyen, will present her work at a public talk on disability and social justice at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax. The event, Re-imagining disability and social justice:...
Faculty Associate Guida Man interviewed by the Toronto Star on viral video about Chinese women
20-04-2016
Guida Man, YCAR Faculty Associate and Associate Professor of Sociology at York University, was interviewed by the Toronto Star about the video on the Chinese "marriage market" released by the...
Visiting Scholar Publication | Study on Introducing Student Vote Program for Prospective Voters Under the Korean Public Official Election Act
19-04-2016
Soohwan Song, Director of the Korean National Assembly Secretariat and visiting scholar at YCAR, recently published a study in the Korea Law Review examining Canada's Student Vote Program and the potential benefits...
Faculty Associate, Gregory Chin, Meets With the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China
18-04-2016
YCAR Faculty Associate, Professor Gregory Chin, met with Consul Chen Zhishan, Vice Consul Liu Yuanyuan and Vice Consul Ye Yi on 12 April 2016 at York University to discuss the...
New Asia Research Brief | How Canada contributed to China’s remarkable transformation through university partnerships and knowledge diplomacy
14-04-2016
YCAR faculty associate, Qiang Zha's collaborative research with Ruth Hayhoe (OISE, University of Toronto) and Julia Pan (OISE, University of Toronto) looks at Canada's largely forgotten role in the development...
Professor Joan Judge nominated for the 2016 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize
14-04-2016
Professor Joan Judge was nominated for the 2016 Ferguson prize for her book, Republican Lens: Gender, Visuality, and Experience in the Early Chinese Periodical Press. The book contributes a rich look into...
Faculty Associate Publication | China’s Presidency of the G20 Hangzhou: On Global Leadership and Strategy
08-04-2016
Gregory T. Chin and Hugo Dobson's recently published article on China & the upcoming G20 Hangzhou Summit looks at real trends and patterns in China's global behaviour and the G20 process. The...
Bernard Hung-Kay Luk, 1946-2016
24-03-2016
Bernard Hung-Kay Luk, 1946-2016 York University Professor of History Bernard Luk, author of numerous publications on modern East Asia, China, and Hong Kong, passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital on March...
Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies Workshop
23-03-2016
The fourth annual Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies explored the intersections of critical race and area studies. After two days of presentations and discussions, the workshop closed with an engaging...
Emeritus Faculty Associate Publication | The Changing Perceptions of Waqf and Other Religious Endowments: Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital in Penang
23-03-2016
Professor Emeritus, Judith Nagata, recently published a new article titled “The Changing Perceptions of Waqf and Other Religious Endowments: Social, Cultural and Symbolic Capital in Penang”. Nagata traces evolving meanings of waqf...