Opportunity | Graduate Student Awards offered by YCAR
03-12-2015
YCAR offers seven graduate awards for research, fieldwork and language acquisition for its Graduate Associates and other graduate students enrolled at York University. The application deadline for all awards is...
Artist and art director Park Chan-kook speaks on art and the urban environment
01-12-2015
Artist and art director Park Chan-kook, artist and art director, visited York on 27 November to speak about art and the urban environment, with a focus on his current community art project, Dongdaemun Rooftop...
Associate Publication | Kabita Chakraborty
30-11-2015
Kabita Chakraborty (Children’s Studies) is the author of Young Muslim Women in India: Bollywood, Identity and Changing Youth Culture, which has just been published by Routledge. Based on extensive, original...
Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity
23-11-2015
YCAR was pleased to support the Engendering Transnational Voices: Studies in Family, Work, and Identity book launch on 30 September 2015. The publication, edited by YCAR Faculty Associate Guida Man...
Philippine Indigenous Peoples Under Attack: A Call for Solidarity with Abigail Anongos
13-11-2015
YCAR photograph Abigail Anongos, Secretary General of the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) was keynote speaker at a 7 November 2015 event in Toronto. Philippine Indigenous Peoples...
Opportunity | Research Outreach Officer - Application deadline 27 November
11-11-2015
Research Outreach Officer York Centre for Asian Research Limited Term until 31 May 2016 Part-time, 23 hours/week Reports to: YCAR Director Hourly Rate of Pay: $22.33 Job Purpose: Under the...
YCAR Associates | Jolin Joseph and Noa Nahmias
09-11-2015
YCAR Graduate Associates Noa Nahmias (History) and Jolin Joseph (Gender, Feminist & Women’s Studies) are two of six York students to receive a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for exceptional PhD...
Application being accepted for 2016 YCAR Professional Development Fund opportunity
06-11-2015
The York Centre for Asian Research’s Professional Development Fund subsidizes its Graduate Associates’ travel costs to present their scholarly or creative work. Amounts awarded will range from $50 to $500...
Political science professor to organize field trip to North Korea
30-10-2015
York News | Political science professor to organize field trip to North Korea YCAR Faculty Associate Thomas Klassen (Political Science) is coordinating a five-day field trip to North Korea for...
YCAR Associates | New YCAR Associates
29-10-2015
A warm welcome (back) to YCAR is extended to the following Associates who are new or returning members. We look forward to their engagement in the Centre and in the...