Asia Research Brief | Oil Palm Plantations, Migration and Indian Youth Culture in Contemporary Malaysia
19-12-2014
The latest addition to YCAR’s Asia Research Briefs series is by Kabita Chakraborty (Humanities / Children’s Studies) and is titled "Oil Palm Plantations, Migration and Indian Youth Culture in Contemporary...
Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program
17-12-2014
Prominent lawyers and advocates working with live-in caregivers in Toronto discussed changes to Canada’s caregiver program at a YCAR-hosted panel at York University in early December. These changes, announced by Chris...
Summer abroad courses for undergraduate students in Thailand and Korea in 2015
28-11-2014
Thailand GEOG 4521 6.0: Field Studies in Human Geography In this course you will have the opportunity to learn about environment and development in the rural communities in Thailand. After...
Visit to YCAR of Vice President of the Association for Canadian Studies in China
22-11-2014
John West, Qiang Zha, Fachun Du, Elena Caprioni, Philip Kelly, Bernie Frolic Dr. Fachun Du of Yunnan Agricultural University visited YCAR earlier this month. His research...
Associate Publication | Saving Buddhism by Alicia Turner
21-11-2014
Alicia Turner’s new book, Saving Buddhism has just been published by University of Hawai’i Press. Saving Buddhism explores the dissonance between the goals of the colonial state and the Buddhist...
Four decades of dramatic historical change in China through the prism of textbooks
20-11-2014
Historian Peter Zarrow examined four decades of dramatic historical change in China through the prism of textbooks in a talk at York University earlier this month. Professor Zarrow, from the...
Hagen Koo presents second lecture in Korea speaker series
14-11-2014
YCAR welcomed Dr. Hagen Koo to York University earlier this month as part of the Centre’s Heterogeneity and Korean Identity in the Twentieth-First Century speaker series. Dr. Koo, from the...
Malathi de Alwis gives 2014 Asia Lecture
12-11-2014
Lt-Rt: Doris Sung, Gunjan Sondhi, Janice Kim, Harini Sivalingam, Philip Kelly, Arun Nedra Rodrigo, Malathi de Alwis, Jennifer Hyndman, Sailaja Kirshnamurti ...
Goossen and Hazra co-edited anthology at INSPIRE Toronto Book Fair on Nov. 16
11-11-2014
The recently-published Human Rights and the Arts in Global Asia: An Anthology, co-edited by Theodore (Ted) Goossen (Humanities, YCAR) and Anindo Hazra (English, YCAR) will be featured in the INSPIRE...
Korean War and its afterlives at this year’s Reel Asian Film Festival
10-11-2014
Janice C.H. Kim (History) will be at the AGO Jackman Hall, Wednesday November 12, 2014 at 1:00 pm, to serve as discussant following screenings of three documentaries concerning the Korean...