Dong-choon Kim on the rise of family-centricism in 1950s South Korea
08-11-2014
Dong-choon Kim, Janice C.H. Kim YCAR was pleased to host Dr. Dong-choon Kim as the first speaker in the Heterogeneity and Korean Identity in the Twentieth-First...
Inaugural CAPES lecture focuses on race, territory and agro-capitalism in Burma
05-11-2014
Kevin M. Woods was the inaugural speaker in the Critical Asian Political Ecologies Seminars series. In “Race and Territorial Politics in Making Agro-capitalism in Asia's “final frontier” in Burma,” Woods...
Call for Papers | Changing Asia in the Globalizing World | Abstracts due Nov. 20
04-11-2014
A reminder that the deadline for abstracts for the third YCAR International Graduate Student Conference is Thursday, 20 November 2014. CALL FOR PAPERS Changing Asia in the Globalizing World: Boundaries,...
FYTIC project results shared at Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund symposium
03-11-2014
Christopher Sorio (Vice-Chair Migrante Canada); Ricky Esguerra (Community Alliance for Social Justice); Alex Felipe (MA Candidate, Department of Geography and YCAR Graduate Associate); Philip Kelly (Department...
York researchers share insights on Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution
02-11-2014
Wendy S. Wong (Design), Bernard H.K. Luk (History) and Susan J. Henders (Political Science) shared their insights on Hong Kong's Umbrella Revolution and what’s next as part of a panel...
Dalton and Chakraborty present preliminary findings on Indian matrimonial web site research
30-10-2014
Emma Dalton, Philip F. Kelly, Kabita Chakraborty Emma Dalton and her York colleague Kabita Chakraborty discussed the preliminary findings of their research project earlier this month at YCAR...
Education, migration and development the focus of visiting Indonesian scholar's talk
27-10-2014
YCAR recently hosted Dr. Devanto S. Pramoto from Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia His talk addressed the progress of Indonesian education in relation to development. He considered whether regional differentials in educational enrollment are...
Upcoming Event | York panel discusses women in dance in Muslim societies at Aga Khan Museum
16-10-2014
York University Professors Tania Ahmad and Zulfikar Hirji, both of anthropology, and film Professor Ali Kazmi will lead a discussion on “Women in Dance in Muslim Societies” at the new...
York U graduate award in Tamil Studies honours memory of pioneer and leader of the Tamil community in Canada
15-10-2014
York alumni couple has established the first-ever graduate award in Tamil studies in memory of a pioneer and leader of the Tamil community in Canada. Harini Sivalingam (LLB ’05) and...
Year-long York U lecture series on political-ecological transformations in Asia
10-10-2014
Speakers from Canada, the United States, Australia, the Netherlands and Thailand will share their expertise and experience on resource extraction, forestry, fisheries, agriculture and urban ecologies in Southeast Asia as...