Workshops explored transnational affect and the varied emotions of migration in Asia
07-10-2014
Left to Right: Janice Gow Pettey, Jocelyn Celero, Adrian Khan, Wai-chi Chee, Valerie Francisco, Gunjan Sondhi, Amrita Datta, Kabita Chakraborty, Roy Hujisman, Janarathani Arumugam, S. Irudaya...
Opportunity | YCAR/ABMP Short-Term Postdoctoral Visitor in Asian Governance
02-10-2014
The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites applications for a short-term (four month) post-doctoral fellowship in Asian Governance. The successful applicant will have completed a PhD within the last...
Korean identity in the 21st century is focus of new YCAR speaker series
30-09-2014
Established senior and groundbreaking junior scholars will share their expertise and experience in the fields of globalization, transnational labour and class in South Korea as part of a year-long lecture...
Associate News | Colin McGuire recipient of two paper prizes
06-09-2014
The Canadian Society for Traditional Music has recognized Colin McGuire’s research and awarded him the CSTM/SCTM Student Paper Prize for the best paper presented by a student at the organization’s...
Call for Papers | 2015 Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies Workshop: Questions of Method in South Asian Studies
06-09-2014
The Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies (CASAS) Workshop will take place in Toronto on 26-27 February 2015. CASAS offers a forum for exploring research on and critical discussions about...
Associate Publication | Robin Roth and Sai Latt
20-08-2014
A new journal article by Sai Latt (YCAR alumni and Research Director, Pyidaungsu Institute for Peace & Dialogue) and Robin Roth (Geography) has been published (online) by the Journal of...
Associate News | Patrick Alcedo receives Ontario Early Researcher Award
31-07-2014
Russ Patrick Alcedo (Dance) is one of four York professors to be awarded an Ontario Early Researcher Awards valued at $140,000. The Early Researcher Awards program helps recently appointed researchers...
Associate News | R. Patrick Alcedo receives Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for Dance and Dance Studies
22-07-2014
The Fulbright Association has recognized R. Patrick Alcedo (Dance) with a Selma Jeanne Cohen Award for Dance and Dance Studies. The Selma Jeanne Cohen Fund for International Scholarship on Dance honours...
Associate Publications | Gregory Chin comments on China in Africa, Renminbi internationalization
22-07-2014
Gregory Chin (Political Science) is the author of two recent blog contributions on China in Africa and Renminbi internationalization. China’s Challenge in Africa: Avoid Blame of Neo-Colonialism was posted as...
Media | Gregory Chin on new BRICS development bank and reserve currency fund
22-07-2014
Gregory Chin (Political Science) was quoted in a Toronto Star article on the $50 billion (U.S.) development bank established by the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa –...