October 2026
Rethinking Addiction in Digital China: Esports, Fintech and AI Chatbots
Wednesday, 07 October 2026 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. ET | Virtually via Zoom With Yichen Rao (Utrecht University; Inclusive AI Lab) In China, a teenager in an "internet addiction" treatment camp told me that school was simply a badly designed game; an IT worker lost her savings through an investment app; a university […]
A Dying Colonialism: World War Two, the Bengal Famine and Civil War in India (1939–1946)
Wednesday, 07 October 2026 | Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University With Janam Mukherjee, Toronto Metropolitan University This talk will examine the impacts of World War Two on colonized India, particularly through the lens of the Bengal famine, which killed 3-5 million people between the years 1943 and 1946. On the […]
In Conversation with Indo-Pacific Research Fellows
Friday, 09 October 2026 | 10:30–11:30 a.m. | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University As Canada considers the next phase of its Indo-Pacific Strategy, it faces a less predictable environment than it did in 2022. Its relationship with Washington is less certain, and the rules governing global trade, security and technology […]
Building Canada-ASEAN Economic Resilience and Accelerating Market Penetration
Fourth Annual Canada-ASEAN Economic Symposium Tuesday, 13 October 2026 | Noon to 5:00 p.m. | Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa The topics of discussion include: 1) What’s next for Canada–ASEAN economic resilience in the context of implementing existing trade arrangements and advancing trade agreements currently under negotiation; and […]
Under Watch: Surveillance of Muslims on Canadian Campuses
Saturday, 17 October 2026 | 6:30 p.m. | York University This roundtable brings together faculty, students and journalists to examine the conditions of Muslim life on Canadian campuses, with particular attention to surveillance, discipline and the realities of subversion and resistance. Moderated by Amira Elghawaby. Registration is required and seating is limited. Please register using […]
Anti-Asian Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 | 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University With: The co-authors of Anti-Asian Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Canada join us for a timely and compelling examination of the surge in anti‑Asian racism during and after the pandemic. Drawing on historical analysis, empirical […]
How to Love in Sanskrit
Wednesday, 21 October 2026 | 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. | Room 302, Accolade West Building, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom Anusha Rao (New York University) and Suhas Mahesh (Independent Translator) Anusha Rao currently teaches South Asian Religions at New York University. She holds a PhD in Sanskrit intellectual traditions from the University […]
'Ameneh's Golden Blood': The Political through the Personal, and the Human Consequences of Sanctions
Friday, 23 October 2026 | Noon to 2:00 p.m. | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University The West Asia Research Cluster invites you to a screening and discussion of 'Ameneh's Golden Blood', a documentary by Iranian filmmaker Dr. Habib Ahmadzadeh. Featured prominently at international film events, this film follows Ameneh, a […]
Exposing Disinformation Economies: Lessons from Asia and the Global South
Tuesday, 27 October 2026 | 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom With Jonathan Corpus Ong (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) Discussant: Yu-Chen Chen (York University) This talk critiques the “mainstream” of disinformation studies and presents alternative visions of more globally minded and […]
Talk by Mayshu (Meixu) Zhan
Wednesday, 28 October 2026 | Virtually via Zoom With Mayshu (Meixu) Zhan (Stanford University) This event is part of the Games and Global Asia Lecture Series. More information at this link.
November 2026
From Defending Rights to Finding a Safe Home: A Human Rights Defender’s Journey from Myanmar to Canada Speaker
Thursday, 05 November 2026 | Noon to 1:00 p.m. | Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom What happens when defending human rights and democracy puts our safety, our work, and our future at risk? In countries where people have greater freedom to express their views, organize, participate […]
The Politics of Expertise: The Integration of Chinese Diasporic Scholars into China Studies in Cold War America
Wednesday, 25 November 2026 | 10:00 to 11:30 ET | Virtually via Zoom With Qing Liu, De Paul University and Adam R. Nelson, University of Wisconsion-Madison During the early Cold War, American universities offered new opportunities to Chinese scholars whose anticipated return home had been disrupted by revolution and geopolitical conflict. Yet their incorporation into […]
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