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September 2026

Damage Without Defeat: Distributed Resilience and the Limits of Coercion Against Iran

Wednesday, 30 September 2026 | 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom (NEW in-person location) With Dr Abdulqadir Al-Emad, York University Dr Abdulqadir Al-Emad will examine why the United States and Israel, despite inflicting major damage on Iran, have not converted destruction […]
30 Sep
2:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Room 857, Eighth Floor, Kaneff Tower, Keele Campus, York University and virtually via Zoom
  • West Asia Research Cluster at YCAR

Hong Kong: A City of Law

Ninth Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Wednesday, 30 September, 2026 | 3:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m. | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries With Laikwan Pang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Discussant: Lynette Ong, University of Toronto Hong Kong has long been hailed as a city defined […]
30 Sep
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (Eighth Floor, 130 St. George Street, Toronto)
  • Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Organizing Committee
October 2026

Staying in Trouble

2026 Workshop for Graduate Student Scholars of Hong Kong and its Diasporas Thursday, 01 October 2026 | 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Laikwan Pang, the Choh Ming Li Professor of Cultural Studies and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies at The Chinese […]
01 Oct
All Day
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library (Eighth Floor, 130 St. George Street, Toronto)
  • Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies Organizing Committee

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 […]
07 Oct
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
  • South Asia Research Collective, York University

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 […]
09 Oct
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

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  […]
13 Oct
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM

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 Anusha Rao (University of Toronto) and Suhas Mahesh (Independent Translator) This event is part of the Demos, Democracy and Democratization: South Asia Lecture Series 2026–27. For more information: sarc[at]yorku.ca
21 Oct
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Room 302, Accolade West Building, Keele Campus, York University
  • South Asia Research Collective

'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 […]
23 Oct
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • West Asia Research Cluster

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 […]
27 Oct
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Room 280A, Second Floor, York Lanes, Keele Campus, York University & Virtually via Zoom
  • Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative / Initiative canadienne pour l’étude du sud-est asiatique (CSEASI/ICESEA)
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 […]
05 Nov
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative / Initiative canadienne pour l’étude du sud-est asiatique (CSEASI/ICESEA)
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