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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
The Emotions of Migration workshop series is a two part event which tackled transnational affect and the varied emotions of migration, within the context of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A new journal article by Sai Latt (YCAR alumni and Research Director, Pyidaungsu Institute for Peace & Dialogue) and Robin Roth (Geography) has been published […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Call for papers for an edited collection Outward and upward mobilities: International students, their families, and structuring institutions (Working title of edited book, July 2014) […]
Michael Nijhawan (Sociology) and Ratiba Hadj-Moussa (Sociology) are editors of a new publication, Suffering, Art, and Aesthetics (Palgrave Macmillan, July 2014). The book brings together […]
The perspectives of recent York students on Canadian ties to a rapidly changing Asia have recently been published on the “Emerging Voices on Asia” blog […]
The newest addition to the YCAR Asia Research Brief series is by Kenneth Cardenas (PhD candidate, Geography). Kenneth’s brief, titled “Retelling the Philippines’ turnaround story”, […]
Thank you to those who participated in the Settlement Challenges, Success Stories and Support for Filipino Youth symposium held on June 23 at York University. […]
Qiang Zha (Education) is quoted in a new article on China’s expansion of vocational education programs. In a bid to reduce the huge number of university […]
Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]
Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]
Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]
Gregory Chin’s (Political Science) comments on ‘China’s New Commitments in Africa’ was published by The Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International […]
Thomas Klassen (Political Science) was interviewed for a 8 June 2014 Toronto Star article, “Why employers prefer retirees who don’t need to work” by Adam Mayers. […]
York University is honouring Schulich School of Business Professor Russell Belk with the title of Distinguished Research Professor. The title is given to active members […]
Ted Goossen (Humanities) will speak at a 20 May 2014 Canada Japan Society event on Japanese literature, and the booming global popularity of Haruki Murakami. […]
A report about why Filipino youth are not completing university, in general, was submitted recently to the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. Titled […]
R. Patrick Alcedo (Dance) is the author of the chapter, “How Black Is Black?: The Indigenous Atis Compete at the Ati-atihan Festival”, which was recently […]
Gregory Chin (Political Science) authored a guest post on the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute’s Political Economy blog. The post, “A life of (global) meaning […]
Asian Futures, Old and New is the newest addition to YCAR’s Asia Colloquia Papers series. The paper is available here: http://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/publications/asia-colloquia-papers In this keynote address to […]
The South Asia Research Group, based at YCAR, has been invited to participate in Charting Imperial Itineraries, 1914-2014: Unmooring the Komagata Maru” at the University […]
YCAR Research Associate Xuan Thuy Nguyen’s article “Education Reform in Vietnam: A Critical Analysis of Inclusion and Management Discourses” was published in The Journal of […]
YCAR Research Associate Dr. Zahir Sadeque’s chapter,”How Climate Change will Shape the Social Policy Framework,” appears in the third exdition of The Welfare State Reader, edited by […]
YCAR is pleased to welcome Dr. Andrew Song to the Centre as its inaugural YCAR/ABMP Postdoctoral Visitor in Asian Governance. Andrew recently completed his PhD in […]
International Workshop Series: The Emotions of Migration Young People’s Migration Within and Throughout Asia: Managing Emotions, Identities and Relationships (Workshop 2) Date: 19 August 2014 […]
Analyzing Farmer Suicides in India is the latest addition to YCAR’s Asia Research Brief series. It can be accessed here. The Brief, by Raju Das […]
Chinese Women’s History: Local or Global? by Professor Joan Judge (Department of History) is the latest addition to the YCAR Asia Research Briefs series. Dr. Judge’s […]
YCAR Faculty Associate Pietro Giordan (Chair, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics) is the author of the recently published Drifting Lightly Over the Troubled Waters of Modernity: […]
Philip Kelly (Department of Geography) is the author of “Understanding Intergenerational Social Mobility: Filipino Youth in Canada’, a study published by the Institute for Research […]
YCAR Graduate Associate Vanessa Lamb (Department of Geography), who recently defended her thesis, is the recipient of a 2013-2014 ASEAN-Canada Junior Fellowship, offered by the […]
YCAR Faculty Associate Ilan Kapoor (Faculty Associate, Environmental Studies) will speak as part of the Migration Matters series in a 5 February 2014 seminar on […]
YCAR Associate Director Janice C.H. Kim (Department of History) has been awarded funding from The Korea Foundation to support a lecture series titled ‘Heterogeneity and […]
YCAR Faculty Associate Gregory Chin (Political Science) appeared on ‘The Agenda with Steve Paikin’ on 15 January 2014 to discuss if China poses a risk […]
YCAR invites applications from its York Faculty or Graduate Associates who wish to organize a research workshop in the 2014-2015 academic year. Such workshops will […]
YCAR Research Associate Lynne Milgram (Department of Anthropology, OCADU), will give a talk titled “Remapping the Edge: Informality and Legality in a New Night Street Market, […]
YCAR Graduate Associate Farah Islam (Kinesiology & Health Studies) will discuss health research focusing on South Asians living in Canada as part of a seminar […]
YCAR welcomes applications from its Faculty Associates for the YCAR Research Collaboration Fellowship, which exists to support intensive collaborations between a Faculty Associate of the Centre […]
YCAR offers fieldwork and language training awards open to graduate students at York University. The deadline for applications is 10 February 2014 at 4pm. For […]
YCAR Faculty Associate and Director Philip F. Kelly (Department of Geography) gave a talk titled ‘When the Escalator Gets Stuck: Intergenerational Social Mobility in Canada’s Filipino […]