Programmes
& Initiatives

YCAR supports the following ongoing programmes and intitiatives (listed alphabetically)

Programmes

Asian Business and Management Program (ABMP)
Executive Director: Bernard M. Frolic
Training Director: Elena Caprioni
Website: https://abmp.info.yorku.ca

Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE)
Director: Hyun Ok Park (Sociology)
Deputy Director: Mihyon Jeon (Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics)
Funding: Academy of Korean Studies
Website: kore.info.yorku.ca


Initiatives

Bernard H.K. Luk Memorial Lecture in Hong Kong Studies
Website: ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/bernard-luk-memorial-lecture

Canada-ASEAN Initiatives
Project Director: Julie Nguyen (EAC member)
Website: www.canada-asean.org

Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies Secretariat
Website: ccseas.ca

Designs on Pots: Ban Chiang and the Politics of Heritage in Thailand
Directors: Penny B. Van Esterik (Anthropology)
Website: http://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/banchiangpots/

Emergent Futures CoLab
Co-founder Rajat Nayyar (doctoral student in Theatre & Performance Studies)
Website: https://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/emergent-futures-colab/

Hakka Scholars Network
Funding: Endowed gift of the Honourable Dr Vivienne Poy
Website: http://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/hakka-scholars-network/

Marxist Studies in Global and Asian Perspectives
Organizers: Raju Das (Geography) and Robert Latham (Politics)
Website: https://marxiststudies.blog.yorku.ca

The Mindfulness in Motion Lab (MinML) 
Project Directors: Shyam Ranganathan (Philosophy) and Priya Thomas (YCAR External Research Associate)

Modern Japanese Art and China
Principal Investigator: Joshua Fogel (History)
Funding: Ishibashi Foundation
Website: https://www.ishibashi-ucsd-2018.org/

Tempat Pertemuan untuk Para Cendekiawan Sulawesi (LOBO)
Editor: Albert Schrauwers (Anthropology)
Funding: York Centre for Asian Research
Website: https://lobo.apps01.yorku.ca/


For completed programmes and projects, visit our Archive page.