York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR)

A panel of York experts is coming together Friday to discuss Jay Goulding’s Daoist Phenomenology: A Vertical Reading. More info:
https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/jay-gouldings-daoist-phenomenology-a-vertical-reading-13032026/

We are pleased to co-present the launch of Arab Techno for the People: Sonic Responses to Orientalism in Toronto and Montreal with author Jillian Fulton-Melanson. More information : https://shorturl.at/vP3Zy

The China Studies Group hosts Professor Sida Liu to talk about how digitization is reshaping labour control. Register at: https://forms.office.com/r/ntUGjkcB5F

Join us in-person or online on Tuesday when Yasmin Y. Ortiga will talk about her new book, Stuck at Home: Pandemic Immobilities in the Nation of Emigration. This Canadian Southeast Asian Studies Initiative (CSEASI) Research Colloquium event begins at 10:00 ET. Learn more or register here : https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/book-talk-stuck-at-home-pandemic-immobilities-in-the-nation-of-emigration-ortiga-cseasi-10032026/

Join us on tomorrow for a talk by the inaugural YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow, Harsha Anantharaman, on Caste, Recognition, and the Politics of Waste Work in Urban India.

YCAR and the Philippine Studies Group are pleased to co-present the launch of Indigeneity in the Philippines: Studies on Knowledge, Identity, and Rights. Register to attend this virtual event here: https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/book-launch-indigeneity-philippines-psg-18112025/

Executive Producer Nancy Bui of the Vietnamese Heritage Foundation joins GETSEA and over 20 universities across North America to watch Vietnamerica together simultaneously and connect via Zoom for a discussion with the filmmaker about the Vietnamese diaspora, their struggle, and how Master Hoa’s story is a prism to see the larger group. Join us on Tuesday!

https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/vietnamerica-getsea-simulcast-screening-discussion-18112025/

Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. for the second lecture in the Demos, Democracy and Democratization with Vikrant Dadawala.

The third annual Canada-ASEAN economic symposium will take place on Oct. 21. This year’s theme is Intensifying Canada-ASEAN Economic Relations in the Face of Tariff Disruptions. All are welcome! More information at: https://www.yorku.ca/research/ycar/events/intensifying-canada-asean-economic-relations-face-tariff-disruptions-21102025

Presenters at this week’s YCAR-supported conference consider Royal Asiatic Societies and nineteenth century science. Register to attend virtually for the event, beginning tomorrow, using this link : https://sites.google.com/view/rasconference

Join us for the first event in the Doing Beauty: Celebrating Diversity series on Sunday with a virtual screening of ‘Land of My Dreams’ and Q&A with its director, Nausheen Khan. Register at https://tinyurl.com/doingbeauty