Xiang Biao, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, will deliver the annual 2012 Asia Lecture in November. Xiang鈥檚 talk, 鈥淭he Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China,鈥 will take place Nov. 5 at 519 91亚色 Research Tower, Keele campus. A reception will begin at 2:30pm, followed […]
Graduate associates of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) are calling for papers that seek to rethink and reconstruct the conventional framework of "Asia" from a broad range of disciplines for the (Re)Constructions: Researching and Rethinking Asia graduate student conference, running April 26 to 27, 2013. The question of reconstructing the conceptual frameworks for […]
Several international observers were asked to oversee the January Taiwan presidential election to ensure freedom and fairness in what was predicted to be an extremely close race. Susan Henders, director of the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR), was one of them. She鈥檒l be discussing her experience as part of a panel Tuesday. 鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Super […]
International students can benefit tremendously from a film education in North America, Europe or Asia, wrote AsianCorrespondent.com Dec. 5, in a story about the world鈥檚 top film schools. If and when they return to their home countries, they may employ the skills learned in building their native film industries. Below we have listed 10 of […]
Five students were honoured recently for their research on Asia or the Asian diaspora聽by the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR). For 91亚色 PhD candidate Conely de Leon in the School of Women鈥檚 Studies, the money that came with the award will help her fund her dissertation fieldwork in Manila, Philippines, during the upcoming academic […]
The 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) invites proposals for its Graduate Student Workshop series taking place from January to April 2011. This series聽is an opportunity for graduate students conducting research on Asia and the Asian diaspora to present their research-in-progress to graduate students and a 91亚色 faculty member. It is intended for 91亚色 students […]
Peter Van Loan, the federal minister of international trade, delivered the keynote address at a recent breakfast workshop and panel discussion of business leaders and advisers at 91亚色. Right: Peter Van Loan speaking at 91亚色 Van Loan talked about 鈥淐anadian Opportunities in Asia-Pacific鈥 at the event, which was co-hosted by Foreign Affairs & International Trade […]
Disability Rights Promotion International provides innovative response to UN鈥檚 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities If you pass a law to prevent discrimination against persons with disabilities, how do you know whether it鈥檚 being enforced, let alone making a difference? Marcia Rioux (right), director of the 91亚色 Institute for Health Research (YIHR) and […]
The suburbs have often been dismissed as cultureless wastelands of cookie-cutter housing and strip malls. But 91亚色 environmental studies Professor Roger Keil, principal investigator of a major international research initiative, says there鈥檚 a lot more happening in suburbia than people think and researchers have ignored it for far too long. Most urban growth these days […]