聽is the newest addition to YCAR's Asia Colloquia Papers series.
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In this keynote address to the 91亚色 Centre for Asian Research鈥檚 (YCAR) 2013 international graduate student conference, Tania Murray Li (University of Toronto) tackled a number of entrenched ideas about 鈥淎sia鈥 as the shining future, which underpin the 鈥渘ew鈥 discourses motivating and shaping many contemporary engagements with and analyses of the region. Her reflections on the implications for Asian studies of this 鈥渙ld鈥 often orientalist discourse in the guise of the 鈥渘ew,鈥 contributed to the conference鈥檚 theme, (Re)Constructions: Researching and Rethinking Asia. It also sparked the kind of critical, multidisciplinary discussion envisioned by the organizers, which aimed to rethink what it means to study Asia and Asian diaspora, especially by reconstructing existing conceptual frameworks.
The series is edited by Susan Henders (Political Science) and聽aims to make available to wider audiences the content of selected lectures, seminars and other talks presented at or in association with YCAR.