York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR)

York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) The York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) is a leading international institution for research on global Asia, past and present.

We are a community of York University researchers who are committed to analyzing the changing historical and contemporary dynamics of societies in Asia, understanding Asia’s place in the world, and studying the experiences of Asian communities. The Centre supports and promotes Asia-focused research at York University and beyond. Our diverse community of faculty, graduate students and external rese

archers study East, Southeast, and South Asia as well as Asian Diaspora communities around the world. Our researchers come from across the York campus, including Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Fine Arts, Environmental Studies, Osgoode Hall Law School, Education and the Schulich School of Business.

03/16/2026
We are pleased to co-present the launch of Arab Techno for the People: Sonic Responses to Orientalism in Toronto and Mon...
03/09/2026

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

Join us on tomorrow for a talk by the inaugural YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow, Harsha Anantharaman, on Caste, Recognition, an...
11/18/2025

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.

Join us tomorrow at 3 p.m. for the second lecture in the Demos, Democracy and Democratization with Vikrant Dadawala.
10/07/2025

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

Presenters at this week’s YCAR-supported conference consider Royal Asiatic Societies and nineteenth century science. Reg...
10/01/2025

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 ‘Lan...
09/19/2025

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

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Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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