2014 YCAR Annual Report
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Annual Report 2013.2014 Annual Report 2013.2014 1. Contact Information Dr Philip Kelly, Director. [email protected] Dr Janice Kim, Associate Director. [email protected] Alicia Filipowich, Coordinator. [email protected] York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) 8th Floor, Kaneff Tower || 416.736.5821 | http://ycar.apps01.yorku.ca/ | [email protected] 2. Home Faculties for Active YCAR Faculty and Graduate Associates Education (1) Environmental Studies (6) Fine Arts (9) Health (2) Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (111) Glendon College (5) Osgoode Hall Law School (3) Schulich School of Business (3) 3. Chartering First Charter: May 2002; Last Renewal: March 2010 (for six years) 4. Mandate YCAR’s mandate is to foster and support research at York related to East, Southeast and South Asia, and Asian migrant communities in Canada and around the world. The Centre aims to provide: 1) Intellectual Exchange: facilitating interaction between Asia‐focused scholars at York, and between York researchers and a global community of Asia scholars; 2) Research Support: assisting in the development of research grants, and administering such projects; 3) Graduate Training: supporting graduate student training and research by creating an interdisciplinary intellectual hub, administering a graduate diploma program, and providing financial support for graduate research; 4) Knowledge Mobilization: providing a clear public point of access to York’s collective research expertise on Asia, and ensuring the wider dissemination of York research on Asia to academic and non‐academic audiences in Canada and around the world. 2 Annual Report 2013.2014 5. Membership and Governance YCAR Associates and Visitors, 2013.2014 Faculty Associates 66 Graduate Associates 75 Research Associates 46 Senior Research Associates 4 Visiting Scholars 5 Postdoctoral Fellows or Visitors 2 TOTAL 198 New Associates and Visitors appointed in 2013.2014 Faculty Associates 3 Graduate Associates 27 Research Associates 9 Visitors 3 TOTAL 42 Faculty Representation among Faculty Associates Education Environmental Studies Fine Arts Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Glendon College Osgoode Hall Law School Schulich School of Business Faculty Representation among Graduate Students Environmental Studies Fine Arts Glendon College Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Osgoode Hall Law School Health 3 Annual Report 2013.2014 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, 2013.2014: Philip F. Kelly, Director, Geography (LA&PS) (ex‐officio) Janice C.H. Kim, Associate Director and GDAS Coordinator, History (LA&PS) Kabita Chakraborty, Faculty Associate, Children’s Studies (LA&PS) Jean Michel Montsion, Faculty Associate, International Studies (Glendon College) Fahimul Quadir, Faculty Associate, Development Studies (LA&PS) Lorna Wright, Faculty Associate (Schulich School of Business) Qiang Zha, Faculty Associate (Faculty of Education) Zhipeng (Simon) Gao, Graduate Associate, PhD Candidate, Psychology (Faculty of Health) Fumi Sakata, Graduate Associate, PhD Candidate, Humanities (LA&PS) Kasim Tirmizey, Graduate Associate, PhD Candidate (Faculty of Environmental Studies) Salimah Vaiya, Graduate Associate, PhD Candidate, Social and Political Thought (LA&PS) Alicia Filipowich, Centre Coordinator (ex‐officio) EXECUTIVE SUB‐COMMITTEES, 2013.2014: YCAR Award Sub‐Committee Philip F. Kelly, Geography (LA&PS) (ex‐officio), Director Janice C.H. Kim, History (LA&PS), Associate Director and GDAS Coordinator YCAR Membership Sub‐Committee Philip F. Kelly, Geography (LA&PS) (ex‐officio), Director Janice C.H. Kim, History (LA&PS), Associate Director and GDAS Coordinator Fumi Sakata, PhD Candidate, (LA&PS), Graduate Associate Kasim Tirmizey, PhD Candidate, (Faculty of Environmental Studies), Graduate Associate YCAR Postdoctoral Fellow Sub‐Committee Philip F. Kelly, Geography (LA&PS) (ex‐officio), Director Janice C.H. Kim, History (LA&PS), Associate Director and GDAS Coordinator B. Michael Frolic, Executive Director, Asian Business and Management Programme (LA&PS) YCAR Space Committee Philip F. Kelly, Geography (LA&PS) (ex‐officio), Director Janice C.H. Kim, History (LA&PS), Associate Director and GDAS Coordinator 4 Annual Report 2013.2014 EXTERNAL ADVISORY COUNCIL: Eva Busza, Vice President, Knowledge and Research, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Tam Goossen, Chair, Good Jobs for All Coalition; Vice‐President, Urban Alliance on Race Relations Caroline Mangosing, Executive Director, Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture David Mulroney, Distinguished Senior Fellow, Munk School of Global Affairs Canadian Ambassador to China, 2009‐2012 Haroon Siddiqui, Editorial Page Editor Emeritus and Columnist, Toronto Star 6. Progress in Fulfilling YCAR’s Mandate This section is organized according to the four dimensions of YCAR’s mandate. Intellectual Exchange During 2013.2014, YCAR organized or supported 51 activities (see Appendix 1) whose purpose was research‐based intellectual exchange. A set of lecture series formed the centerpiece of our intellectual exchange activities. They provide opportunities for sustained discussion around specific research areas and gave coherence and public profile to areas of Asian research strength at York. The three lecture series featured 14 events and were focused on ‘Philippines Studies’ (organized by graduate associates Kenneth Cardenas and Conely de Leon), ‘Transnational Diaspora Studies’ (organized by the South Asia Research Group) and ‘East Asian Knowledge Production’ (organized by Joan Judge). Intellectual exchange activities also took the form of workshops supported by YCAR. These are designed to bring together scholars working on focused sets of issues with a view to publishing their collective deliberations. One workshop (organized by Philip Kelly, funding from IDRC) focused on transnational ties forged by migrants between the Philippines and Canada. It featured researchers from the Commission on Filipinos Overseas, Miriam College and TIGRA Philippines, as well as York, UBC, Queen’s and OCAD University. Papers from the workshop will be featured in a journal special issue. 5 Annual Report 2013.2014 Our graduate associates who form the South Asia Research Group (SARG) convened a second well‐attended workshop on Critical Approaches to South Asian Studies, with a keynote address by Saadia Toor of CUNY. Core members of SARG are: Nadia Hasan, PhD candidate, Political Science; Amrita Kauldher, MA candidate, Anthropology; Sailaja Krishnamurti, Assistant Professor, Humanities; Nausheen Quayyum, PhD candidate, Political Science; Omme Salma Rahemtullah, PhD candidate, Sociology; Nayani Thiyagarajah, MA candidate, Interdisciplinary Studies; Nishant Upadhyay, PhD candidate, Social and Political Thought; Tina Virmani, PhD candidate, Political Science. Another workshop (organized by Jessica Li, with funding from SSHRC) focused on Cultural Translation and Chinese‐ Canadian Studies. The event featured 12 papers by researchers from York, University of Toronto, UBC, Wilfrid Laurier, and the Open University of Hong Kong, as well as a keynote address by the Honorable Vivienne Poy. The papers will be published as an edited volume. In addition to these lecture series and workshops, we also hosted visiting speakers from across Canada and from Hong Kong, India, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, United Kingdom and the United States. Vinay Gidwani from the University of Minnesota delivered our keynote Asia Lecture. The following longer term visitors were hosted by YCAR in 2013.14: Yueran Feng, independent scholar Vanessa Lamb, ASEAN‐Canada Junior Fellow Xing Lyu, Yunnan University and Director, Greater Mekong Sub‐region (GMS) Study Center Mohana Kumar Saradamma, Institute of Development Studies, Jaipur, India Tracey Skelton, Associate Professor, Human Geography, National University of Singapore Andrew Song, YCAR/ABMP Postdoctoral Visitor in Asian Governance, York University Chuanyi Wang, Postdoctoral Associate, Institute of Education, Tsinghua University The Asia Business and Management Programme (ABMP), directed by YCAR associates Prof. Bernie Frolic and Dr Elena Caprioni trained numerous groups of delegates visiting from China and Vietnam in the fields of public and corporate governance. ABMP continues to be hosted by YCAR, but now reports to the Dean’s Office in LA&PS. ABMP remains an important source of financial support for YCAR. 6 Annual Report 2013.2014 Research Support Research support represents a less visible, but essential, component of the Centre’s activities. Over the course of the year, YCAR’s director and coordinator have provided advice and support to a range of proposals submitted for internal and external funding. This support has usually been in the form of coordination of the application, constructing a budget, seeking internal/external support for applications, framing research ideas to match funders’ criteria, ensuring that the submission meets internal York specifications, coordinating communications for larger collaborations, and offering editorial and content advice on draft proposals. Where appropriate, YCAR has also committed internal funds or in‐kind support to such applications. The following external grant proposals were submitted with YCAR support in 2013.2014: SSHRC Insight Grant Peter Vandergeest (LA&PS, Geography): New Directions in Environmental Governance: Remaking Public and Private Authority in Southeast Asian Resource Frontiers (PENDING) SSHRC Insight Development Grant Sailaja Krishnamurti (LA&PS, Humanities): Temple Didactics: Hindu Temple Publics, Representation, and Transnational