China

16 September 2010, Thursday
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
8/F, Robarts Library, 130 St. George St.

Conference Programme
The Honourable Senator Vivienne Poy
Chair & Opening Remarks

Dr. David Chuenyan Lai
Professor Emeritus of Geography, University of Victoria
Topic: Chinese Gateways in China and Canada

Professor Eric Fong
Dept. of Sociology, University of Toronto
Topic: The Residential Clustering of Chinese in Toronto

Dr. Jack Leong
Director, Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library
Topic: Challenges of Social Integration for Chinese Immigrants

Professor Joseph Wong
Director, Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
Discussant

We are very proud to announce the publication of Passages 2009-2010. Building on the inaugural volume, this year's draws from a much wider range of student research - U of T Summer Abroad program in Shanghai; ASI400 class trip to South Korea; and, as always, research notes on East and Southeast Asia by Dr.David Chu Scholarship recipients. What is more, we are absolutely delighted to have received submissions from graduate students from Columbia University, Fudan University and Harvard University. This marks an important step of the Passages - and the APR - expanding its international reach. Above all, we are indeed privileged to publish an op-ed from Mr. Gordon Chang, forbes.com columnist and author of "The Coming Collapse of China".
Yao Adam Liu, Faith Pang, Sherry Lu

2nd Annual ON EAST CONFERENCE: (Re)Viewing East Asia

The East Asian Studies Students' Union presents a conference featuring papers from the most talented undergraduate students from University of Toronto and beyond. EASSU believes that excellent scholarship can come from every level, and with the encouragement of many professors and graduates, we present to you one of the most exciting opportunities for undergraduate scholarship to enter into the spotlight for debate, discussion and contemplation!

Keynote speech will be provided by Professor Joshua Fogel from York University, one of Canada's top Sinologists.

11.15:
Andrew Campana & Luke Witzaney, ON EAST Co-Chairs: Introduction
Professor John Edward Stowe: Opening Remarks

Date: March 19, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Location: 208N, North House

SPEAKERS
Kellee Tsai
Professor of Political Science and Director of East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University

CONTACT INFO
Katherine Mitchell

DESCRIPTION
Is China developing a capitalist class that will rise to demand democracy? Based on an original national survey of business owners and extensive field research, Professor Tsai finds little evidence for such popular expectations. Nonetheless, private entrepreneurs have profoundly reshaped China’s political economy through a myriad of adaptive informal institutions.

Saturday March 13, 2010 - 9am-7:30pm
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto
14th Floor of Robarts Library, room RL14087

Full details about the conference can be found here: http://individual.utoronto.ca/tq_87/easgsu/index.html

"It is only once it is formulated, named in the presence of the other, that desire appears in the full sense of the term." - Jacques Lacan

THE ASIAN DIASPORA CONFERENCE: ASIA & BEYOND
One of the BIGGEST conference events of the year on Asia

Date: Saturday 6th March 2010
Time: 9:30am - 4:00pm
Location: 108N, 208N, Munk Centre for International Studies, 1
Devonshire Place, Toronto, Ontario

LEARN, CHALLENGE, NETWORK.
MULTICULTURALISM. THE MEANING OF 'CANADIAN ASIAN'.

We want to give a chance for high profile leaders, academics, and
inspirational figures to contribute their insights and knowledge to
the academic community, general public and the new generation of
Asian diaspora. Our goal is to give a forum for them to share their
experiences and struggles, as well as academic or personal insights
towards issues related to the Asians living in Canada and beyond.

The Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library will host a lecture about Li Qingzhao, the prominent female poet of Song Dynasty, entitled "Li Qingzhao / 李清照: The Eminent Scholar and Her Works" on Thursday, March 4.

Please refer to the attached poster for more details. The lecture is free and open to all, but pre-registration is needed because of a limited number of seats. Please contact Lucy (lucy.gan@utoronto.ca, or 416-978-1025 ) to reserve a seat or request further information about the event.

The East Asian Library at the University of Pittsburgh is pleased to announce travel grants for the 2010 calendar year. The purpose of these grants is to support scholars who wish to do research at the East Asian Library, University of Pittsburgh. The grants are sponsored by the Asian Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. They are available at the range of $250-$500 for each candidate depending on the need and the location of the individual. Special consideration will be given to those researchers in southwestern Pennsylvania and the nearby regions with no major East Asian collections, and without receiving such grants previously.

The application deadline is March 20, 2010. Grants will be awarded by March 31, 2010. The awards must be used before July 15, 2010.