North Korea

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

Date: 12 March 2010
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Location: 208N, North House (Munk Centre for International Studies)

SPEAKERS
Ted Lipman
Speaker
Canadian Ambassador to Korea

CONTACT INFO
Katherine Mitchell

DESCRIPTION

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.

Date: 7 January 2010
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: 208N, North House

DESCRIPTION

Thinking of getting a Master's degree? Have an interest in the Asia Pacific? The MAPS program allows you to add a specialization in Asia Pacific Studies in addition to a Master's degree. You are invited to an informal information session with the program director, administrator, current MAPS students and alums. Learn about possible entry awards for new students and scholarships for those who are eligible to travel to the region to study a language or conduct research. Learn about unique resources and opportunities available to MAPS students, such as coordinating a World Bank conference at the Munk Centre or co-editing an exciting e-journal. Come and have your questions answered.

MAIN SPONSOR

Student Mobility Support Program

The Student Mobility Program is designed to support short term initiatives involving exchanges, study tours, internships, scholarships, etc., in Canada, and is intended for organizations willing to offer international students the opportunity to advance their understanding of Canada in those areas of interest to Canada or in areas of shared policy challenges between Canada and the international student's country.

Applicants may request funding up to $10,000.

Applications need to be submitted to the local Canadian mission by February 1st , for events happening after April 1st. Late applications will not be considered.

For more details and the application form, visit http://www.international.gc.ca/studies-etudes/mobility-mobilite.aspx?lan...

The East Asia Forum is a refereed multi-disciplinary journal published annually by the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.

With contributions from graduate students the world over, the EAF enjoys a reputation for producing original graduate-level research that is at the forefront of the field of East Asian Studies.

Today it is common to demur from censuring collaborators with the Axis powers in World War II, citing the impossibility of putting oneself in the untenable position such collaborators then found themselves. Nonetheless contemporary moral philosophy has much to say about the choices men and women face when confronted by complicity with evil. Yi Kwang-su (1892-1950?), Korea's most distinguished modern novelist as well as one of its more notorious pro-Japanese partisans during the colonial period, offers an compelling test case for ways in which we might attempt to not only understand, but judge, his words and deeds in support of Japan's occupation of his country.