Interdisciplinary

Passages is a yearly publication organized and edited by a group of graduate students at the University of Toronto. Our goal is to tap into the knowledge of students and faculty by promoting and publishing their work. To view last year’s publication of Passages, please visit http://www.asiapacificreader.org/sites/default/files/Passages2010.pdf.

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

The Asian Institute, in collaboration with the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies at the University of Toronto, the Departments of Sociology and East Asian Students, the Japan Foundation and the Japanese consulate in Toronto, are proud to present the 2010 Asian Foodprints conference.

This second such event will focus on Japan and Japanese food. The aim of this event is to use Japanese food and its culinary traditions as windows to explore both continuities and change in Japanese society.

The Program
FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010

VENUE:
Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility
Munk Centre for International Studies
University of Toronto

8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION and breakfast

9:00 – 9:15 WELCOME

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...

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.

The impact of climate change on the circumpolar north has increased the value the Arctic Ocean to coastal states and presents serious foreign policy challenges to Canada. The Arctic dispute has two distinct features for Canada; a dispute over the status of the Northwest Passage and conflicting claims with coastal states over extended continental shelf claims. Canada?s response to these challenges will have a lasting effect on its relationships with neighbouring states as well as on the lives of those who inhabit the area. This paper concerns the latter challenge; overlapping extended continental shelf claims with coastal states such as Russia.

This seminar will explore the contributions and limitations of various modes of life-writing ([auto]biography, oral history, and memoir) for telling Hong Kong's past.

Can life-writing make visible histories that would otherwise be unknown, unwritten?

What roles does life-writing play in the telling of the story of Hong Kong, given the rapid social, economic and political change experienced by the territory and its people over many decades?

Presentations by: Canadian Senator Vivienne Poy and York University Professors Bernard Luk and Yuk- Lin Renita Wong

All are welcome. For more information e-mail ycar@yorku.ca