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boys in Cox's Bazar refugee settlment, Bangladesh. Photo by Sakshi Shetty

Student Researchers Examine Gendered Aid in the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

May 30, 2019

With support from the Richard Charles Lee Insights through Asia Challenge, undergraduate students conducted on-the-ground research in Cox’s Bazar refugee settlement, Bangladesh.

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Tong Lam photograph

Tong Lam: Moving Images, Moving People

May 3, 2019

Professor Tong Lam’s Contact Photography Festival exhibition documents contemporary China’s outdoor film phenomena, exploring themes of urban space, spectacle, and the formation of the political subject.

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Tong Lam photograph

Tong Lam: Moving Images, Moving People

May 2, 2019

Professor Tong Lam’s photographs will be featured at 401 Richmond as part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival from May 10 to June 8, 2019.

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close up on the body of a soldier holding an automatic weapon.

A Closer Look at the Kashmir Crisis

March 20, 2019

Centre for South Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow Joseph McQuade discusses the recent escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, their historical roots and their local and global implications.

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tractors in a field with golden temple in the background

Tea Circle Brings New Perspectives on Burma/Myanmar to the Asian Institute

March 14, 2019

Founded at the University of Oxford, Tea Circle has recently found a new home at the University of Toronto.

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The CASSU Executive Team poses in front of shelves of books in the Munk School library

Global Careers through Asia Conference offers lessons for life after graduation

February 11, 2019

Grace Chong and Richard Liu led the Contemporary Asian Studies Student Union team in organizing this year’s conference. Read about what they learned from the experience.

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Movement-based artist Eiko Otake poses among concrete tetrapods.

A BODY IN FUKUSHIMA: REFLECTIONS ON THE NUCLEAR IN EVERYDAY LIFE

February 8, 2019

The Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies presents a series of events in spring 2019 including performance by artist Eiko Otake (March 15), symposium (March 16), and photo exhibits (March 4-April 14).

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Student Research Awards at the Asian Institute, 2018-19 Call for Ideas

Call for Ideas: 2018-19 Student Research Awards at the Asian Institute

December 12, 2018

The Richard Charles Lee Insights through Asia Challenge (ITAC) and the Global Taiwan Studies Program Big Ideas Competition are accepting applications now.

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U of T interns with CREST students in Kerala

Undergraduates work with Indian students to address limits to social mobility in Kerala

November 16, 2018

The CREST Internship program, developed by Professor Tania Li, provides valuable opportunities for cross-cultural learning and exchange for students from Canada and India.

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students watch a presentation as part of the ITAC student presentations at the Asian Institute.

Transformative Student Research at the Asian Institute

October 30, 2018

Recipients of the 2017-18 Richard Charles Lee Insights through Asia Challenge and Global Taiwan Big Ideas Taiwan Competition shared their imaginative, timely, and impactful projects at the Asian Institute this September.

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