Features


Crowd of people in the street in Southeast Asia, many carrying bags

Migrations and New Mobilities in Southeast Asia

April 16, 2018

Asian Institute, UC Berkeley Center for Southeast Asia Studies and UCLA Center for Southeast Asian Studies co-host a research conference at UC Berkeley, April 27-28, 2018.

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Students in group photo with peace signs

ICM Bandung, Media Coverage

March 1, 2018

On February 16, 2018, seven students left Toronto to experience the International Course Module Program (ICM) course in Bandung, Indonesia. Having learned about different aspects of Indonesian society in CAS400: Interdisciplinary Research in Methods in Contemporary Asian Studies, taught by Dylan Clark,...

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Skyline of Bandung

Reading Week in Indonesia: In Conversation with ICM Students

February 16, 2018

A group of CAS students will be conducting field research in Indonesia during Reading Week. We sit down with some students to talk about their upcoming trip.

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Dr. Uddin standing at podium

A Tale of Sub-Human: The Rohingyas in Myanmar and Bangladesh

January 11, 2018

Dr. Nasir Uddin delivered a lecture at the Asian Institute about the experiences of the over million refugees who have fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

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Professor Nhung Tran standing in the courtyard of the Munk School of Global Affairs.

The Asian Institute Welcomes Nhung Tran as Director of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies

January 1, 2018

An Associate Professor of History, Tran will serve in the role beginning January 1, 2018.

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Students giving presentation

Transformative Student Research at the Asian Institute

November 1, 2017

Learn more about our undergraduate research conference!

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The Asian Institute’s Grandparent Project gives students insights into Asian families’ emigration

October 19, 2017

Read about the Asian Institute’s latest student research project.

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four students standing and smiling at the camera

2017 U of T Women in House Reflections

October 10, 2017

Read our students’ reflections on their recent experiences at Parliament Hill.

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Prof Ong on a panel discussion

U OF T’S CHINA EXPERTS GATHER AT MUNK SCHOOL TO OBSERVE CHINA’S 19TH PARTY CONGRESS

October 2, 2017

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Infrastructures of Democracy: State Building as Everyday Practice in Nepal’s Agrarian Districts

September 21, 2017

Professor Katharine Rankin is currently leading research on infrastructural governance and state building in post-disaster Nepal.

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