November 5, 2009
The evening’s program features the launch of the book, Wilting Laughter: Three Tamil Poets, and a play, Not by Our Tears. The event is co-hosted by the Centre for South Asian Studies and the Canadian Tamil Congress.
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The University of Toronto has been invited to select a delegation of ten outstanding students – future leaders – to participate on a one-week visit to Taiwan.
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TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION (London) | What are you reading? | From a look over the shoulders of a scholar-reviewer
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The Asian Institute and UNICEF is holding a panel discussion to focus on the 2008 earthquake in China’s Sichuan Province and its impact on children and families. The massive earthquake left 88,000 dead and five million homeless.
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Asian Institute affilliate, Ryan Pyle, recently had the opportunity to visit a region of China that has often been overlooked during China’s sprint towards modernity, and that region is the province of Guizhou.
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The 25@25 contest celebrates APF’s 25th anniversary by asking young Canadians to share their vision for Canada’s future with Asia. 25@25 sets out to identify the 25 most important issues for Canada-Asia relations.
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The director, Joe Wong, announces the following scholars who will be at the Asian Institute: Golam Dastagir, Jennifer Hsu, Norihito Kubota, Dong-Hwi Lee, Jessica Li, James Manicom, Mariam Mufti, Bharat Punjabi, Hong Loan Trinh, and Toshiko Tsujimoto.
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Joseph Wong, director the Asian Institute, is very happy to announce the appointment of Professor Rachel Silvey as the interim Director of the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies.
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The Faculty of Arts and Science invite applications and nominations for an endowed chair at the level of Associate or Full Professor at the Asian Institute.
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The director of the Asian Institute, Professor Joseph Wong, is very pleased to announce an appointment of Dr. Yiching Wu to the Asian Modernities position at the Insitute and Department of East Asian Studies.
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