March 5, 2009
The Centre for the Study of Korea’s North Korea Research Group is a proud recipient of the Dean’s Student Initiative Award. It will greatly support new exciting events coming this semester.
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In a ten-day excursion led by Stephen Trott and Kunhee Park, Asia Pacific students were hosted by Seoul National University, Ewha, Korea University, think-tanks and civil society during Reading Week. A presentation of their observations is forthcoming.
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“The Ismailis in the Middle Ages: A History of Survival, A Search for Salvation” has been attracting a lot of attention. Professor Virani is a core faculty of the Centre for South Asian Studies. The book has received awards from ...
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This is a path-breaking study of leading scholars of comparative politics examining the internal transformations of dominant parties in both authoritarian and democratic settings. Edited by Edward Friedman and Joseph Wong (Asian Institute).
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By offering Pan-Asian Studies courses, the Asian Institute works toward erasing regional barriers in the study of Asia. The two new courses target students of the Dr. David Chu program in Asia Pacific Studies and the South Asian Studies program.
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Beijing-trained film scholar, Zhu XiaoYi, guest-curated exhibition by Du Haibin, a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy in 2000. He has already made a number of important documentary films, two of which, “Beautiful Men” and “Umbrella”, can be viewed.
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This is the 12th edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Nov 12-16). CinemaAsia debuts as a preamble to the festival with a Sabu retrospective and academic/industry panels. CinemAsia opens with gala on Nov 11 at Innis Town Hall.
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As part of CinemAsia, Kenneth Bi will be a panellist on “Hong Kong, 100 Years of Films – A Panel on the Centennial. Other panellists are Sam Ho (Hong Kong Film Archive), Jessica Li (York U), Raymond Phathanavirangoon (TIFF); moderated by Bart Testa (UT).
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Annette Courtemanche joins the Asian Institute as the Administrator and Financial Assistant. She will be administering the Collaborative Master’s Program in Asia Pacific Studies in addition to her financial responsibilities.
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Twelve students in the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia Pacific Studies will be spending their reading week 2009 on the ground in South Korea. The field school initiative was lead by Professor Ito Peng and Stephen Trott, PhD Candidate, Political Science.
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