October 4, 2008
Frances Garrett, core faculty of Centre for South Asian Studies, has published her book “Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet: Critical Studies in Buddhism” (New York: Routledge, 2008).
Read full articleOctober 4, 2008
Congratulation to Shafique Virani (Religion/UTM), whose book “The Ismailis in the Middle Ages” (Oxford University Press 2007) has been awarded (as co-winner) the £10,000 Book Prize of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies.
Read full articleOctober 1, 2008
Asian Institute’s thematic dissertation workshop seeks to engage scholars whose work explores the impacts of collective action and social capital, and its various component parts.
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Photographs in the “Water Cube: le Making of” exhibit capture the striking architectural features of Beiing’s two main Olympic venues, the “Water Cube” National Aquatics Center and the adjacent “Bird’s Nest” National Stadium, in their making.
Read full articleSeptember 6, 2008
Adam Linthwaite, Katherine Mitchell and Sang Ik Song are winners of the Dr. David Chu Leadership Awards. The students have demonstrated strong leadership and academic achievement in pursuing study or research related to the Asia Pacific region.
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Eileen Lam, Jeffrey Little and Carrie Meston at the Asian Institute will receive awards in recognition of their work to build and foster a collaborative community at the Institute located at the Munk Centre for International Studies.
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The director of the Centre for South Asia Studies, Professor Chelva Kanaganayakam, is very pleased to announce an appointment of Dr. Cody to the Post Colonial Studies and Empire in Asia position at the Asian Insitute and Anthropology.
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Sherlyn Hu, graduate student of the Asia Pacific Studies program and Faculty of Social Work, coordinated the production and delivery of online trauma counseling training modules for a mental health professional training program held at Chengdu, Sichuan.
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The Asian Institute and the Departments of East Asian Studies/Sociology invite applications for a full-time tenure stream position at the rank of Assistant Professor in Asian Modernities.
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Professor Ito Peng, Department of Sociology, has been appointed the director for 2008-09. This will be Professor Peng’s second term as director, having served in 2005-07.
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