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Calendar of Events

DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION

September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010

Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N

Multiple Nationalisms, Linguistic Federalism and the Crisis of Border-States in India

Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8081

Speaker: Rajeev Bhargava (Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (Delhi, India))

Democracy and Identity Series

Wednesday, Sep. 164:00 PM-6:00 PM


"Samarkand" in Seoul and "Los Amigos" in Nagoya: Japanese and Korean Immigration Policies in Transformation, 1990-2008


Speaker: Igor Saveliev (Nagoya University Graduate School of International Development and Visiting Scholar of CERES)

Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies

Co-Sponsored by:

Friday, Sep. 1812:00 PM-2:00 PM


Becoming a Migrant: Workers and Brides from Vietnam to East Asia


Speaker: Danièle Bélanger (The University of Western Ontario, London (Canada))

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Sep. 18

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


U-turn, New Beginning, or Beginning of the End? Socialist Neoconservatism in North Korea

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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea

http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7906

Speaker: Ruediger Frank ( University of Vienna)

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:

Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series

Tuesday, Sep. 223:00 PM-5:00 PM


The Wages of Looking in Yushin Korea

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Speaker: Joan Kee (History of Art Department, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)




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William Doo Auditorium45 Willcocks Street

Colonial Aphasia: On Disabled Histories in France


Speaker: Ann Laura Stoler (Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, The New School for Social Research, New York)

Department of History, Asian Institute, Women and Gender Studies Institute, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

Co-Sponsored by:

Department of AnthropologySponsored by:

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Sep. 25

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Seeley Hall, Trinity College6 Hoskin Avenue,Toronto, Ontario

Festival of South Asian Literature and the Arts

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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies


TSAR Publications, The Writers Forum, Asian Institute

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Seeley Hall, Trinity College6 Hoskin Avenue,Toronto, OntarioSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S


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Saturday, Sep. 2610:00 AM-6:00 PM

Seeley Hall, Trinity College6 Hoskin Avenue,Toronto, OntarioNorth House - Room 108N


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Co-Sponsored by:

Saturday, Sep. 264:00 PM-6:00 PM

Robert Gill Theatre, Koffler Centre, University of Toronto


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http://www.tsarbooks.com/FSALA2009.htm


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Saturday, Sep. 267:00 PM-9:30 PM


Canadian Literature and the Idea of Cultural Transition

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Speaker: Ameen Merchant (Author)


LectureMonday, Sep. 284:00 PM-6:00 PM

Richard Charles Lee-Canada Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries, 130 St. George Street

Macao Special Administration Region - A Success Story

Registration: RSVP to [email protected] by September 23rd

Main Sponsor: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong LibraryAsian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:

Tuesday, Sep. 2910:00 AM-12:00 PM





Reclaiming the Commons: The Politics of Land and Water in the Mumbai Countryside


Speaker: Bharat Punjabi ( PhD Candidate in Geography, University of Western Ontario and Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Asian Institute)

Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series

Tuesday, Sep. 2912:00 PM-1:30 PM

Trinity College at the University of Toronto, 6 Hoskin Avenue, Combination Room

Rethinking "Hind Swaraj": An Interdisciplinary Conference

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Keynote: Akeel Bilgrami (Columbia University)Speaker: Nandi Bhatia (University of Western Ontario)Speaker: R. Cheran (University of Windsor)Speaker: Francis Cody (University of Toronto)Speaker: Naisargi Dave (University of Toronto)Speaker: Ramin Jahanbegloo (University of Toronto)Speaker: Harish Narang (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Speaker: Anthony Parel (University of Calgary)Speaker: Stella Sandahl (University of Toronto)Respondent: Ritu Birla (University of Toronto)

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Centre for EthicsSponsored by:

Friday, Oct. 029:00 AM-5:00 PM


Critical China StudiesSpeaker: Jeffrey Wasserstrom (Professor of History, University of California, Irvine)

MeetingFriday, Oct. 02

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


The Missing May 4th and the Eclipsed '89s: Remembering and Forgetting 20th Century Chinese Struggles for Freedom


Speaker: Jeffrey Wasserstrom (Professor of History, University of California, Irvine)

Democracy and Identity SeriesFriday, Oct. 02

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries,8th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street

Why the Bitter Sea: Coming of Age in a China before Mao

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Main Sponsor: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library


Speaker: Charles Li (Author)


Monday, Oct. 0511:00 AM-12:00 PM

Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Room 318

Crisis in Tibet : Is there a way out?


Speaker: Dr. Lobsang Sangay (Senior Fellow, East Asian Legal Studies Program, Harvard Law School)Chair: Professor Yiching Wu (Department of East Asian Studies and Asian Institute)

Tibetan & Chinese Youth Dialogue, Centre and Department for the Study of Religion

Friday, Oct. 093:30 PM-5:30 PM





25@25 Contest Workshop

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Main Sponsor: Dr. David Chu Programme in Asia Pacific Studies


http://www.25at25.ca/Speaker:

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaSponsored by:

Tuesday, Oct. 1312:00 PM-2:00 PM


After the Quake: Rebuilding for Children and Families in Sichuan Province


Speaker: Nigel Fisher (President and CEO, UNICEF Canada)Speaker: A. Ka Tat Tsang (Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto)Speaker: Yin Yin New ( UNICEF Representative for China)

UNICEFCo-Sponsored by:



Gateway Economies MeetingWednesday, Oct. 149:30 AM-12:00 PM


Asia's Rise: Gravity Shift but not a Power Shift


Speaker: Wendy Dobson (Director, Institute for International Business at the Rotman School of Management)



North Korea Research Group Information Session

Main Sponsor: North Korea Research Grouphttp://nkrg.org

Centre for the Study of Korea, Asian Institute

Wednesday, Oct. 213:00 PM-5:00 PM


Military Labor and Military Prostitution Across South Korea, Vietnam and the United States, 1960-1970s

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Speaker: Jin-kyung Lee (University of California, San Diego)



Thursday, Oct. 2212:00 PM-2:00 PM

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) building rooms5-250 and 5-260

Spectres of In/Visibility Symposiumhttp://www.oise.utoronto.ca/rsc/filcan2009/

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Kritikal Kolektibo, SSHRC

SymposiumFriday, Oct. 23

8:00 AM-7:30 PM


Anxious States: Indian cities after Media Modernity

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Speaker: Ravi Sundaram (Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi)


B.N. Pandey Memorial Lecture 2009/2010





Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S

Backward Toward Revolution: A Festschrift to Celebrate the Scholarship of Professor Edward Friedman


http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/friedmanfest/friedman.htmCentre for International Studies, Taiwan Studies Programme, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, Munk Centre for International Studies, Canada Research Chair's Program

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Saturday, Oct. 248:45 AM-5:30 PM


Taiwan Field School Information SessionRegister online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8290

Monday, Oct. 264:00 PM-6:00 PM


Changing Perception of Women in Victoria BC and Guangdong China, 1900-1920: Gender through the Lens of Transnationalism


Speaker: Belinda Huang (Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Asian Institute and PhD Candidate, Princeton University)




Ethnicity, Social Capital, and Immigrant Education: Neighborhood-Based Institutions and Embedded Social Relations in Los Angeles’ Chinatown and Koreatown


Speaker: Min Zhou (Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications, University of California, Los Angeles)

Department of Sociology, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

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Thursday, Oct. 291:00 PM-3:00 PM


Luncheon Talk with Ambassador Chan-Ho Ha

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Speaker: Mr. Chan-Ho Ha (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea)Chair: Professor Andre Schmid (Director, Centre for the Study of Korea)




Conceptualizing Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia


Speaker: Huikian Kwee (UTM History and Classics; and Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, University of Toronto)

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Oct. 30

12:00 PM-2:00 PM





Impacts of Sūfi-pir Practices in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Khwaja Enayetpuri

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Speaker: Golam Dastagir (Visiting Scholar, Centre for South Asian Studies)Chair: Joseph O'Connell (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto)



'Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S

Human Rights, Politics and the Hippocratic Oath: Exploring Physicians' Roles in Conflict Situationshttp://www.savethedoctors.com/rsvp.html

Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian InstituteSave the Doctors Campaign, Amnesty International Canada

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Monday, Nov. 025:30 PM-9:00 PM


The G20 in Korean Diplomacy

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Main Sponsor: G8 Research Group


Speaker: Dong-Hwi Lee (Professor of Foreign Affairs, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security in Seoul Korea)

Centre for International Studies, Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:

Friday, Nov. 0612:00 PM-2:00 PM


East Asian Development: Destiny, Politics and Economic Unbalances


Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Co-Sponsored by:

Pre-opener to the Toronto Reel Asian International Film

Festival 2009Tuesday, Nov. 106:00 PM-8:00 PM


The Lost "Ur"

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Speaker: E. Valentine Daniel (Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University)



Robert Gill TheatreKoffler Centre214 College Street

Not by Our Tears

Registration: Tickets from Canadian Tamil Congress at (416) 240-0078

Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian StudiesCanadian Tamil Congress, Asian Institute

Saturday, Nov. 146:30 PM-9:30 PM

Law Society of Upper CanadaDonald Lamont Learning Centre, Main Floor130 Queen St. West

Illusionary Justice: Threats to the Rule of Law and Human Rights in Sri Lanka

Asian Institute, Centre for South Asian StudiesCo-Sponsored by:






Kidnappers, Coolie Traps and Nautch Girls: Re-examining the Calcutta Narratives of the Early Indian Labour Diaspora

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Speaker: Nilanjana Deb (Department of English, Jadavpur University)

Asian Institute, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies

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Tuesday, Nov. 174:00 PM-6:00 PM


Social Space and Affective Relations in Hong Kong and Chinese Cinema


Speaker: Ackbar Abbas (Professor of Comparative Literature, University of California at Irvine)

Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library

Co-Sponsored by:

Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong

Library Seminar SeriesThursday, Nov. 1912:00 PM-2:00 PM


Military Occupation and Empire-Building in Cold War Asia: The United States and Korea, 1945-1955

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Speaker: Steven Lee (Department of History, University of British Columbia)



Thursday, Nov. 191:00 PM-3:00 PM


Born into Brothels | Academy Award winning documentary film screening

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Speaker: Sailaja Krishnamurti (Doctoral Candidate in Humanities, York University)

Asian Institute, South Asian Studies Students Association



Architecture and Spectacle in (Post)Socialist China


http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/architectureandspectaclechina/Department of History, Department of East Asian Studies, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Vice-Principal Research University of Toronto Mississauga, Cities Centre, Asian Institute

Co-Sponsored by:


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Friday, Nov. 2010:00 AM-5:30 PM

Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - Common Room 156S

CSAS Student Event | South Asian Studies on the Global Stage

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Architecture and Spectacle in (Post)Socialist China


http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/architectureandspectaclechina/Department of History, Department of East Asian Studies, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Vice-Principal Research University of Toronto Mississauga, Cities Centre, Asian Institute

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Saturday, Nov. 2110:00 AM-4:00 PM

Sidney Smith Hall, SS 3037 100 St. George Street

Corrosive Consensus: Democracy and Everyday Ethnic Conflict in IndiaSpeaker: Mona Mehta (University of Chicago)

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Department of Political Science, UTMSponsored by:

Political Science South Asian Job Talk

Monday, Nov. 2311:00 AM-1:00 PM


Canada's Arctic Future: Lessons from East Asia


Speaker: James Manicom (Visiting Scholar, Asian Institute)Asian Institute PhD

Seminar SeriesTuesday, Nov. 2412:00 PM-1:30 PM


Land Use Management and Real Property Taxation Vietnam


Speaker: Trinh Hong Loan (PhD Candidate, University of Liege, Belgium and Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance & Asian Institute)Chair: Enid Slack (Director, Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance, Munk Centre for International Studies)

The Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance

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Tuesday, Nov. 243:00 PM-5:00 PM


Does the Elephant Dance? Dilemmas in Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy

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Main Sponsor: Munk School of Global Affairs


Speaker: David M. Malone (President of Canada's International Development Research Centre, a recent Canadian High Commissioner to India, and the author of a forthcoming monograph on Indian foreign policy due out from Oxford University Press in 2011)Chair: Janice Stein (Director, Munk Centre for International Studies)




Maoists, the King, The Nepali Army and India - Down from the Hills and into Politics: the Contemporary Governance Crisis in Nepal


Speaker: David M. Malone (President of Canada's International Development Research Centre)

South Asian Development Council, South Asian Studies Students Association, Asian Institute






The Charisma of an Arahant and Moral Power of Buddhist Monks in the Case of Myanmar


Speaker: Hiroko Kawanami (Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University)

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Numata Program in Buddhist StudiesSponsored by:

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Nov. 27

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Evaluating the Impact of a Targeted Land Distribution Program: Evidence from Vietnam


Speaker: Loren Brandt (Department of Economics, University of Toronto)

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Nov. 27

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


A Buddhist Anthropology of Newar religion: Gaṇeśa, His Mount, and Their Landscape


Speaker: Will Tuladhar-Douglas (University of Aberdeen)Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Numata Buddhist Studies ProgramSponsored by:


'Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S

Photographic Expressions of Asia: A Powerpoint Presentation featuring Dr. Neville Poy’s Photographic Images


Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program

Co-Sponsored by:

University of Toronto LibrariesSponsored by:

Thursday, Dec. 036:00 PM-7:15 PM


China in the Global Downturn


Speaker: Gordon Chang (Author and Journalist)Friday, Dec. 04

2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Munk Centre for International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N

Choosing to Collaborate: Yi Kwang-su and the Moral Subject in Colonial Korea

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Speaker: John Treat (Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University)



Friday, Dec. 042:00 PM-4:00 PM


Collaborative Master's Program in Asia Pacific Studies Information Session

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Main Sponsor: Collaborative Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies



Thursday, Jan. 072:00 PM-4:00 PM





Understanding the 'Persistently Unstable' Nature of Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Pakistan


Speaker: Mariam Mufti (PhD Candidate in Political Science, Johns Hopkins University andVisiting Scholar, Centre for South Asian Studies)

Centre for South Asian StudiesCo-Sponsored by:


Monday, Jan. 1112:00 PM-2:00 PM


Adaptive Subversions: Rethinking Shakespeare Reception in Nineteenth-Century India

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Speaker: Suddhaseel Sen (PhD Candidate, Collaborative Program in South Asian Studies, University of Toronto)




Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire Place

'Decolonization' and Dynastic Change

Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of KoreaSpeaker: John Duncan (University of California, Los Angeles)


CSK Choson Dynasty Series

Thursday, Jan. 2110:00 AM-12:00 PM


Thinking the Unthinkable? Prospects for Autonomy in Southern Thailand


Speaker: Duncan McCargo (Leeds University)Co-Sponsored by:

Democracy and Identity SeriesFriday, Jan. 22

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Workshop on China's Macroeconomy


Rotman Institute for International Business, Centre for International Studies, Asian InstituteDepartment of EconomicsSponsored by:

WorkshopMonday, Jan. 259:30 AM-5:30 PM

Jackman Humanities Building (JHB), room 100A170 St. George Street Toronto, ON

Mental Health according to Tibetan Medicine


Speaker: Dr. Pema Dorjee (Chief Advisor to the Tibetan Medical & Astrology Institute)

Asian Institute, Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, UofT, Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario (CTAO), Canadian Chinese National Council (CCNC), Tibetan Chinese Youth Dialogue (TCYD)

Co-Sponsored by:

Tuesday, Jan. 267:00 PM-9:00 PM




Jackman Humanities Building (JHB), room 318170 St. George Street Toronto, ON

Mind-Body Connections in Tibetan Medicine: The search for health in the past, present and future

Registration: To register, please email [email protected]

Speaker: Dr. Pema Dorjee (Chief Advisor to the Tibetan Medical & Astrology Institute)

Asian Institute, Canadian Tibetan Association of Ontario (CTAO), Canadian Chinese National Council (CCNC), Tibetan Chinese Youth Dialogue (TCYD)

Co-Sponsored by:

Department and Centre for the Study of Religion, UofT

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Canada and China: Opportunities and Challenges


Speaker: Jeff Nankivell (Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Canadian Embassy in Beijing)

International Relations ProgramCo-Sponsored by:

TalkFriday, Jan. 29

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Catholicism, Orientalism and Religious Revival in Late Colonial Vietnam


Speaker: Charles Keith (Professor of History, Michigan State University)

Asian Institute, Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone WorldDepartment of HistorySponsored by:

Southeast Asia Seminar Series

Monday, Feb. 0110:30 AM-12:00 PM


Taiwan Field School SeminarRegister online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8633

Tuesday, Feb. 024:00 PM-6:00 PM


Avuncularity: Morality of Vietnamese Local Cadres in the Age of Self Governance


Speaker: Atsufumi Kato (Visiting Researcher, Department of Anthropology)

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Feb. 05

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Layers of the State: Migrant NGOs and the Chinese State


Speaker: Jennifer Hsu (Visiting Scholar, Asian Institute)Asian Institute PhD

Seminar SeriesFriday, Feb. 05

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


The Bhakti Movement: India's National Religion and the Shadow of the Raj

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Speaker: John Stratton Hawley (Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University)Chair: Srilata Raman (Assistant Professor, Department and Centre for the Study of Religion)


2009/2010 Christopher Ondaatje Lecture on

South Asian Art, History, and Culture

Friday, Feb. 054:00 PM-6:00 PM




Koffler AuditoriumSpadina CircleUniversity of Toronto

China, Japan and the US: Together in Crisis?Asian Institute, Socialist Register, Socialist Project, Centre for Social Justice

Co-Sponsored by:Friday, Feb. 05

7:30 PM-9:30 PM


Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Korea

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Speaker: Dong-Choon Kim (Associate Professor of Sociology, Sung Kong Hoe University, and former Standing Commissioner, Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission)


Monday, Feb. 0812:00 PM-2:00 PM


In Conversation with Celebrity Hong Kong Chef Alvin Leung


Moderator: Mary Ito (Host, Fresh Air, CBC Radio One 99.1 FM)Speaker: Chef Alvin Leung (Bo Innovation, Hong Kong)

Hong Kong Tourism Board, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada), Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library



Culture of Remembrance in Late Chosŏn Korea: Bringing an Unknown War Hero Back into History

Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of KoreaSpeaker: Sun Joo Kim (Harvard University)


CSK Choson Dynasty Series

Thursday, Feb. 1110:00 AM-12:00 PM


Understanding China's Best Business Practices


Speaker: John Chan (Founder, China Streetsmart Consulting)Thursday, Feb. 114:00 PM-6:00 PM


Asian Institute Media Conference: Taiwan Cinema Yesterday and TodayRegister online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8649

Tuesday, Feb. 1610:00 AM-12:00 PM


Home Sweet Home: Return Migration in Hong Kong and its Implications


Department of Sociology, Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada)

Wednesday, Feb. 179:00 AM-5:00 PM


Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Beyond the Security of Supply


Speaker: Vlado Vivoda (Research Fellow, Centre for International Risk, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia)






Immigration, Identity, & Islam: A Conversation with Ali Eteraz

Registration: To register, email [email protected] with [Your Name - Eteraz] in the subject line

Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian StudiesSpeaker: Mr. Ali Eteraz (Author of "Children of Dust")

Asian Institute, South Asian Development Council

Co-Sponsored by:



The Fiction of Indianness in E. M. Forster, Raja Rao and Arundhati Roy


Speaker: Prasad Bidaye (Doctoral Candidate, Department of English)



Wednesday, Feb. 244:00 PM-6:00 PM


Imagined Communities in Chosôn Vernacular Literature

Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of KoreaSpeaker: B. Walraven (Leiden University)


Chosôn Dynasty SeriesThursday, Feb. 25

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


Welcoming What Comes: Sovereignty and Revolution in the Colonial Philippines


Speaker: Vicente Rafael (Professor of History, University of Washington)

Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, Department of Anthropology, Department of History, Women and Gender Studies Institute

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Feb. 26

12:00 PM-2:00 PM

Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George) & Innis Café

TAIWAN CINEMA | Opening Night Gala (Screening of Tears and Opening Night Party)http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf

University of Toronto Libraries, CINSSU, Reel Asian International Film Festival, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. David Chu Community Network in Asia Pacific Studies, Cinema Studies Institute

Co-Sponsored by:

Screening & PartyFriday, Feb. 26

6:30 PM-12:00 AM

Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)

TAIWAN CINEMA | Orz Boyz directed by Yang Ya-Chehttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf

University of Toronto Libraries, CINSSU, Reel Asian International Film Festival, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program, Cinema Studies Institute

Co-Sponsored by:

ScreeningSaturday, Feb. 27

10:00 AM-11:50 AM


TAIWAN CINEMA | City of Sadness directed by Hou Hsaio-hsienhttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf

ScreeningSaturday, Feb. 271:00 PM-3:00 PM





TAIWAN CINEMA | Hou Hsiao-hsien and CITY OF SADNESS as Taiwan's Cultural Ambassadors by James Uddenhttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf


Co-Sponsored by:

LectureSaturday, Feb. 273:40 PM-4:30 PM


TAIWAN CINEMA | Contemporary Taiwan Cinemahttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf

SymposiumSaturday, Feb. 275:00 PM-7:00 PM


TAIWAN CINEMA | Parking directed by Chung Mung-Honghttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf


Co-Sponsored by:

ScreeningSaturday, Feb. 278:00 PM-9:45 PM


TAIWAN CINEMA | Dark Night directed by Fred Tan Hong-Cheung

Registration: FREE (on a first come first seated basis; above fee waived)

http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdfUniversity of Toronto Libraries, CINSSU, Reel Asian International Film Festival, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program, Cinema Studies Institute

Co-Sponsored by:

ScreeningSunday, Feb. 282:00 PM-4:00 PM


TAIWAN CINEMA | Growing Up directed by Chen Kun-Hou

Registration: FREE (on a first come first seated basis; above fee waived)

http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdfUniversity of Toronto Libraries, CINSSU, Reel Asian International Film Festival, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Toronto, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program, Cinema Studies Institute

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ScreeningSunday, Feb. 285:00 PM-6:45 PM


Jungwon Kim Lecture

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Speaker: Jungwon Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)


Thursday, Mar. 042:00 PM-4:00 PM





Asian Foodprints: Rediscovering Japan through a Culinary Odyssey


http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/asianfoodprintsDepartment of Sociology, University of Toronto, Dr. David Chu Community Network in Asia Pacific Studies, Faculty of Arts and Science, Dr. David Chu Distinguished Leaders Program

Co-Sponsored by:

Consulate General of Japan, Japan Foundation, Japan Information Centre

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Friday, Mar. 059:00 AM-5:00 PM


Producing the A-1 Baby: Puericulture Centers and the Birth of the Clinic in the U.S. Occupied Philippines 1906-1946


Speaker: Bonnie McElhinny (Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women and Gender Studies; and Director, Women and Gender Studies Institute)

Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Mar. 05

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


"High" and "Low" London: The Post-Imperial Cinematic City in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)

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Speaker: Malini Guha


2009/2010 India-Canada Association

LectureFriday, Mar. 05

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

University Club of Toronto, 380 University Avenue(south of St. Patrick subway or Dundas Street)

Asian Foodprints 2010: Conference Dinner


http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/asianfoodprintsFriday, Mar. 05

5:30 PM-9:30 PM


Asian Diaspora Conference 2010


http://asiandiaspora.sa.utoronto.caAsian Institute, Hart House Good Ideas Fund, East Asian Studies Students’ Union, Tibetan-Chinese Youth and Dialogue Project, University of Toronto China Conference, Arts and Science Students' Union, Taipei Economic and Cultural Office, Asian Diaspora Group

Saturday, Mar. 069:30 AM-4:00 PM

The Japan Foundation, Toronto - 131 Bloor St W

The Job Called Touji: The Life and Culture of Sake Brewers in Japanhttp://www.jftor.orgSpeaker: Chieko Fujita (Free-lance writer and journalist; based in Japan)

Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Japan FoundationSponsored by:

LectureSaturday, Mar. 067:00 PM-9:00 PM





Blood Brothers, or Worlds Apart?: A Canadian Ambassador's Personal Reflections on the Two Koreas

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Speaker: Ted Lipman (Canadian Ambassador to Korea)




The (In)Security of China under Mao: Grand Strategy and Defense Industrialization


Speaker: David Bachman (Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington)

Department of Political ScienceCo-Sponsored by:

Friday, Mar. 122:00 PM-4:00 PM

Medical Science Building (MS 2158)University of Toronto North-West of Queen’s Park Station

The 28th Ontario Japanese Speech Contesthttp://buna.yorku.ca/ojsc/

Asian Institute, The Consulate General of Japan, The Japan FoundationDepartment of East Asian StudiesSponsored by:

Saturday, Mar. 131:00 PM-6:00 PM


EXPLORING GLOBAL ASIA: U of T March Break Program


Munk Centre for International Studies, Dr. David Chu Community Network in Asia Pacific Studies, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada)

Co-Sponsored by:

Asian Institute, Centre for South Asian StudiesSponsored by:

Tuesday, Mar. 168:30 AM-4:30 PM


Political Attitudes and Economic Change in North Korea

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Main Sponsor: North Korea Research Group


Speaker: Marcus Noland (Deputy Director, Peterson Institute For International Economics)


Thursday, Mar. 1810:00 AM-12:00 PM


Korea: War Without End

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Speaker: Sheila Miyoshi Jager (Luce Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Oberlin College)


Thursday, Mar. 1812:00 PM-2:00 PM


Kellee Tsai Job Talk: The Great Socialist Transformation: Capitalism without Democracy in China


Speaker: Kellee Tsai (Professor of Political Science and Director of East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins University)

Job TalkFriday, Mar. 19

10:00 AM-12:00 PM





Living in the Sacraments: Catholicism in Contemporary Viet Nam


Speaker: Nguyen Van Huy (Professor and Founding Director, Vietnam Museum of Ethnology)

The Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World, Department of History, Asian Institute

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Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History

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Monday, Mar. 2211:00 AM-1:00 PM


The Textual Construction of Identity in the City Spaces of Bombay


Speaker: Kelly Minerva (Doctoral Candidate, English Department and Centre for South Asian Studies, U of T)



Wednesday, Mar. 244:00 PM-6:00 PM


Canada and North Korean Engagement

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Main Sponsor: North Korea Research Group


Speaker: Hartmuth Kroll (Consultant; Retired Foreign Service Officer of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs)




Ēlācāriyar or Tiruvaḷḷuvar and the Kalābhra Interregnum, or the Ins and Outs of Jains in South Indian Literary Histories

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Speaker: Christoph Emmrich (Assistant Professor, Buddhist Studies; Coordinator, Numata Program, University of Toronto, UTM)


Shri Roop Lal Jain Lecture

Friday, Mar. 264:00 PM-6:00 PM

Mandarin Ballroom, Metropolitan Hotel

University of Toronto China Conference 2010http://www.utcc.ca


Saturday, Mar. 271:00 PM-8:00 PM

Mandarin Ballroom, Metropolitan Hotel

University of Toronto China Conference 2010http://www.utcc.ca


Sunday, Mar. 289:00 AM-5:00 PM


Abidin Kusno Job Talk: The End of the Peasants and the Politics of (Peri)urbanization?


Speaker: Abidin Kusno (University of British Columbia, Asian Urbanism and Culture)

Tuesday, Mar. 302:00 PM-4:00 PM





Republicanism, Communism, Islam: Transnational Motors of 'Nationalist' Revolution in Southeast Asia


Speaker: John Sidel (London School of Economics)

Democracy and Identity Series

Tuesday, Mar. 304:00 PM-6:00 PM


Indian-Language Modernisms and the "New Modernist Studies"

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Speaker: Aparna Dharwadker (Professor, Department of Theater & Drama andDepartment of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison)




Betwixt and Between International Humanitarian Spirit and National Body Politic: Irregular Migrants and Other ‘Others’ in Malaysia’s Plural Civil Society


Speaker: Eva-Lotta Hedman (Research Fellow, LSE IDEAS, and Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford)




Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies Information Session


http://www.utoronto.ca/davidchu

Thursday, Apr. 014:30 PM-6:00 PM


Takashi Fujitani Job Talk: Koreans as Japanese Soldiers: Reflections on Inclusionary or Polite Racism in WWII


Speaker: Takashi Fujitani (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego)

Job TalkWednesday, Apr. 07

2:00 PM-4:00 PM


Negotiation in the 21st Century: Diplomacy and Conflict


Munk Centre for International Studies, World Bank, Asian Institute, MA in International Relations, Centre for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, Centre for International Studies

Thursday, Apr. 085:00 PM-7:00 PM


Negotiation in the 21st Century: Diplomacy and Conflict


Munk Centre for International Studies, World Bank, Asian Institute, MA in International Relations, Centre for Russian, European, and Eurasian Studies, Centre for International Studies

Co-Sponsored by:Friday, Apr. 09

9:30 AM-4:00 PM





Dingxin Zhao Job Talk: Weberian Sociology and Patterns of the Chinese Past


Speaker: Dingxin Zhao (Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)

Job TalkFriday, Apr. 09

10:00 AM-12:00 PM


But Do Not Identify As Gay: The Lives of "MSM"

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Main Sponsor: Centre for International Studies


Speaker: Tom Boellstorff (Department of Anthropology, University of California, Irvine)

Department of Anthropology, Department of Geography and Program in Planning, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Centre for Comparative, International and Development Education at OISE/UT, Asian Institute, Department of Geography and Planning Intersections Seminar Series

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CIS Development Seminar SeriesFriday, Apr. 23

12:00 PM-2:00 PM


Language of the Gods Workshop


Speaker: Sheldon Pollock (Columbia University)Speaker: Yigal Bronner (University of Chicago)Speaker: Lawrence McCrea (Cornell University)

Centre for South Asian Studies, The Centre for the Study of Religion, The Department of Language Studies (UTM), Asian Institute, The Toronto Initiative for Iranian Studies

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Friday, Apr. 232:00 PM-4:30 PM


The Complicated Role of Uyghur Women in Xinjiang


Speaker: Elena Caprioni (Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia)

Thursday, May. 065:00 PM-7:00 PM

Trinity CollegeUniversity of Toronto6 Hoskin Ave

Constructing Tamil Worlds: Circulation, Marginality, and Plurality

Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studieshttp://tamilstudiesconference.ca/


Fifth Annual Tamil Studies Conference

Friday, May. 148:30 AM-7:00 PM

Trinity CollegeUniversity of Toronto6 Hoskin Ave

Constructing Tamil Worlds: Circulation, Marginality, and Plurality

Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studieshttp://tamilstudiesconference.ca/


Fifth Annual Tamil Studies ConferenceSaturday, May. 158:30 AM-7:00 PM





Rebalancing the Chinese Economic Model From Production to Consumption

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Main Sponsor: Centre for International Studies


Speaker: Mark Kruger (Minister-Counsellor, Representative of Finance Canada, Head of Section (Economics and Finance), Embassy of Canada, Beijing)Chair: Louis Pauly (Director, Centre for International Studies)Discussant: Donald J.S. Brean (Professor of Finance and Economics, Rotman School of Management, Senior Fellow, Centre for International Studies)


SeminarTuesday, May. 2512:00 PM-2:00 PM


Politicizing Justice: Post Cold War Redress and Its Longue Durée


Speaker: Lisa Yoneyama (Department of Literature, University of California, San Diego)

Tuesday, May. 252:00 PM-4:00 PM


Indonesia in the Post-recession Global Economy


Speaker: Mahendra Siregar (Vice Minister of Trade, Government of Indonesia)


Wednesday, May. 262:00 PM-4:00 PM


Violence, Order and Talk: A Saat in Yogyakarta Indonesia


Speaker: Sheri Gibbings (PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto)

Southeast Asia Group, Asian InstituteCanadians Committed to Ethnic Voice in Indonesia (CCEVI)

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Saturday, May. 2912:00 PM-3:00 PM


HONG KONG FILM RETROSPECTIVE DOUBLE BILL | Restless Spirits: Ronnie Yu and Ringo Lam's 1980S Ghost Comedies

Cinema Studies Institute, Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (Canada), Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library

Co-Sponsored by:

Ultra 8 PicturesSponsored by:

Asian Heritage MonthSaturday, May. 294:00 PM-10:00 PM

Royal Ontario MuseumBloor Street at Avenue Road

The Warrior Emperor and China's Terracotta Army: Educating on Asia

Registration: by invitation onlyAsian Institute, Royal Ontario MuseumSponsored by:

Tuesday, Jul. 066:00 PM-9:30 PM

Jackman Humanities Building, Room 616170 St. George Street

In the Face of the Other: India in the Apocryphal Acts of Thomashttp://www.english.utoronto.ca/newsevents/calendar/Clara_A__B__Joseph_lecture__In_the_Face_of_the_Other__India_in_the_Apocryphal_Acts_of_Thomas_.htm?ViewMode=View&DateTime=634148028000000000&PageMode=ViewSpeaker: Clara A. B. Joseph (Associate Professor of English, University of Calgary)

Department of English, Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian Institute

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Thursday, Jul. 153:00 PM-5:00 PM




Revue Cinema400 Roncesvalles AvenueToronto, ONM6R 2M9

Innis Town Hall2 Sussex AvenueToronto, ONM5S 1J5

Toronto Singapore Film Festivalhttp://tsff.org/2010/

Asian Institute, alfradot.ca, Firefish, Easternlight Films, The Substation, Hypertext.ca

Co-Sponsored by:

Toronto Singapore Film FestivalSponsored by:

Friday, Jul. 169:00 AM-5:00 PM

Revue Cinema400 Roncesvalles AvenueToronto, ONM6R 2M9

Innis Town Hall2 Sussex AvenueToronto, ONM5S 1J5

Toronto Singapore Film Festivalhttp://tsff.org/2010/

Asian Institute, alfradot.ca, Firefish, Easternlight Films, The Substation, Hypertext.ca

Co-Sponsored by:

Toronto Singapore Film FestivalSponsored by:

Saturday, Jul. 179:00 AM-5:00 PM


Folk Religion in Bengal

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Speaker: Ruby Sain (Professor of Sociology, Jadavpur University (Kolkata))Chair: Joseph O'Connell (Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto)


Tuesday, Jul. 204:00 PM-6:00 PM

Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library8th Floor, Robarts Library130 St. George StreetUniversity of Toronto

Voyage - Struggles and Hope

Registration: Please email [email protected] with your confirmation of attendance and the number of attendees by 26th July, 2010

Main Sponsor: Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong LibraryAsian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:

Thursday, Jul. 292:30 PM-4:00 PM


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