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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
"Samarkand" in Seoul and "Los Amigos" in Nagoya: Japanese and Korean Immigration Policies in Transformation, 1990-2008
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7551
Speaker: Igor Saveliev (Nagoya University Graduate School of International Development and Visiting Scholar of CERES)
Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies
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Friday, Sep. 1812:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Becoming a Migrant: Workers and Brides from Vietnam to East Asia
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=6818
Speaker: Danièle Bélanger (The University of Western Ontario, London (Canada))
Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Sep. 18
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Wages of Looking in Yushin Korea
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7841
Speaker: Joan Kee (History of Art Department, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series
Friday, Sep. 253:00 PM-5:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
William Doo Auditorium45 Willcocks Street
Colonial Aphasia: On Disabled Histories in France
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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
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7030
TSAR Publications, The Writers Forum, Asian Institute
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Friday, Sep. 257:00 PM-9:00 PM
Seeley Hall, Trinity College6 Hoskin Avenue,Toronto, OntarioSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
Festival of South Asian Literature and the Arts
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7030
TSAR Publications, The Writers Forum, Asian Institute
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Saturday, Sep. 2610:00 AM-6:00 PM
Seeley Hall, Trinity College6 Hoskin Avenue,Toronto, OntarioNorth House - Room 108N
Festival of South Asian Literature and the Arts
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7030
TSAR Publications, The Writers Forum, Asian Institute
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Saturday, Sep. 264:00 PM-6:00 PM
Robert Gill Theatre, Koffler Centre, University of Toronto
Festival of South Asian Literature and the Arts
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8006
http://www.tsarbooks.com/FSALA2009.htm
TSAR Publications, The Writers Forum, Asian Institute
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Saturday, Sep. 267:00 PM-9:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Canadian Literature and the Idea of Cultural Transition
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8059
Speaker: Ameen Merchant (Author)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Reclaiming the Commons: The Politics of Land and Water in the Mumbai Countryside
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7917
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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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7660
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Critical China StudiesSpeaker: Jeffrey Wasserstrom (Professor of History, University of California, Irvine)
MeetingFriday, Oct. 02
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Missing May 4th and the Eclipsed '89s: Remembering and Forgetting 20th Century Chinese Struggles for Freedom
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7661
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
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8077
Speaker: Charles Li (Author)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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?
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8164
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
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
25@25 Contest Workshop
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Main Sponsor: Dr. David Chu Programme in Asia Pacific Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8137
http://www.25at25.ca/Speaker:
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Asia Pacific Foundation of CanadaSponsored by:
Tuesday, Oct. 1312:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
After the Quake: Rebuilding for Children and Families in Sichuan Province
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8283
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:
Tuesday, Oct. 134:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Gateway Economies MeetingWednesday, Oct. 149:30 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Asia's Rise: Gravity Shift but not a Power Shift
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Speaker: Wendy Dobson (Director, Institute for International Business at the Rotman School of Management)
Tuesday, Oct. 202:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Military Labor and Military Prostitution Across South Korea, Vietnam and the United States, 1960-1970s
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7874
Speaker: Jin-kyung Lee (University of California, San Diego)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Anxious States: Indian cities after Media Modernity
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7940
Speaker: Ravi Sundaram (Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
B.N. Pandey Memorial Lecture 2009/2010
Friday, Oct. 234:00 PM-6:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 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
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7051
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
Co-Sponsored by:
Saturday, Oct. 248:45 AM-5:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Taiwan Field School Information SessionRegister online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8290
Monday, Oct. 264:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Changing Perception of Women in Victoria BC and Guangdong China, 1900-1920: Gender through the Lens of Transnationalism
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7918
Speaker: Belinda Huang (Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Asian Institute and PhD Candidate, Princeton University)
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Tuesday, Oct. 2712:00 PM-1:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Ethnicity, Social Capital, and Immigrant Education: Neighborhood-Based Institutions and Embedded Social Relations in Los Angeles’ Chinatown and Koreatown
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7573
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
Co-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Oct. 291:00 PM-3:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Luncheon Talk with Ambassador Chan-Ho Ha
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8240
Speaker: Mr. Chan-Ho Ha (Ambassador of the Republic of Korea)Chair: Professor Andre Schmid (Director, Centre for the Study of Korea)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Oct. 3012:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Conceptualizing Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia
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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
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Impacts of Sūfi-pir Practices in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Khwaja Enayetpuri
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8116
Speaker: Golam Dastagir (Visiting Scholar, Centre for South Asian Studies)Chair: Joseph O'Connell (Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Oct. 304:00 PM-6:00 PM
'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
Sponsored by:
Monday, Nov. 025:30 PM-9:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
The G20 in Korean Diplomacy
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Main Sponsor: G8 Research Group
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8115
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
East Asian Development: Destiny, Politics and Economic Unbalances
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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
The Lost "Ur"
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8388
Speaker: E. Valentine Daniel (Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Nov. 134:00 PM-6:00 PM
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:
Monday, Nov. 165:30 PM-7:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Kidnappers, Coolie Traps and Nautch Girls: Re-examining the Calcutta Narratives of the Early Indian Labour Diaspora
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8187
Speaker: Nilanjana Deb (Department of English, Jadavpur University)
Asian Institute, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies
Co-Sponsored by:
Tuesday, Nov. 174:00 PM-6:00 PM
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries,8th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street
Social Space and Affective Relations in Hong Kong and Chinese Cinema
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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Military Occupation and Empire-Building in Cold War Asia: The United States and Korea, 1945-1955
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7876
Speaker: Steven Lee (Department of History, University of British Columbia)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series
Thursday, Nov. 191:00 PM-3:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Born into Brothels | Academy Award winning documentary film screening
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8394
Speaker: Sailaja Krishnamurti (Doctoral Candidate in Humanities, York University)
Asian Institute, South Asian Studies Students Association
Thursday, Nov. 197:30 PM-9:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Architecture and Spectacle in (Post)Socialist China
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7492
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:
Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library
Sponsored by:
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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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8360
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Nov. 204:00 PM-6:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Architecture and Spectacle in (Post)Socialist China
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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:
Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library
Sponsored by:
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Canada's Arctic Future: Lessons from East Asia
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7919
Speaker: James Manicom (Visiting Scholar, Asian Institute)Asian Institute PhD
Seminar SeriesTuesday, Nov. 2412:00 PM-1:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Land Use Management and Real Property Taxation Vietnam
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7667
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
Co-Sponsored by:
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Tuesday, Nov. 243:00 PM-5:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Does the Elephant Dance? Dilemmas in Contemporary Indian Foreign Policy
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Main Sponsor: Munk School of Global Affairs
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8160
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)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Nov. 2612:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Maoists, the King, The Nepali Army and India - Down from the Hills and into Politics: the Contemporary Governance Crisis in Nepal
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8391
Speaker: David M. Malone (President of Canada's International Development Research Centre)
South Asian Development Council, South Asian Studies Students Association, Asian Institute
Thursday, Nov. 264:30 PM-6:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
The Charisma of an Arahant and Moral Power of Buddhist Monks in the Case of Myanmar
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7717
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Evaluating the Impact of a Targeted Land Distribution Program: Evidence from Vietnam
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8304
Speaker: Loren Brandt (Department of Economics, University of Toronto)
Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Nov. 27
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
A Buddhist Anthropology of Newar religion: Gaṇeśa, His Mount, and Their Landscape
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Speaker: Will Tuladhar-Douglas (University of Aberdeen)Centre for South Asian Studies, Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:Numata Buddhist Studies ProgramSponsored by:
Monday, Nov. 306:00 PM-8:00 PM
'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
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8080
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
China in the Global Downturn
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7527
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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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7907
Speaker: John Treat (Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Yale University)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Centre for the Study of Korea Seminar Series
Friday, Dec. 042:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Collaborative Master's Program in Asia Pacific Studies Information Session
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Main Sponsor: Collaborative Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8481
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Jan. 072:00 PM-4:00 PM
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Understanding the 'Persistently Unstable' Nature of Hybrid Regimes: The Case of Pakistan
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8580
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:
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Monday, Jan. 1112:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Adaptive Subversions: Rethinking Shakespeare Reception in Nineteenth-Century India
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8538
Speaker: Suddhaseel Sen (PhD Candidate, Collaborative Program in South Asian Studies, University of Toronto)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Thursday, Jan. 143:00 PM-5:00 PM
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)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
CSK Choson Dynasty Series
Thursday, Jan. 2110:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Thinking the Unthinkable? Prospects for Autonomy in Southern Thailand
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Speaker: Duncan McCargo (Leeds University)Co-Sponsored by:
Democracy and Identity SeriesFriday, Jan. 22
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Workshop on China's Macroeconomy
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8143
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
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8620
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
Page 10 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
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
Sponsored by:
Thursday, Jan. 282:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Canada and China: Opportunities and Challenges
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7899
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Catholicism, Orientalism and Religious Revival in Late Colonial Vietnam
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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Taiwan Field School SeminarRegister online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8633
Tuesday, Feb. 024:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Avuncularity: Morality of Vietnamese Local Cadres in the Age of Self Governance
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7671
Speaker: Atsufumi Kato (Visiting Researcher, Department of Anthropology)
Southeast Asia Seminar SeriesFriday, Feb. 05
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Layers of the State: Migrant NGOs and the Chinese State
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8147
Speaker: Jennifer Hsu (Visiting Scholar, Asian Institute)Asian Institute PhD
Seminar SeriesFriday, Feb. 05
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Bhakti Movement: India's National Religion and the Shadow of the Raj
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7862
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)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
2009/2010 Christopher Ondaatje Lecture on
South Asian Art, History, and Culture
Friday, Feb. 054:00 PM-6:00 PM
Page 11 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Koffler AuditoriumSpadina CircleUniversity of Toronto
China, Japan and the US: Together in Crisis?Asian Institute, Socialist Register, Socialist Project, Centre for Social Justice
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7:30 PM-9:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Disquieting Traces: Critical Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Korea
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8563
Speaker: Dong-Choon Kim (Associate Professor of Sociology, Sung Kong Hoe University, and former Standing Commissioner, Korean Truth and Reconciliation Commission)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Monday, Feb. 0812:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
In Conversation with Celebrity Hong Kong Chef Alvin Leung
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8648
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
Tuesday, Feb. 096:00 PM-7:15 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire Place
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)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
CSK Choson Dynasty Series
Thursday, Feb. 1110:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Understanding China's Best Business Practices
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8706
Speaker: John Chan (Founder, China Streetsmart Consulting)Thursday, Feb. 114:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
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
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library, University of Toronto Libraries,8th floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street
Home Sweet Home: Return Migration in Hong Kong and its Implications
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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Energy Security in the Asia-Pacific Region: Beyond the Security of Supply
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8450
Speaker: Vlado Vivoda (Research Fellow, Centre for International Risk, School of Communication, International Studies and Languages, University of South Australia)
Tuesday, Feb. 231:00 PM-3:00 PM
Page 12 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
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
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Tuesday, Feb. 234:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Fiction of Indianness in E. M. Forster, Raja Rao and Arundhati Roy
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Speaker: Prasad Bidaye (Doctoral Candidate, Department of English)
Centre for South Asian StudiesCo-Sponsored by:
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Wednesday, Feb. 244:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire Place
Imagined Communities in Chosôn Vernacular Literature
Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of KoreaSpeaker: B. Walraven (Leiden University)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Chosôn Dynasty SeriesThursday, Feb. 25
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Welcoming What Comes: Sovereignty and Revolution in the Colonial Philippines
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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
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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
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ScreeningSaturday, Feb. 27
10:00 AM-11:50 AM
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
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
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
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
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
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LectureSaturday, Feb. 273:40 PM-4:30 PM
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
TAIWAN CINEMA | Contemporary Taiwan Cinemahttp://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/ai/pdfdoc/taiwan_cinema.pdf
SymposiumSaturday, Feb. 275:00 PM-7:00 PM
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
TAIWAN CINEMA | Parking directed by Chung Mung-Honghttp://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. 278:00 PM-9:45 PM
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
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
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Jungwon Kim Lecture
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7880
Speaker: Jungwon Kim (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Mar. 042:00 PM-4:00 PM
Page 14 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
Asian Foodprints: Rediscovering Japan through a Culinary Odyssey
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8025
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
Sponsored by:
Friday, Mar. 059:00 AM-5:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Producing the A-1 Baby: Puericulture Centers and the Birth of the Clinic in the U.S. Occupied Philippines 1906-1946
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7605
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
"High" and "Low" London: The Post-Imperial Cinematic City in My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8225
Speaker: Malini Guha
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8691
http://www.utoronto.ca/ai/asianfoodprintsFriday, Mar. 05
5:30 PM-9:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Asian Diaspora Conference 2010
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8664
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
Page 15 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Blood Brothers, or Worlds Apart?: A Canadian Ambassador's Personal Reflections on the Two Koreas
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8681
Speaker: Ted Lipman (Canadian Ambassador to Korea)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Mar. 1210:30 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The (In)Security of China under Mao: Grand Strategy and Defense Industrialization
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7931
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
EXPLORING GLOBAL ASIA: U of T March Break Program
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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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Political Attitudes and Economic Change in North Korea
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Main Sponsor: North Korea Research Group
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8793
Speaker: Marcus Noland (Deputy Director, Peterson Institute For International Economics)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Mar. 1810:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Korea: War Without End
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Main Sponsor: Centre for the Study of Korea
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8631
Speaker: Sheila Miyoshi Jager (Luce Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Oberlin College)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Thursday, Mar. 1812:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Kellee Tsai Job Talk: The Great Socialist Transformation: Capitalism without Democracy in China
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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
Page 16 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Living in the Sacraments: Catholicism in Contemporary Viet Nam
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8866
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
Co-Sponsored by:
Canada Research Chair in Southeast Asian History
Sponsored by:
Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Monday, Mar. 2211:00 AM-1:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Textual Construction of Identity in the City Spaces of Bombay
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7769
Speaker: Kelly Minerva (Doctoral Candidate, English Department and Centre for South Asian Studies, U of T)
Centre for South Asian StudiesCo-Sponsored by:
Asian Institute PhD Seminar Series
Wednesday, Mar. 244:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Canada and North Korean Engagement
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Main Sponsor: North Korea Research Group
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8838
Speaker: Hartmuth Kroll (Consultant; Retired Foreign Service Officer of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Friday, Mar. 2610:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Ēlācāriyar or Tiruvaḷḷuvar and the Kalābhra Interregnum, or the Ins and Outs of Jains in South Indian Literary Histories
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8294
Speaker: Christoph Emmrich (Assistant Professor, Buddhist Studies; Coordinator, Numata Program, University of Toronto, UTM)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Saturday, Mar. 271:00 PM-8:00 PM
Mandarin Ballroom, Metropolitan Hotel
University of Toronto China Conference 2010http://www.utcc.ca
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Sunday, Mar. 289:00 AM-5:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Abidin Kusno Job Talk: The End of the Peasants and the Politics of (Peri)urbanization?
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8740
Speaker: Abidin Kusno (University of British Columbia, Asian Urbanism and Culture)
Tuesday, Mar. 302:00 PM-4:00 PM
Page 17 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Republicanism, Communism, Islam: Transnational Motors of 'Nationalist' Revolution in Southeast Asia
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=7908
Speaker: John Sidel (London School of Economics)
Democracy and Identity Series
Tuesday, Mar. 304:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Indian-Language Modernisms and the "New Modernist Studies"
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8770
Speaker: Aparna Dharwadker (Professor, Department of Theater & Drama andDepartment of English, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Wednesday, Mar. 314:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Betwixt and Between International Humanitarian Spirit and National Body Politic: Irregular Migrants and Other ‘Others’ in Malaysia’s Plural Civil Society
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8329
Speaker: Eva-Lotta Hedman (Research Fellow, LSE IDEAS, and Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford)
Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Wednesday, Mar. 314:00 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies Information Session
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8868
http://www.utoronto.ca/davidchu
Thursday, Apr. 014:30 PM-6:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Takashi Fujitani Job Talk: Koreans as Japanese Soldiers: Reflections on Inclusionary or Polite Racism in WWII
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8741
Speaker: Takashi Fujitani (Professor of History, University of California, San Diego)
Job TalkWednesday, Apr. 07
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
Negotiation in the 21st Century: Diplomacy and Conflict
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8616
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
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceSouth House - The Vivian and David Campbell Conference Facility 154S
Negotiation in the 21st Century: Diplomacy and Conflict
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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
Page 18 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Dingxin Zhao Job Talk: Weberian Sociology and Patterns of the Chinese Past
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8742
Speaker: Dingxin Zhao (Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
Job TalkFriday, Apr. 09
10:00 AM-12:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
But Do Not Identify As Gay: The Lives of "MSM"
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Main Sponsor: Centre for International Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8212
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
Co-Sponsored by:
CIS Development Seminar SeriesFriday, Apr. 23
12:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Language of the Gods Workshop
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8935
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
Co-Sponsored by:
Friday, Apr. 232:00 PM-4:30 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
The Complicated Role of Uyghur Women in Xinjiang
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9044
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/
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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/
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
Fifth Annual Tamil Studies ConferenceSaturday, May. 158:30 AM-7:00 PM
Page 19 of 21Asian Institute
DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Rebalancing the Chinese Economic Model From Production to Consumption
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Main Sponsor: Centre for International Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8834
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)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
SeminarTuesday, May. 2512:00 PM-2:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Politicizing Justice: Post Cold War Redress and Its Longue Durée
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9067
Speaker: Lisa Yoneyama (Department of Literature, University of California, San Diego)
Tuesday, May. 252:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Indonesia in the Post-recession Global Economy
Register online at:http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=8967
Speaker: Mahendra Siregar (Vice Minister of Trade, Government of Indonesia)
Southeast Asia Seminar Series
Wednesday, May. 262:00 PM-4:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 108N
Violence, Order and Talk: A Saat in Yogyakarta Indonesia
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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
Town Hall, Innis College at the University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue (south of Bloor at St. George)
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
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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
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DATE AND TIME EVENT LOCATION
September 1, 2009 - August 31, 2010
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
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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
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Toronto Singapore Film FestivalSponsored by:
Saturday, Jul. 179:00 AM-5:00 PM
Munk Centre For International Studies1 Devonshire PlaceNorth House - Room 208N
Folk Religion in Bengal
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Main Sponsor: Centre for South Asian Studies
http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=9203
Speaker: Ruby Sain (Professor of Sociology, Jadavpur University (Kolkata))Chair: Joseph O'Connell (Professor Emeritus, Centre for the Study of Religion, University of Toronto)
Asian InstituteCo-Sponsored by:
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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