The Feminist Memory Project: Reclaiming History for a Brighter Future
What do you see in the picture on the left? A woman dressed in red and white, lying in the grass with a book, seeming at peace on a sunny day. How does that contrast […]
Contemporary History
One Way Road: An Investigation into the Development of Sino-Canadian Relations (1970-2015)
Abstract: Relations between Canada and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) have been and remain unique. This essay will argue that Canadian governments maintained relatively consistent approaches to relations with China between 1970 and 2006. […]
Orphan of Asia? Sinicization, Democratization and Taiwan Nationalism during the Lee Teng-hui Presidency, 1988-2000
ABSTRACT With the increasing movement toward a Taiwan-based politics, there has also been a simultaneous fixation on the role of the state of the Republic of China in Taiwanese politics. In conversation with the normative […]
Forgetting Without Forgiving: Japanese (American) Masculinity and the Model Minority
Abstract: From internment camps to military barracks, the U.S. employed Japanese American citizen-soldiers during World War II as the material and ideological basis of its claim to being a non-discriminatory global leader in the project […]
Radcliffe’s Line in the Sand: The Colonial Legacy of the Boundary Commission, Lord Mountbatten and the 1947 Partition Plan
Abstract: This paper argues against the claim that despite plunder and exploitation, British colonialism had lasting benefits in South Asia; the assertion is incomplete and fails to account for the continuous consequences of the Partition […]
Changes in Japan’s Electoral Systems and Potential Solutions to One-Party Dominance
Abstract: After Japan’s surrender in World War II, its political system faced many changes. With the help of the United States, Japan rewrote their Constitution, changing the way the Prime Minister was selected and voting eligibility […]
The Challenge of International Accountability in Mass Atrocities: Myanmar and the ICJ
Abstract Following the mass atrocities committed against the Rohingya people by the state of Myanmar, what international justice mechanisms are global states trying to pursue in order to hold state actors and Burmese military accountable? […]
Sri Lanka’s Post-Civil War Journey Towards Transitional Justice
Disclaimer: Please note that the views expressed below represent the opinions of the article’s author. The following work does not necessarily represent the views of the Synergy: Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies. Over the […]
Event Report “Visual Representation of Gender and Class in a Changing China”
“Visual Representation of Gender and Class in a Changing China” was a seminar hosted by the Munk School of Global Affairs on 18 March 2016, and co-sponsored by the Asian Institute and University of Toronto […]
India’s Intervention in East Pakistan: A Humanitarian Intervention or an Act of National Interest?
Daniel C. Park is a 3rd Year student studying International Relations and Contemporary Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, Trinity College. Currently, Daniel serves as an Associate Editor-in-Chief for Synergy: The Journal of Contemporary […]