How does the state transform the COVID-19 pandemic into a security threat? On November 23, researchers Gabby Lim, Irene Poetranto, and Justin Lau presented “Securitization of COVID-19 in the Philippines” at the Re:Locations Symposium. The […]
On October 22, the Jackman Humanities Institute and the UTM Collaborative Digital Research Space at the University of Toronto co-hosted a virtual seminar called, “Race and Singapore Short Cinema” on Zoom. Organizers Elizabeth Wijiaya and […]
Taiwan’s Digital Minister Audrey Tang delivered a talk at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy on October 6, 2020. Titled “Digital Democracy and a Global Pandemic: Lessons from Taiwan’s COVID-19 Response,” Tang […]
On March 4, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs hosted a panel presentation entitled “Japan: Leader in Climate Change?” on the topic of Japan’s contemporary climate change policy challenges and possible solutions. This event […]
On February 26th, clinical ethicist Dr. Sean Hillman visited the Munk School of Global Affairs for a talk sponsored by the Centre for South Asian Studies and supported by the Robert H. N. Ho Family […]
On February 26, the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies hosted Dr. Diana Kim, Assistant Professor at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. This was the first public talk since her book, “Empires of […]
On February 6th, the Synergy Journal of Contemporary Asian Studies and the Contemporary Asian Studies Students’ Union (CASSU) hosted the panel discussion “Democracy in Myanmar: What to Watch for in 2020”. The conversation featured Dr. […]
On January 24, 2020, the Munk School of Global Affairs invited Dr. Ching Kwan Lee, a Dr. Chung Sze-yuen Professor of Social Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Professor of […]
On December 4th, the Contemporary Asian Studies Student Union hosted a fascinating panel, moderated by Dr. Francis Cody of the Asian Institute and composed of Dr. Aparna Sundar and Dr. Bharat Punjabi. The panel, in […]
On Friday November 15th, Dr. Gal Gvili from the East Asian Department at McGill University addressed an attentive room of attendees at the Munk School of Global Affairs for the annual Bengal studies lecture sponsored […]
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