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Should the Chinese Language be Taught in Putonghua? Contested Identities in Post-1997 Hong Kong
(2017-12-30)
This talk by Po King Choi was the inaugural Bernard H. K. Luk Memorial Lecture organized by the York Centre for Asian Research on 27 April 2017. Bernard H. K. Luk (1946-2016) was a Professor of History at York University, ...
From Roots to Rhizomes: Hybrid, Diasporic Identities in Hema and Kaushik
(2017-07-20)
Rahman analyzes diasporic Indian characters from Jhumpa Lahiri’s book of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth. Focusing on two characters, Hema and Kaushik, Rahman draws out themes of displacement, genealogy and gender to ...
The Making of Bangladesh
(2017-07-20)
In this paper, Alavi brings together an interview and academic scholarship on the 1971 partition of East and West Pakistan and the independence of Bangladesh. Throughout the paper, the author works through theories of ...
A Spell to Empower Women: Religion, Culture and Domestic Violence in Pakistan
(2017-11-15)
In this essay, Behzad analyzes themes of gender, violence and nationalism in Rukhsana Ahmad’s short story, “The Spell and the Ever-Changing Moon.” The story is about a Pakistani woman, Nisa, who turns to black magic in an ...
