The Asian Institute at the Munk Centre, University of Toronto, is home to over one hundred affiliated scholars researching and teaching on Asia. Our community of scholars spans a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. Our regional breadth covers the entire Asian continent

The principal mission of the Asian Institute is to provide the intellectual core for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and teaching on Asia. Though organized along sub-regional lines - with centres for South Asian Studies, Korean Studies, and related groups focusing on Southeast Asia and Central and Inner Asia – the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto encourages intra-regional dialogue and interdisciplinary collaboration.

In conjunction with the Dr. David Chu Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, the Asian Institute runs several undergraduate and graduate programs (Asia-Pacific Studies & South Asian Studies), seminar series, conferences, workshops and Asian Heritage Month events each year. Our objective is to bring together scholars, students and community members in order to deepen our collective understanding of one of the world’s most dynamic regions.

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Wilting Laughter: Three Tamil Poets

This collection, translated and edited by Chelva Kanaganayakam, brings together seventy-five poems by three internationally known Tamil poets, whose works, over the last three decades, have dealt with issues ranging from
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Hong Kong Movers and Stayers: Narratives of Family Migration

New book by Asian Institute scholar Janet Salaff, Siu-lun Wong, and Arent Greve provides an intimate account of what migration means to Hong Kong families.
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Photographic works donated to the Richard Charles Lee Library

Dr. Neville Poy has made a gift of 21 photos from his collection, "Photographic Expressions of Asia", to the RCL-Canada Hong Kong Library. The director of the library, Dr. Jack Leong, will organize a benefit sale of the photos for interested collectors.
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