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Past conferences hosted by CAPI

  • Congress 2013: Asian Canadian Studies Conference
    Congress 2013: Asian Canadian Studies Conference
    Jun 1 2013 - 12:30pm - Jun 2 2013 - 5:00pm
    , Victoria BC
    With the support of the University of Victoria, scholars, graduate students and community activists from across Canada will gather on June 1-2, 2013 to discuss the future of Asian Canadian studies.
  • De-parochializing Political Theory
    De-parochializing Political Theory
    Aug 2 2012 - 7:30pm - Aug 4 2012 - 3:00pm
    , Victoria BC

    Click here for the conference announcement.

    Guest speaker: Duara Prasenjit

    Please check the following link for more information on the conference program and other updates:

    http://law.uvic.ca/demcon/2012Conference/index.html

  • Workshop on Post-311 Challenges and Opportunities: Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in the Priorities and Planning of Tohoku Reconstruction, 2012-2015
    Workshop on Post-311 Challenges and Opportunities: Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming in the Priorities and Planning of Tohoku Reconstruction, 2012-2015
    Jun 10 2012 - 6:00pm - Jun 11 2012 - 6:00pm
    , Victoria, British Columbia

    The workshop is organized by Dr. Jackie Steele. It will provide a forum for leading interdisciplinary Canadian scholars in Japan Studies, Women's Studies, and Diversity Studies, as well as renowned guest speakers from Japan supporting Tohoku Reconstruction to share their research results, and discuss problems and new developments.

  • Innovations in Learning and Technology: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
    Innovations in Learning and Technology: Asia-Pacific Perspectives
    Apr 10 2012 - 9:00am - Apr 11 2012 - 3:30pm
    , Victoria BC, UVic

    The conference brought researchers from Asia-Pacific and other parts of the world to UVic to discuss innovations in learning and share their experience in incorporating technology into education. Complex interaction of people and technology and its impact on society is becoming increasingly visible in today's world especially in the Asia-Pacific region.

    For more information please also visit the conference website.

  • Chinese Uncertainties and Canadian Responses: After the Global Financial Crisis
    Chinese Uncertainties and Canadian Responses: After the Global Financial Crisis
    Nov 21 2009 - 9:00am - Nov 22 2009 - 5:00pm
    ,

    The purpose of the conference on Chinese Uncertainties and Canadian Responses: After the Global Financial Crisis was to make a contribution to the debate in Canada on what our policy towards China should be.  A recent visit of the Minister of International Trade to China, combined with the reopening of six consulates, suggests that the Canadian government is open to taking a new look at its China policy.

  • 2nd International Association of Performing Language Conference
    2nd International Association of Performing Language Conference
    Mar 6 2009 (All day) - Mar 8 2009 (All day)
    , Victoria

    These conferences, organized collaboratively with the International Association of Performing Language, are pioneering endeavors exploring the power of drama and theatre in second language education and beyond. In the recent past they have brought together scholars and practitioners who share a keen interest in the role of drama and theatre in second language education.  This conference was organized by Dr.

  • Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies (SEZAME)
    Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies (SEZAME)
    Feb 14 2009 (All day) - Feb 15 2009 (All day)
    , Fukuoka, Japan

    The Special Economic Zones in Asian Market Economies (SEZAME) Conference was organized by CAPI's Law Chair, Dr. Andrew Harding and CAPI Associate Dr. Connie Carter and was a result of collaboration between Kyushu University's Faculty of Law, CAPI and the Faculty of Law at UVic and Royal Roads University's Faculty of Management. 

  • Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast 2008 Annual Meeting
    Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast 2008 Annual Meeting
    Jun 13 2008 (All day) - Jun 15 2008 (All day)
    , Victoria

    The theme for ASPAC 2008 was "Crossing Boundaries in the Asia-Pacific: Regional and Disciplinary Intersections". In the tradition of ASPAC and AAS conferences, proposals on the full range of Asian studies were included; however, we encouraged colleagues to venture outside conventions of space and methodology in their consideration of topics within their area of specialization in panels and papers proposed for the conference, considering issues comparatively as they relate to different parts of Asia and the Pacific, and juxtaposing disciplinary approaches.

  • Foreign-Domestic Linkages in China's International Behaviours
    Foreign-Domestic Linkages in China's International Behaviours
    Apr 24 2008 (All day) - Apr 25 2008 (All day)
    , Victoria

    This conference, organized by CAPI's China Chair, Dr. Wu Guoguang, brought together experts on China's domestic politics and foreign relations to exchange ideas, and to address issues relating to how China's domestic factors can affect its foreign policy and behaviour; how institutional and operational features will affect China's international role; and how the Chinese regime mobilizes international sources in order to address its social issues.

  • Japan-China Cultural Relations Workshop
    Japan-China Cultural Relations Workshop
    Jan 24 2008 (All day) - Jan 26 2008 (All day)
    , Victoria

    CAPI, together with the Department of Pacific and Asian Studies, invited a group of outstanding scholars of China and Japan to present new research on a historical issue of continued significance: the relationship between the two great powers of East Asia in the period from Western contact in the mid-nineteenth century to the end of World War II.