Asian Studies
Research and teaching programs
David Lam Centre
Since 1989 the David Lam Centre has remained committed to fostering intercultural dialogue through activities that extend across a broad spectrum of social, cultural and economic issues from both contemporary and historical perspectives. The Centre supports and facilitates research collaboration, networking and building the community of Asia-related scholars across campus and internationally.
Global Asia Program
The Global Asia program offers a minor program which will facilitate a comprehensive knowledge of the region and a broad understanding of human experience through an introduction to Asian languages and through courses offered in other departments and units of the University, including Humanities, Anthropology and Sociology, English, World Literature, Political Science, International Studies, Communications, and History.
Faculty with Regional Expertise
Darren Byler
Assistant Professor | School for International Studies
China, Central Asia, Southeast Asia
Michael J. Hathaway
Professor | Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Southwest China, Japan, Asia
Nicole Jackson
Associate Professor | School for International Studies
Russia, Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan)
Maureen Maloney
Professor | School of Public Policy
South-East Asia, Iraq, China, Brazil, Guatemala and South Africa
Rupak Shrestha
Assistant Professor | School for International Studies | Global Asia
Himalaya, South Asia, Nepal
Habiba Zaman
Professor | Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
South Asia, Bangladesh, the Philipines
David Zandvliet
Associate Professor | Faculty of Education
Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan