PUBLIC LECTURE - "Multicultural questions without multiculturalism": The Japanese discourse of "multicultural co-living", Professor Koichi Iwabuchi, 17 Mar 2010 [21.02.2010]
PUBLIC LECTURE:
"Multicultural questions without multiculturalism": The Japanese discourse of "multicultural co-living"
by Professor Koichi Iwabuchi
Jointly presented by the Asia Institute and the School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
The new millennium has seen the marked decline of multiculturalism in many Western countries. Conversely, in Japan as well as Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, multicultural issues have come to be more seriously discussed. Sharing with Western counterparts a similar trend of tightening national borders and stressing patriotism, East Asian societies differ significantly in lacking national policies of multiculturalism and immigration.
This lecture will explore the politics of multiculturalism in the Japanese context. Koichi Iwabuchi is Professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the School of International Liberal Studies of Waseda University, Tokyo.
Wednesday 17 March
6.30pm
Elisabeth Murdoch Building, Theatre A
The University of Melbourne, Parkville.
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
For further information or to register:
www.asiainstitute.unimelb.edu.au
