[NOTICE] East-West Dialogue on Multiculturalism
2012.11.12 8652
East-West Dialogue
on Multiculturalism
• Date: November
30, 2012 (Friday), 1~6 p.m.
•
Venue: International Remote Conference Room, Centennial Memorial
Samsung Hall, Korea University
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Sponsor: Korea Foundation
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Organizers: Asiatic Research Institute,
Korea University
IOM
Migration Research and Training Center
Against the
backdrop of an explosive surge in transnational, human and cultural flow,
multiculturalism is no longer a social issue dealt with exclusively in the
Western immigration societies, but emerged as a hot topic in Asia, including
South Korea. In collaboration with the Korea Foundation and the IOM Migration
Research and Training Center, the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University,
plans to organize a forum to promote the East-West dialogue on the past,
present and future of multiculturalism. This event will comprise a set of
lectures by world-renowned multiculturalism specialists from North America,
Europe and Southeast Asia and debate sessions on the tasks and future agendas
of dynamic Korean society.
< Program>
Chairperson: Nae-Young Lee (Director,
Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University)
Presentation 1: Multiculturalism: Success, Failure, and the Future
Will
Kymlicka (Queen’s University at Kingston, Canada)
Presentation
2: Immigrant Integration after
Multiculturalism
Christian
Joppke (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Presentation 3: Migration and 'Diversities': Challenges and Possibilities
in Global-City Singapore
Brenda
Yeoh (National University of Singapore)
Discussants : Nam-Kook
Kim (Korea University)
Chulwoo
Lee (Yonsei University)
Ji-Won Shin (IOM Migration
Research and Training Center)