Tag Archives: multiculturalism

Connecting theory to research in the ongoing debate about 'multiculturalism'

This blog reproduces an interesting article/interview with Deakin Media coordinator Sandra Kingston about our recent national symposium on multiculturalism (held on 6 July 2012).    ‘Nice in Theory: conference asks is research playing a part in multicultural policy making?’   A national symposium to be held at Deakin University this Friday will examine whether there […]

Europe, migration and the multiculturalism debate

As I landed in Paris yesterday and was greeted with the very ethnically diverse workforce at Charles Degaulles Airport, I could not help  thinking about the  current polarised debates  of migration, race and racism in French polity and across Europe. Indeed, and for the last few weeks French society has discovered that apparently even their […]