International Symposium on Crossing Borders and Boundaries Towards New University Education in Multilingual Multicultural Society

February 14 - 15, 2009
Room 227, Main Building
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)
organized by Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education Research(CEMMER)

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      Studies have been undertaken in various regions and academic disciplines on the subject of the multilingual and multicultural situations within nation states since such phenomena first came to light in the context of the process of globalization. Research on multilingual and multicultural situations has been advancing not only within the field of area studies, or the humanities and social sciences, but also in other fields which had been considered non-adjacent. However, there is little opportunity to share the fruits of this research or awareness of the issues raised, as these studies are often subdivided on the basis of region or discipline. Furthermore, it would also be desirable to develop research on the boundaries between these areas of research which would transcend existing analytical frameworks such as the ‘nation state’, ‘culture’ or ‘ethnicity’.
     Bearing all these points in mind, this symposium aims to explore the possibility of constructing a new interdisciplinary analytical framework for transnational and transcultural comparative area studies by sharing the achievements and problems of the research on the multilingual and multicultural situation in each region and discipline, and also by reexamining existing theory, methodology, analytical categories and discourse. It also aims to examine the possibility and limits of implementing such new comparative area studies within higher education by means of the comparative analysis of ongoing research and education on the subject of multilingual and multicultural situations conducted in organs of higher education in several countries.

PROGRAM

14 February

10:00　Opening address
Ikuo KAMEYAMA (President, TUFS)
Yasuyuki KITAWAKI (Director, Center for Multilingual Multicultural Education Research (CEMMER), TUFS)

10:15 -12:15　Main Session:
Towards a Transnational/Transcultural Comparative Area Studies
Chair: Hae Young YOON (TUFS)
Keynote speaker: Tessa Morris-Suzuki (Australian National University)
Liquid Area Studies: Northeast Asia in Motion
Commentator: Yoshikazu SHIOBARA (Keio University)

12:15-13:30　Lunch

13:30-15:30 Session 1: Globalization and its Impact on International Migration Policy
: A Dilemma between Discrimination and Acceptance
Chair: Yukari SAWADA (TUFS)
Speaker: Werner F. Menski (SOAS, University of London)
Flying Kites in a Globalising Sky and Dodgy Weather Forecasts:
Accommodating Ethnic Minority Laws in the UK
Akihiro KOIDO (Hitotsubashi University)
The Intensification of Immigration Control Policy in the US and its Discriminative Nature
Shigeru KOJIMA (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
The Reception and Coexistence of Immigrants in the state of Parana, Brazil
Masato NINOMIYA (University of Sao Paulo )
The Acceptance of Japanese?Brazilians in Japan
Won Suk SUN (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
Current Issues regarding Immigration Policy in Japan and Korea

15:30-15:45　 Tea Break

15:45-17:45　Special Session:
Accepting International Students and Multiculturalising University Education
：Worldwide Reform International Student Policy and University Education
and the role of Japan
Chair: Yukari SAWADA (TUFS)
Panelists: Hiroshi OTA (Hitotsubashi University)
Cases in Japan and Korea
Masato NINOMIYA (University of Sao Paulo )
A Case in Brazil　
Werner F. Menski (SOAS, University of London)
A Case in Britain
Takeshi FUJII (TUFS)
A Case in India
Yasuyuki KITAWAKI (TUFS)
A Case at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
18:15-20:00　Reception Party

15 February

10:00-12:00　Session 2: Transnational Perspectives: Rethinking the Education System for
Immigrants/Foreign Residents in Japan, Canada and the US
Chair: Hiroyoshi MATSUMOTO (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
Speaker: Eika TAI (University of North Carolina)
A Transnational Perspective in Ethnic Studies
Emi OOKA (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
Minority Students and Their Access to Education: Exploring New Possibilities of Ethnic Independent Schools from Canadian Experiences
Mika FUJITA (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
The Support System for Limited Japanese Proficiency Students in Akita:
A Case Study in an Area where Non-Natives Live on a Small Scale

12:00-13:00　Lunch

13:00-15:00　Session3: Re-Examining the "Boundaries" of Tolerance and Intolerance in a
Multilingual and Multicultural Society
Chair: Masaaki TAKAHASHI (TUFS)
Speaker: Sachiko KANETO (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
Tolerance and Intolerance towards Multiculturalism in Taiwan
Toru AOYAMA (TUFS)
The Boundaries of Tolerance and Intolerance in a Multicultural State:
The Anti-Pornography Law in Indonesia
Jorge Durand (University of Guadalajara)
The American Taliban and the San Juan de Los Lagos Virgin
:Marian Devotion in a Protestant Context
Takaatsu YANAGIHARA (TUFS)
The Expression and Acceptance of Mexican Americans
Shigeru SUZUKI (TUFS)
The Introduction of a University Entrance Framework (a Quota System) into State
Universities in Brazil
Commentator: Takeshi FUJII (TUFS)

15:00-15:20　Tea Break

15:20-17:20　General Discussion:
Towards New Perspectives for Research on Multilingual and Multicultural Societies
Chair: Yoshikazu SHIOBARA (Keio University)
Panelist: Yukari SAWADA (TUFS)
Hiroyoshi MATSUMOTO (CEMMER Fellow, TUFS)
Toru AOYAMA (TUFS)
Discussant: Tessa Morris-Suzuki (Australian National University)
Jorge Durand (University of Guadalajara)
Masaaki TAKAHASHI （TUFS）

17:20　Closing address　
Yasuyuki KITAWAKI (Director, Center for Multilingual Multicultural
Education Research, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies)

日時: 2009年03月24日