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The Seminar on Multiculturalism will meet again on Tuesday, 29 January, when we will discuss the students’ topic ideas for the seminar papers. There is still room in the seminar, so new participants are welcome. Time: 14-16 Place: Seminar room Juva(E119), Minerva, Sirkkala, 1st floor, Kaivokatu 12, Turku (T52,http://www3.utu.fi/kartta/) For more information, please contact the […]

The multidisciplinary project “Multiculturalism as a New Pathway to Incorporation”, funded by the Academy of Finland (FiDiPro), offers teaching at the University of Turku again in the Spring 2013. Time: Tuesdays at 14-16, Spring semester, starting on January 15, 2013 Place: Seminar room Juva (E119), Minerva, Sirkkala, 1st floor, Kaivokatu 12, Turku (T52, http://www3.utu.fi/kartta/) ECTS […]

The Seminar on Multiculturalism will have its last meeting of the semester on 18 December 2012, when Bianca Graudegus will present her research paper “Roma in Germany after 1945: How does the German magazine ‘Der Spiegel report on Roma?” Welcome!

The Seminar on Multiculturalism will meet again on 11 December, when we will have three student presentations. Bianca Graudegus will present her research plan “Roma in Germany after 1945”; Laura Bibard her research plan “Queer Perspective of Blackface Minstrelsy”; and Sohvi Frilander will present her research paper “Use of Japonism in Finnish Visual Arts 1850-1900”. […]

Guest lecture by Carita Lockmer at the Seminar on Multiculturalism, 4.12.2012 Researcher Carita Lockmer (Department of Sociology, University of Turku) will hold a guest lecture on “Urban ethnography in a multicultural suburb: case Halinen” at the Seminar on Multiculturalism. The guest lecture is open to all those interested in urban ethnography as a methodology and […]

The Seminar on Multiculturalism will meet again on 27 November when we will have three student presentations. Ville Santalahti will present his research plan “Educated expats in Turku region”; Héloïse Lombard will present her research plan “The Legacy of Former Colonies on Multiculturalism in France, from a Cultural Point of View”; and Mats Wickström will […]

The Seminar on Multiculturalism will meet again on 20 November when we will have three student presentations by Bianca Graudegus (on Roma and Sinti people in Germany); by Julie Franckaert (“Do people in minority groups have more chance to develop a mental disorder?”); and by Saba Nauman (“Analysis of entry point knowledge and exit point […]

The Seminar on Multiculturalism will meet again on 13 November. We will discuss three student presentations: Saba Nauman’s “Analysis of Entry Point Knowledge and Exit Point Knowledge of Students Patricipating in Multiculturalism Course at the University of Turku”; Choi-tung Chan’s “Contested Hong Knog Identity – The Case of the Hong Kong Autonomy Movement and Hong […]

The Seminar on Multiculturalism meets again on 6 November when we will have one student presentation. Sohvi Frilander will present her research plan “Use of Japonisme in Finnish Visual Arts, 1850-1900”. Welcome!