LECTURE: Too close for comfort. Loving thy neighbour and the management of interethnic propinquity

You are invited to a free public lecture by

Dr Anne-Marie Fortier, Sociology, Lancaster University

Date and Time: Wednesday 18 August at 6.00pm Venue: Geography Lecture Theatre, UWA (The nearest carpark is 18 and 19 via Fairway entrance No 1). Please refer to map on http://maps.uwa.edu.au/crawley/display/6

Anne-Marie Fortier' s broad areas of interest include migrant identity formations (especially the articulation of sex/gender and ethnic/racial identities), diaspora, diversity, nationalisms and multiculturalisms, and addresses questions of home, belonging, community, and transnational connections. Within these areas, her work may be clustered around the following themes: Migrant Identities, Home and Belonging, including the impact of transnational forms of belonging on local communal identity formations, Queer migrations and queer diasporas, and Multiculturalisms and Nationalisms in a Globalising World.

This public lecture is part of the forthcoming symposium hosted by the Institute of Advanced Studies.

TRACS (Transnationalisms, Racisms, Communities and Settlements) Research Centre initiative August 16-20, 2004

This program includes a research workshop, a new researcher’s day and three public lectures. Registration is essential for the symposium but public lectures are free. More information including the registration form, fees and abstracts of speakers is available from our website on http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/activities_and_programs/other_activities_and_events

ALL WELCOME. NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED

For more information please contact The Institute of Advanced Studies, UWA on Tel (08) 6488 1340; Email [email protected]; www.ias.uwa.edu.au