Dear SSJ Forum,

ICAS at Temple University Japan Campus would like to invite you to the
following evening event:

- Wednesday, October 19, 2016
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7:30 p.m.- 9:00 p.m. (doors open at 7:00 p.m.)
- Temple University Japan Campus, Mita Hall 5F
- (access: http://www.tuj.ac.jp/maps/tokyo.html)
- Speaker: Miloš Debnár, Assistant Professor of sociology at Doshisha
University’s Faculty of Social Sciences
- RSVP: icas@tuj.temple.edu
* If you RSVP you are automatically registered. If possible, we ask you
to RSVP but we always welcome participants even you do not RSVP.

Overview:
This book analyzes the increase in contemporary European migration toJapan, its causes and the lives
of Europeans in Japan. The main goal is todeconstruct the picture of highly skilled, privileged,
cosmopolitan elitesthat has been frequently associated with white or Western migrants. Thebook
focuses on the case of Europeans rather than Westerners migrating to ahighly developed, non-Western
country as Japan, and offers new insights onincreasing diversity in migration and its outcomes for
integration ofmigrants. What are the motivations for choosing Japan, how do whitemigrants enjoy the
‘privilege’ based on their race, what are its limits,and to what extent are the social worlds of
such migrants characterized bycosmopolitanism rather than ethnicity?

In the book talk, author will outline the main arguments of the book withthe focus on the
stereotypes regarding Europeans and the way they are beingchallenged by these contemporary migration
trends. This should lead us tofurther discussion of Japanese society amidst the advancing
globalizationand exploration of new possibilities for migration policies in Japan.

Speaker:
Miloš Debnár is an Assistant Professor of sociology at DoshishaUniversity’s Faculty of Social
Sciences. He earned his M.A. in Japaneselanguage studies from Comenius University and M.A. and Ph.D.
in sociologyfrom Kyoto University. His research is focused on international migrationand especially
on its ‘unorthodox’ forms such as ‘white migrations’,international students or marriage related
migration to and from Japan. Hehas also done research on global cities, and more recently is
participatingin Japan’s Social Stratification and Mobility survey. His latest bookis *Migration,
Whiteness, and Cosmopolitanism: Europeans in Japan *(Palgrave Macmillan,
2016, http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137565266).

For more information please visit
https://kenkyudb.doshisha.ac.jp/rd/html/english/researchersHtml/114146/114146_Researcher.html

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Robert Dujarric, Director
Kyle Cleveland, Associate Director
Eriko Kawaguchi, Senior Coordinator
Institute of Contemporary Asian Studies
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