CFP: Migration and Creation of Japan's Multicultural Society

The organizers invite proposals for a conference on Migration and Creation of Japan's Multicultural Society to be held  27 and 28 January 2012 at Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines. The conference aims to provide a lively forum for academics, scholars, educators, and professionals who are interested in issues of migration relating to Japan, and enable the exchange of new and various approaches and perspectives in an informal interdisciplinary setting. The conveners are accepting abstracts (300-500 words) for papers looking at in- and out-migration and multiculturalism in Japan. Please email abstracts to jspadmu@gmail.com on or before 14 October 2011. The conference is supported by the Japan Foundation in cooperation with the Women and Gender Institute, Miriam College, Philippines.