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UBC-Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture Series
2007 Lecture Information
Pundits, Pachyderms and Pluralism: The Never-Ending Debate on
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism has been the subject of public debate since
1971, when it was introduced as policy by the government of Pierre
Trudeau. However, both the terms and the terminology of the debate
remain ambiguous and lead to discussions in which people talk past
each other. This disconnect is particularly evident in the passionate
discussions on multiculturalism that periodically erupt in the editorial
and opinion pages of our newspapers.
The 2007 UBC-Laurier Institution lecture will be delivered by Dr.
Karim H. Karim, Director
of the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University.
Dr. Karim H. Karim is an Associate Professor in Carleton University's
School of Journalism and Communication. He had appointments as a
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University in Fall 2004 and as a Senior
Research Fellow at the Institute of Ismaili Studies in London, UK.
He has previously worked as Senior Researcher and as Senior Policy
Analyst in the Department of Canadian Heritage. Dr. Karim has also
served as Chairperson of the Federal Digitization Task Force's Working
Group on the Accessibility to Digitized Collections and the elected
Chairperson of Canadian Heritage's Committee on Equal Access and
Participation. Prior to his work in the Government of Canada, he
reported on Canada for Compass New Features (Luxembourg) and for
Inter Press Service (Rome). He continues to participate in government
consultations and to publish occasionally in newspapers; he is also
frequently interviewed by the media.
Dr. Karim has taught undergraduate, masters and doctoral-level courses
in transnational communication, communication and social relations,
media construction of social issues, technology and culture, advertising,
and hermeneutics at the School's Mass Communication Program. He
has also taught the Capstone Seminar in Communication and Information
Technology Policy for Carleton's Arthur Kroeger College of Public
Affairs. He is an Associate Researcher of the Montreal Centre for
Inter-university Research on Immigration, Integration and Urban
Dynamics. He is the Book Review Editor of the Journal of International
Communication and also serves on the editorial boards of the Canadian
Journal of Communication and Global Media and Communication.
Dr. Karim H. Karim's book, Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence
(Black Rose Books, 2000) has been critically acclaimed in international
journals and won the inaugural Robinson Book Prize of the Canadian
Communication Association in 2001. It was re-issued in an updated
edition in 2003.
He also edited The Media of Diaspora (Routledge, 2003).
Dr. Karim has also published a number of chapters in edited works
including Accounting for Culture; Journalism After
September 11; The Global Dynamics of News; Media
and Propaganda: A Global Perspective; Key Thinkers for
the Information Society; The Language and Politics of Exclusion;
Mediascapes: New Patterns in Canadian Communication; Civic
Discourse and Cultural Politics in Canada; Islam Encountering
Globalisation, and Muslims in the West.
His scholarly articles have appeared in Journal of International
Communication; International Journal of Politics, Culture,
and Society; The Public: Journal of the European Institute
for Communication and Culture; Information, Communication
and Society; Canadian Journal of Communication; Journal
of International Migration and Integration; Migratenstudies;
Nord-Süd Aktuell and UNESCO's World Culture Report.
Dr. Karim recently managed a major project on the depiction of diversity
for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He is currently leading
an international, SSHRC-funded research project on intellectual
trends among Muslims in Canada, the U.K. and the U.K.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
7:30-9:00PM
The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, 6265 Crescent Road, UBC
Point Grey Campus
This event is open to the public and everyone is welcome. Call
604-822-1444 to pre-register for your FREE ticket.
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