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DESCRIPTION:Transnational/Transcultural Comparative Area Studies &lt;b&gt;- Towar
 d a New University Education in a Multilingual and Multicultural Society -
 &lt;/b&gt; Research has been conducted in various regions and academic fields on
  the multilingual and multicultural situations of nation-states that have 
 become evident with globalization. Research on multilingual and multicultu
 ral situations has progressed not only in the fields of area studies\, hum
 anities\, and social sciences\, but also in fields that were previously th
 ought to be unadjacent. However\, each research is subdivided by target re
 gion and field\, and opportunities to share research results and concerns 
 are limited. There is also a need to further develop research in &quot;border&quot; 
 areas that go beyond existing analytical units such as &quot;nation\,&quot; &quot;culture
 \,&quot; and &quot;ethnicity.&quot; Therefore\, this symposium will share the results and
  challenges of research on multilingual and multicultural situations in va
 rious regions and fields\, and will explore the possibility of constructin
 g a new analytical framework for transnational and transcultural comparati
 ve area studies by reexamining existing theories\, methodologies\, analyti
 cal categories\, and discourses. In addition\, by comparatively examining 
 research and educational efforts on multilingual and multicultural situati
 ons in higher education institutions in each country\, we will consider th
 e possibilities and challenges of putting this new approach to comparative
  regional studies into practice in higher education.Date &lt;b&gt;and Time:&lt;/b&gt; 
 Saturday\, February 14\, 2009\, 10:00-17:45\, Sunday\, February 15\, 10:00
 -17:30Venue &lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt; Room 227\, Research and Lecture Building\, Tokyo Univ
 ersity of Foreign StudiesCapacity &lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt; 200 &lt;b&gt;peopleParticipation Fee:
 &lt;/b&gt; Free (Social Gathering Only: 3\,000 yen) &lt;b&gt;Organizer:&lt;/b&gt; Tokyo Univ
 ersity of Foreign Studies Center for Research in Multilingual and Multicul
 tural EducationHow &lt;b&gt;to Apply:&lt;/b&gt; Please apply using the application for
 m below. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tufs.ac.jp/common/mlmc/accept/Kokusai%20sympo
 .html&quot;&gt;http://www.tufs.ac.jp/common/mlmc/accept/Kokusai%20sympo.htmlInquir
 ies&lt;/a&gt; &lt;b&gt;:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a&gt;sekai-sympo@tufs.ac.jp&lt;/a&gt; (Person in Charge: Yoon Hye
 young)For more information on the day\, such as the schedule\, please visi
 t the website below. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tufs.ac.jp/blog/ts/g/cemmer/2008/
 12/post_75.html&quot;&gt;http://www.tufs.ac.jp/blog/ts/g/cemmer/2008/12/post_75.ht
 ml&lt;/a&gt;\n
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SUMMARY:Participants are being called for the International Symposium &quot;Rese
 arch on Multilingual and Multicultural Societies around the World&quot; on Febr
 uary 14th and 15th\, 2009! 
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