This symposium is now available as: MP3 (please listen to the file below in eight parts) and the presentations of Prof. Marek Okólski (click here), Dr. Pawel Kaczmarczyk (click here) and Dr. Magdalena Lesinska (click here) as PDF. As a courtesy to the presenters, please contact them for permission to refer to the PowerPoint notes for the purpose of further research.

This event is co-hosted with the Embassy of the Republic of Poland.

Australia has often been described as a multicultural success story and is widely studied as a “classic” settler and migrant society. Multiculturalism as national policy has operated since the early 1970s. Underscored by principles of social equity and access, Australian multiculturalism is central to citizenship even if at times, this has tested the limits of competing demands on tolerance, justice and democracy. Cultural diversity has also long been considered one of Europe’s most valuable assets. Recognising pluralism as an integral part of European identity, the European Union adopted “Unity in Diversity” as its official motto in 2000.

The advantages as well as challenges posed by migration-related diversity to Australia and the EU are often raised (separately) in the public domain and academia, but rarely are these issues studied in a comparative manner. This one-day symposium brings together experts from Europe and Australia to discuss migration-related diversity issues associated with multiculturalism, citizenship and political participation. What lessons can we learn from each other?

To view the flyer for this event please see: Multiculturalism and Migration