Scandinavian 396M - IS-Symposium:MulticultrScandin

Focusing on a guest symposium about challenges of the current refugee/immigration crisis in Scandinavia, this course is a complement to SCANDIN 397M.

A weekend symposium: Friday March 31 from 2 pm to 5:30 pm & Saturday 4/1 from 9 am to 5 pm, with guest scholars from the U.S. and Scandinavia, to address the topic "Managing Multicultural Scandinavia." All the Scandinavian countries are generous welfare states, but their policies and practices with regard to immigration differ-Denmark's requirement that immigrants forfeit their valuables has received the most negative international attention, while Sweden's open door policy has overwhelmed the country's social services. The philosophies, implementations, and results of various national policies--e.g., re/ integration and ghettoization, political activism of linguistic and cultural minorities, nuances in the radical right, etc., will be central concerns. Date TBA. 1 credit. Complement and requirement for SCANDIN 397M and SCANDIN 697M. Also available independently.