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[PAST EVENT] Embracing Diversity - The Singapore Experiment/Experience
April 24, 2014
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Location
Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Memorial Hall, Room 222601 Jamestown Rd
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
Professor Kirpal Singh, Singapore Management University, presents: "Embracing Diversity - The Singapore Experiment/Experience"
It is becoming very clear that without embracing Diversity it is going to be extremely difficult for any modern state/city/nation to become truly successful in any sense of this word-from the personal to the national level. Our new globalized economy demands that we all embrace diversity.
Among the young modern nations, the small island-state of Singapore was among the first to embrace Diversity in a major way--and the fact that today Singapore is recognized by the international community to be one of the most successful economies in the world speaks for its well-chosen path.
This Africana-AMES Mellon Distinguished International lecture will explore the challenges that face the embracing of Diversity and using Singapore as the prime example will illustrate views/ideas that do need understanding given the sheer complexity of this theme.
Co-presented by Africana Studies, Global Studies, Asian & Middle East Studies, Center for Student Diversity, the Dean's Lecture Fund, and the Reves Center for International Studies
It is becoming very clear that without embracing Diversity it is going to be extremely difficult for any modern state/city/nation to become truly successful in any sense of this word-from the personal to the national level. Our new globalized economy demands that we all embrace diversity.
Among the young modern nations, the small island-state of Singapore was among the first to embrace Diversity in a major way--and the fact that today Singapore is recognized by the international community to be one of the most successful economies in the world speaks for its well-chosen path.
This Africana-AMES Mellon Distinguished International lecture will explore the challenges that face the embracing of Diversity and using Singapore as the prime example will illustrate views/ideas that do need understanding given the sheer complexity of this theme.
Co-presented by Africana Studies, Global Studies, Asian & Middle East Studies, Center for Student Diversity, the Dean's Lecture Fund, and the Reves Center for International Studies