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Asia and the future of Europe - public lecture

24 August 2005

Jointly presented by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies, the Centre for Malaysian Studies, the National Centre for South Asian Studies, the Monash Asia Institute and the Melbourne South Asian Studies Group.

When: Friday 2 September, 5 - 7 pm
Where: Room B1.24, Melbourne University, 221 Bouverie Street, Carlton

'Asia and the future of Europe - Westernisation and Easternisation in global perspective', by Mario Rutten, Professor of Comparative Sociology of Asia, University of Amsterdam .

The Westernisation of Asia and the Easternisation of Europe are two interconnected aspects of globalisation. In most of the social sciences, developments in Europe are often taken as central, with those elsewhere seen as derivative.

From early on, it was assumed that the study of Europe would provide insights into future developments in Asia, while the study of Asia would give us, at the most, insights into Europe's past.

This research provides a new comparative perspective in the study of Asian and European societies. It will show how and to what extent the study of Asia gives us insights into Europe 's future.

Further information is available at www.arts.monash.edu.au/mai/events.html#asiaeurope.

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