Lunch with Professor David Chiavacci, University of Zurich
Mercator professor for Japanology at the University of Zurich
Date
Tuesday, November 24, 2015 12:00 - 14:00
Location
- Zunfthaus zur Waag
Münsterhof 8
8001 Zürich
Switzerland
Speaker
- Prof. Dr. David Chiavacci University of Zurich
Organisation
- Swiss-Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Fee
The cost of the Lunch is of CHF 90.-- per person, to be paid in cash only at the event (full no-show charge in case of cancellation later than 5 days before the event)
Agenda
- 12:00 Apéro
- 12:15 Professor Dr. David Chiavacci, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies speaks on the topic: “New migration and migration policy in Japan”
- 12.45 Lunch
- 14.00 Ending
David Chiavacci
Professor Chiavacci is the Mercator professor for Japanology at the University of Zurich. His research focuses on:
- political sociology, economic sociology and knowledge sociology in Japan
- immigration and immigration policy in Japan
- social structures and social inequality in Japan
- comparative society studies with focus on Japan.
In his academic career, professor Chiavacci has been an academic assistant at the University of Zurich, a visiting scholar at the Institute for Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo and at the Seminar for East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. He has been professor for modern Japan studies at the Univ. of Duisburg Essen and since 2010 he is full professor in Zurich.
