Episode 43: Ghassan Hage and the Weight of Words

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"This idea that we are suffering from a crisis of mobility. There is nowhere to go. And so, increasingly identity becomes a space where we are creating boundaries protecting ourselves, but these identities become claustrophobic." - Prof Ghassan Hage

Ghassan Hage

Ghassan Hage is the inaugural Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory at the School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry. His research interests include globalisation, migration, nationalism, racism and multiculturalism from a comparative perspective. In 2007, the Sydney Morning Herald listed Prof Hage in its top 25 public intellectuals in Australia.

 


USEFUL LINKS

Publications

Books

Arab-Australians Today: Citizenship and Belonging, G. Hage (ed), Melbourne University Publishing, 2002.
ISBN 0522849792
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Hage, G., White Nation: Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society, Routledge, 2000.
ISBN 0415929237
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CREDITS

Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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Source URL: http://upclose.unimelb.edu.au/episode/143