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Will Kymlicka <kymlicka@queensu.ca> Queen's University theories and practices of multicultural citizenship |
| Address: | Dept of Philosophy Watson Hall Queen's University Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6 Canada |
| Fax Number: | 613-533-6545 |
| Web Page: | http://post.queensu.ca/~kymlicka |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Citizenship |
| Interests: | Canadian History / Studies Ethnic History / Studies Human Rights Political History / Studies |
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Bio: Will Kymlicka received his B.A. in philosophy and politics from Queen's University in 1984, and his D.Phil. in philosophy from Oxford University in 1987. He is the author of five books published by Oxford University Press: Liberalism, Community, and Culture (1989), Contemporary Political Philosophy (1990; second edition 2002), Multicultural Citizenship (1995), which was awarded the Macpherson Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association, and the Bunche Award by the American Political Science Association, Finding Our Way: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada (1998), Politics in the Vernacular: Nationalism, Multiculturalism, Citizenship (2001), and Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity (2007). He is also the editor of Justice in Political Philosophy (Elgar 1992), and The Rights of Minority Cultures (OUP 1995), and co-editor of Ethnicity and Group Rights (NYU 1997), Citizenship in Diverse Societies (OUP 2000), Alternative Conceptions of Civil Society (PUP 2001), Can Liberal Pluralism Be Exported? (OUP 2001), Language Rights and Political Theory (OUP 2003), Ethnicity and Democracy in Africa (James Currey, 2004), Multiculturalism in Asia (OUP 2005), Multiculturalism and the Welfare State (OUP 2006), and The Globalization of Ethics (CUP, 2007). He is currently the Canada Research Chair in Political Philosophy at Queen's University, and a visiting professor in the Nationalism Studies program at the Central European University in Budapest. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. From 2004-6, he is the President of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. His works have been translated into 30 languages. |
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