2026/5/15

On Tuesday, May 12, Cultural Anthropologist Tien-shi Chen provided a special lecture for the "Human Rights in Multicultural Societies" course, a core curriculum class taken by numerous students enrolled in the teaching program at Kyoto University of Foreign Studies.

The topic of Ms. Chen's lecture was "Viewing Multicultural Harmony through the Lens of Stateless Persons." She read aloud from a picture book she had authored describing her own experiences, and answered student questions submitted in advance of the lecture.

"There are 10 million stateless persons around the world, but not enough people are aware of their existence," explained Ms. Chen to the students.
"In order to ensure that each of these persons receives the respect they deserve as human beings, we must each raise our own awareness while also changing the frameworks of our society."

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