This seminar is jointly organised by the Asia Research Institute, and the Family, Children and Youth Cluster of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore
CHAIRPERSON
Prof Jean Yeung, Asia Research Institute and Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore.
ABSTRACT
In this lecture, Professor Furstenberg will present the lessions of Family Change in the West for emerging patterns of change in East and Southeast Asia, especially for the transition to adulthood. There is also a great deal of variation in the patterning of the adult transition in different nations in Europe and the Anglo-speaking nations. He identifies some of the reasons for this variation – economic, cultural and institutional – that account for the varied regimes of early adulthood and speculate how they may impact different Asian countries, owing to historical, cultural, and institutional patterns.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Frank F. Furstenburg, Jr is the Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Research Associate in the Polulation Studies Center at the University of Pennsylvania. His interest in the American Family began at Columbia University where he received his Phd in 1967. His most recent book is Destinies of Disadvantaged: The Politics of Teenage Childbearing (2007). His previous books and articles center on children, youth, families and the public. His current research projects focus on the family in the contest of disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, adolescent sexual behavior, cross national research on children’s well-being, and urban education. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Institute of Medicine.
REGISTRATION
Admission is free. We would greatly appreciate if you RSVP to: fastnl@nus.edu.sg
