10 Facts About James Jupp

James Jupp AM was a British-Australian political scientist and author.

James Jupp was Director of the Centre for Immigration and Multicultural Studies in the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University and an adjunct professor of the RMIT University in Melbourne.

James Jupp was an Australian citizen and resident of Canberra.

James Jupp was born in Croydon, England, and was educated at the London School of Economics between 1951 and 1956.

James Jupp held teaching posts in Political Science at the University of Melbourne, the University of York, the University of Waterloo and the University of Canberra.

James Jupp was a member of the Planning and Steering Committees for the Global Cultural Diversity conference held in Sydney in April 1995 and chairman of the Review of Migrant and Multicultural Programmes and Services, which presented its report Don't Settle for Less, to the Minister for Immigration in August, 1986.

In 2010 James Jupp attracted considerable criticism over controversial comments he made to the effect that ANZAC Day was becoming less relevant in Australian culture.

James Jupp married political scientist Marian Sawer in 1978, with whom he had one daughter.

James Jupp died in Canberra on 11 April 2022, at the age of 89.

James Jupp published widely on immigration and multicultural affairs and he was General Editor of the Bicentennial Encyclopedia of the Australian People from 1984 until its publication as The Australian People in September, 1988 and of the second edition published for the Centenary of Federation in 2001.