English | History | Indonesian Studies | Politics | Applied Ethics
English Research
Paul Eggert currently holds a five-year Australian Research Council Professorial Fellowship to produce an electronic archive and new scholarly edition of the collected poems of Charles Harpur. Paul?s latest book, Securing the Past, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. He leads the Australian Scholarly Editions Project, publishing authoritative editions of major Australian texts: the Academy edition of Rolf Boldrewood's Robbery Under Arms (edited with Elizabeth Webby) was published in 2006. Nicole Moore?s ARC-funded research on literary censorship in Australia includes the bibliographic database Banned in Australia, hosted by Austlit, and a forthcoming new history titled The Censor?s Library. She was contributing editor for 1900-1950 for the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature (Allen & Unwin, 2009) and is reviews editor for Australian Feminist Studies (Routledge). Heather Neilson is a co-editor of AJAS, The Australasian Journal of American Studies, and publishes mainly on American literature. Most recently, Jeff Doyle has published a number of gallery notes and catalogue entries on the Australian artists Ken Unsworth, Lex Dickson, and Peter Daly.
Visiting Fellows in English at ADFA continue to publish notable work, including Katherine Barnes' Higher Self in Christopher Brennan's Poems: Esotericism, Romanticism, Symbolism (Brill 2006), and the anthologies of poet Geoff Page, most recently Eighty Great Poems from Chaucer till Now (UNSW Press 2006) and Sixty Classic Australian Poems (UNSW Press 2009). Susan Lever?s critical study of novelist David Foster was published in 2008 (while she was on staff) and she continues on the editorial board of JASAL (Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature). Emeritus Professor Harry Heseltine launched his memoir In Due Season: Australian Literary Studies 1957-2008 (Australian Scholarly Publishing) at the National Library of Australia in 2009, and Emeritus Professor Bruce Bennett?s most recent publication was published in India: Of Sadhus and Spinners: Australian Encounters with India, with Santosh K. Sareen, Susan Cowan, Asha Kanwar (eds.) (HarperCollins Publishers India, 2009).
Current English staff:
| Professor Paul Eggert |
| Associate Professor Nicole Moore |
| Dr Heather Neilson |
History Research
Members of the history discipline carry out research in areas that are often defence related. They have published many works on the history of the two world wars, the Korean War and later conflicts, as well as a multi-volume study of the history of Australia's Department of Defence. Other research areas include: naval history; Russian and Soviet history; German history; and general British history.
Current History staff:
| Dr David Blaazer | Dr Debbie Lackerstein |
| Dr Eleanor Hancock | Associate Professor Stewart Lone |
| Dr John Connor | Dr John Reeve |
| Professor Jeffrey Grey | Dr Craig Stockings |
Indonesian Studies Research
At the UNSW@ADFA we offer a PhD research program called Southeast Asian Social Inquiry (plan code 1203). ?This program focuses on social and cultural understanding of Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia.? We believe knowledge of one or more cultures of the Southeast Asian region is relevant to anyone aspiring to a leadership role in Australian or international professional and social life.
Our research interests include research supervision and coursework are in the fields of Social Anthropology, Linguistics, Literature and Media Studies.
Our current research interests include:
Islam:
- The development of Islamic economy and Islamic social entrepreneurship
- Islamism and globalisation
Language and Literature:
- Cultural politics and modernity of the pre- and post-independence periods
- Literary history and contemporary Indonesian literature and theatre
- Ethnic Chinese-Indonesian cultural representations
Media:
- Community media and local development
- Radio journalism and democratic reform
- Television genres and new media art
- Globalisation and popular youth culture
Regional autonomy and ethnicity:
- The growing social connections between Sumatra and Malaysia
- Regional cultures and ethnic movements
Staff are also involved in the editorial board of the Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs (RIMA) - an inter-disciplinary journal on the cultures of the Indonesian and Malaysian world based in Canberra, and the only of its kind in Australia.
Current Indonesian Studies Staff:
| Dr Minako Sakai |
| Dr Edwin Jurri?ns |
| Paul Tickell |
Politics Research
Politics at UNSW@ADFA has a strong and recognised research track record, particularly in understanding the political and security dynamics of the three main sub-regions comprising the Asia Pacific ? North East Asia, South East Asia and the South Pacific. Our current research strengths include: Australian foreign policy and security; strategic and defence studies; comparative politics of South East Asia; country studies expertise on China, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, East Timor and the USA; terrorism and political violence; ethnic conflict; intra-state conflict; civil-military relations; international and domestic political theory; international relations theory; history of political thought; comparative political thought; democracy and democratisation; political culture; and Australian politics.
Research in Politics is very well supported by the UNSW@ADFA library, which has the country?s best collection in strategic and security studies, as well as first class collections in international politics, international law, Islamic studies, and in regional and Australian politics.
Current Politics staff:
| Dr Morten Pedersen | Professor David Lovell |
| Dr Peter Balint | Dr Gavin Mount |
| Associate Professor Anthony Burke | Dr John Walker |
| Assoc Prof Clinton Fernandes | Dr Lindy Edwards |
| Dr Jian Zhang | |
Applied Ethics Research
Members of the ethics discipline within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences mainly carry out research in applied ethics, though within a wide variety of areas within this general field, including research in military ethics, medical ethics, police ethics, professional ethics, ethical issues in information technology, ethics in youth and social work, and in the practical application of human rights. Ethics staff within the school have been awarded research grants by a number of government organisations, including the Australian Research Council and Food Standards Australia New Zealand, as well as consulting on projects for the Professional Standards Council (NSW), NSW Police, Victoria Police, Youth Coalition (Australia), Defence Science and Technology Organisation and the NSW College of Clinical Pastoral Education.