Dr Peter Balint
Lecturer
Politics Program
Phone: +61 2 6268
8239
Fax: +61 2 6268 8879
Email: p.balint@adfa.edu.au
Professional Background
Peter Balint is a lecturer in Politics at UNSW@ADFA. He has a PhD in Politics & International Relations (2009) and a B.A. (Hons) in History & Philosophy of Science from The University of New South Wales.
In 2010, Peter was awarded a five month visiting fellowship (Senior Fellow) at the Centre of Advanced Studies “Justitia Amplificata: Rethinking Justice – Applied and Global”, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main. He also spent a month as a Visiting Fellow at CAPPE. In 2011, Peter was a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Politics, University of York, as well as in the School of Social Sciences & International Studies, UNSW.
Peter has previously taught humanities at TAFE (Sydney Institute), was a sessional lecturer at UNSW, and a Visiting Graduate Student in the School of Politics & International Relations, at The University of Oxford. As well as his academic activities, Peter has spent many years rock climbing, including the publication of Sydney Bouldering in 2001. Peter joined UNSW@ADFA in January 2007.
Courses Taught:
- ZHSS 2421 Topics in Political Philosophy
- ZHSS2423 Key Political Thinkers
- ZHSS8437 Global Justice and World Politics
- ZHSS1401 Politics 1A: Liberal Democracy and Australia
Research Interests / Projects
- Respect and Toleration
- Social cohesion and national identity
- Breastfeeding and state policy
- Liberal multiculturalism
- Contemporary political theory
Publications
Refereed:
Peter Balint, “Not yet making sense of political toleration”, Res Publica 2012 [Online First] (DOI) 10.1007/s11158-012-9177-3
Peter Balint, “Diversity, National Identity and Social Cohesion: Welfare Redistribution and National Defence”, (forthcoming 2012) in Rubenstein, Jenkins and Nolan (eds), Allegiance and Identity in a Globalised World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press).
Peter Balint, “Education for tolerance: respecting sameness, not difference”, in Coleman and White (eds), Tolerance, Education and the Curriculum (Rotterdam: Sense, 2011), 41-52.
Peter Balint, “Neutrality and Diversity”, Australian Political Studies Association, Canberra, 26-28 September 2011,http://law.anu.edu.au/coast/events/apsa/papers.htm
Peter Balint, “Avoiding an Intolerant Society: Why respect of difference may not be the best approach", Educational Philosophy and Theory 2010, 42(1) 129-141.
Peter Balint, “Avoiding an Intolerant Society: Why respect of difference may not be the best approach", [reprint] in Mitja Sardoc (ed.),Toleration, Respect and Recognition in Education (Oxford, Malden MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2010), 123-134
“Should the promotion of breastfeeding be government policy?”, Australian Political Studies Association 2009, (28 September) http://www.pol.mq.edu.au/apsa/papers/Refereed papers/Balint, Should the promotion of breastfeeding be government policy.pdf
Peter Balint, “How much social cohesion do we really need?”, Questioning Cosmopolitanism: Second Biennial Conference of the International Global Ethics Association, Melbourne, 2008.
Peter Balint, “Respect Relationships in Diverse Societies”, Res Publica, Vol. 12(1) 2006, pp. 35-37. www.springerlink.com/index/E86476361U622307.pdf
Some recent presented papers
“Respect, Accommodation and the Citizen”, Debating Toleration: Attitudes, Practices and Institutions, 3 - 5 November, 2011 - University of Pavia.
“Why liberal state neutrality is more accommodating than multiculturalism”, John Cabot University Rome, 8 November 2011.
“Toleration as a Liberal Political Practice”, Morrell Political theory Seminar, University of York, 31 May 2011.
“Toleration as a Liberal Political Practice”, MANCEPT Seminar, University of Manchester, 12 May 2011.
“In what sense might we need tolerance as a political virtue?”, On Citizenship & Civic Virtues, University of Gdansk, 6 May 2011.
“Toleration as a Liberal Political Practice”, School of History & Philosophy Seminar, UNSW, 22 March 2011.
“Toleration as a Liberal Political Practice”, Respect Project Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Pavia, Italy, 26 January 2011.
“Difference-Sensitive Neutrality”, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Bad Homburg, Germany, 4 February 2011.
“Liberal Toleration as a Political Practice”, 'Justitia Amplificata. Rethinking Justice - Applied and Global' Colloquium, Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main, 1 December 2011.
“Toleration, Respect and Accommodation: towards a typology”, Manchester Workshops in Political Theory 7th Annual Conference – Workshop on 'Toleration and Respect: concepts, justifications and applications', Manchester University, 1-3 September 2010.
“Diversity, National Identity and Social Cohesion”, Connecting International Law with Public Law - Allegiance and Identity in a Globalised World, Australian National University, 19 July - 21 July 2010.
“Curdled Milk– On the state promotion of breastfeeding”, CAPPE Seminar, Australian National University, 14 April, 2010.
Consulting / Professional Activities
Founding member of The Global Justice Network
Co-editor Global Justice: Theory Practice Rhetoric
Invited Submission to the Bidgigal Reserve Draft Plan of Management, 2010.
Invited Submission to the National Multicultural Advisory Council, 2009.
Areas of Potential Postgraduate Supervision
- Political theory
- Multiculturalism and related topics
- Australian politics