Asian History
Research projects include studies into the Chinese diaspora in Australia, their linkages throughout the region and their contribution to Australian society , pre-modern societies and culture in Asia and the construction of national identity and post-colonial studies.
Faculty Research Focus
- Post-war Japanese society
- Chinese Dispaora
- Contemporary Chinese history and society
Current Projects
- The transnational history of the Chinese Nationalist Party
- The languages of Minahasa: description, documentation, and support
- Unlocking Australia's Chinese archive: the political organisation and social experience of the Chinese Australian community, 1909-1939
Research Interests
The Faculty will consider any research topic that interests potential PhD students; however, students will benefit from researching in areas that align with the Faculty’s strengths. Please contact the Faculty to discuss your PhD topic.
Alternatively you may contact one of our academics below to discuss your area of interest.
- Chinese politics and development studies - Dr Brooke Wilmsen
- Global-local interface in education - Professor Kaori Okano
- Islamophobia, and Indian nationalism - Dr Patrick Wolfe
- Post-war Japanese society - Dr Elise Foxworth
- Role of ethnicity, race and national identity in contemporary Chinese history and society - Dr James Leibold
- South and Southeast Asia - Professor Alberto Gomes
- The Philippines - Dr Trevor Hogan
- The social history of Melbourne's Chinatown - Dr Sophie Couchman
- The visual representation of Chinese in Australia, 1850s-1950s - Dr Sophie Couchman
- Victorian goldfields - Dr Charles Fahey
