Politics and International Relations Program
Master of International Relations
Teaching and Supervision Staff
Dennis Altman, Professor of Politics, is the author of numerous books including 51st State? (2006), Gore Vidal’s America (2005) and Global Sex (2001). His research interests include: sexuality and sexual regulation; politics of HIV/AIDS; politics and culture of the United States and Australia.
Dr Stefan Auer, Senior Lecturer in Politics and History, is the author of Liberal Nationalism in Central Europe (2004). This won the prize for Best Book in European Studies (2005) with the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES). He has published articles in Critical Horizons, East European Politics and Societies, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, Osteuropa and elsewhere. His research interests include: the self-limiting revolutions of 1989 in Central Europe and their more recent reincarnations (e.g. Ukraine 2004); political thought of dissident intellectuals and Hannah Arendt; nationalism in Central Europe; enlargement of the European Union.
Nick Bisley is Associate Professor in International Relations. His research and teaching expertise is in the international relations of the Asia-Pacific, globalisation and the diplomacy of great powers. Nick is a member of the Council for Security and Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific, is the author of many books and articles including Building Asia's Security (IISS/Routledge, 2009) and Rethinking Globalization and regularly contributes to national and international media including the ABC, The Age and Al-Jazeera.
Joseph Camilleri, Professor of International Relations, Director of the Centre for Dialogue, is the author and editor of numerous books including Regionalism in the New Asia-Pacific Order (2003) and Democratizing Global Governance (2002). He specialises in issues of human rights, civilisation dialogue, global governance reform, peace and security.
Sandy Gifford, Professor in Anthropology, Director of the La Trobe Refugee Research Centre, is the co-editor of Sexual Health: An Australian Perspective (2005) and numerous articles and chapters on refugee and health issues. Her research interests include: medical anthropology, anthropology of forced displacement and refugee resettlement, and applied anthropology.
Dr James Leibold, Senior Lecturer in Asian Studies and Politics, is the author of Reconfiguring Chinese Nationalism (2007). His research interests include the role of ethnicity, race and national identity in modern Chinese history and society.
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