Higher Degree Research Students
Faculty of Asian Studies, The Australian National University
Faculty of Asian Studies Higher Degree Research Students March 2009
| Name | Degree | Thesis Topic | Supervisor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansori, Siaan (formerly Matthews, Siaan) | PhD | Approaches to public policy in Australia and Malaysia | Prof Anthony Milner | siaan.ansori@anu.edu.au |
| Assegaf, Umar | MPhil | Proposed: The Spring of Shiite Developments in Contemporary Indonesia | Dr Greg Fealy | umar.assegaf@anu.edu.au |
| Beilby, Mark | PhD | Nationalist appropriation of epic/puranic discourses | Dr McComas Taylor | markb@m-and-b.net |
| Brownell, Paul | PhD | The Interpretation of the Three Nature Theory through the text entitled dbus mtha' rnam 'byed kyi 'grel pa /written by Maitreya/Asanga and its commentaries by Vasubandhu and other Buddhist masters | Prof John Powers | paul.brownell@anu.edu.au |
| Carter, Roger | MPhil | Classical Chinese Furniture in the 18th-century novel 'The Story of the Stone' | Prof John Minford | Roger@humblehouse.com.au |
| Che, William | PhD | A Dictionary of the Chinese Language: Traditions Behind and Road Ahead | Prof John Minford | william.che@anu.edu.au |
| Cheang, Justina | PhD | Collective Memory and the History of Macao | Prof John Minford | justinacheang@yahoo.com.hk |
| Chen, Flora | PhD | Cultural Nationalism and the revival of National Studies in Contemporary Chine | Dr John Makeham | florac@bigpond.net.au |
| Chou, Meiyin | PhD | How family rules shaped the Chinese people's character--based on the Qing family instructions & clan rules in the modern educational viewpoints | Dr Aat Vervoorn | q997765@yahoo.com.tw |
| Chulanont, Panpa-nga | PhD | Border Security Relations between Thailand and Malaysia in the post WWII | Prof Anthony Milner | Panpanga.Chulanont@anu.edu.au |
| Chun, Michael | PhD | Chinese Nationalism in Colonial Hong Kong 1650-1997 | Dr John Makeham | michael.chun@anu.edu.au |
| Creak, Simon | PhD | A history of sport and physical culture in 20th century Laos | Dr Craig Reynolds | simon.creak@anu.edu.au |
| Crocker, John | PhD | George Coedes and the development of Southeast Asian historiography | Dr Aat Vervoorn | alfatoy@ozemail.com.au |
| Dilokvidhyarat, Tamthai | PhD | The state Collection of Information on the Population in Thailand 1892 to 1932 | Dr Craig Reynolds | tamthai.dilokvidhyarat@anu.edu.au |
| Gamble, Ruth | PhD | Travelling Songs: the Third Karmapa's Tibetan acculturation of the Indian doha | Prof John Powers | ruth.gamble@anu.edu.au |
| Hope, Michael | PhD | The influence of shamanism upon the Islamic beliefs and practices of the Ilkhan (Mongol) Dynasty of Iran at the start of the 14th century | Dr Li Narangoa | Michael.Hope@anu.edu.au |
| Huang, Li-ling | PhD | The Eileen Chang phenomenon: East and West, Tradition and Modernity in a Cosmopolitan Chinese Writer | Prof John Minford | li-ling.huang@anu.edu.au |
| Hughes, Kirrilee | PhD | Australia's Asia Literacy Program | A Prof Ariel Heryanto | Kirrillee Hughes@anu.edu.au |
| Imaki, Jun | MPhil | Anatomy of composition: How are Japanese compositions evaluated? | Dr Shunichi Ishihara | Jun.Imaki@anu.edu.au |
| Jacob, Cecilia | PhD | Human security approaches to security in Southeast Asia with specific reference to children | Dr Bina D'Costa | cecilia.jacob@anu.edu.au |
| Jilks, Peter | PhD | Signs of Irreversibility on the Buddhist Path to Enlightenment | Dr John Powers | peter.jilks@anu.edu.au |
| Kilcline Cody, Mary | PhD | History and fiction in a sensational colonial murder trial, British Malaya, 1911 | Dr Ian Proudfoot | mary.kilcline.cody@anu.edu.au |
| Kim, Dae Keun | PhD | Martial Arts, Nationalism and Orientalism | Dr Li Narangoa | radicaldk@hotmail.com |
| Lawrence, Kelvin | PhD | TBA | Prof Ann Kumar | Kelvin.Lawrence@anu.edu.au |
| Layton, Kelly | PhD | Refacing China's Cities: Urgan Lives and Entangled Spaces | Prof Geremie Barme | kelly.layton@anu.edu.au |
| Lee, Minseon | PhD | Cross-cultural Encounters of Koreans and Westerners, 1882-1910 | Dr Ruth Barraclough | minseon.lee@anu.edu.au |
| Lehmann, Felicity | PhD | Sinhala Catholicism - Syncretic nature | Dr Richard Barz | Felicity.Lehmann@anu.edu.au |
| Maglaglic, Mersija | PhD | A comparison of Islam in Europe and SEA: E Karic and N Madjid | Dr Greg Fealy | mersija.maglaglic@anu.edu.au |
| Makhasin, Lufthi | PhD | Transnational Sufism and Islamic Political Identity | Dr Greg Fealy | lufthi.makhasin@anu.edu.au |
| Malhi, Amrita | PhD | Terengganu uprising 1928: Islamism and imaginative geographies in colonial Malaya | Dr Robert Cribb | amrita.malhi@anu.edu.au |
| Matthews, Ros | PhD | Social commitment and the alienation of postcolonial modernism in selected short fiction of Dr Krishna Baldev Vaid | Dr Aat Vervoorn | ros.matthews@anu.edu.au |
| Musgrave, Phillip | PhD | Novel Place Names and Intersections with Time: Tokyo Before and After the 1980s Bubble in Literature | Dr Mark Gibeau | pkuma@tpg.com.au |
| Nguyen, Thy Tan Lan | PhD | Code Choice in Vietnamese Community in Sydney | Dr Bao Thai | thy.nguyen@anu.edu.au |
| Nomura, Haruka | PhD | Communal Conflicts in the local leadership in Taiwan in the 19th Century | Dr Li Narangoa | haruka.nomura@anu.edu.au |
| Ogi, Naomi | PhD | Involvement and Attitude: So-called sentence-final particles in Japanese | Dr Duck-young Lee | naomi.ogi@anu.edu.au |
| Pacey, Scott | PhD | Buddhism for the human world | Prof Geremie Barme | scott.pacey@anu.edu.au |
| Parameswaran, Ashvin | PhD | Alignment in Asian Studies Course Design | Dr Aat Vervoorn | ashvin.parameswaran@anu.edu.au |
| Park, Hea-Jin | PhD | South Korean Government-sponsored Agricultural Emigratin to South America | Prof Ken Wells | hea-jin.park@anu.edu.au |
| Patience, Allan | PhD | A lonely country: Australia's relations with Asia | Prof Anthony Milner | allan.patience@anu.edu.au |
| Premaratne, Dilhara | PhD | Japanese and Chinese Script Reform | Dr Peter Hendriks | prema@webone.com.au |
| Ropi, Ismatu | PhD | The Politics of Regulating Religion: State and Administrtion f Religion in Modern Indonesia | Dr Greg Fealy | ismatu.ropi@anu.edu.au |
| Saragih, Djasamen | PhD | Ethnic and Social Relations in Medan North Sumatra Indonesia, 1995-2005 | Prof Ann Kumar | djasamen.saragih@anu.edu.au |
| Sengstock, Steven | MPhil | Friends and foes in Portuguese Timor: An ethno-linguistic analysis of alliances formed during the Manufahi rebellions of 1894 to 1912 | Dr George Quinn | steven.sengstock@anu.edu.au |
| Softic, Osman | PhD | Alternative discourses of Islam in Malaysia | Prof Anthony Milner | osman.softic@anu.edu.au |
| Sos, Farib | PhD | Ethnic Chinese in Cambodia | Prof Anthony Milner | farib.sos@xtra.co.nz |
| Spode, Barbara | MPhil | Serpent cults in the Garhwal Himalaya and their expression in the traditional art of village temple | Dr Richard Barz | u4087033@anu.edu.au |
| Strange, Lawrence | PhD | Contested nations, contested region and the stories we tell about ourselves: national identity and regionalism in East Asia in the 1990s- a studen of Australia, Indonesia and Japan | Prof Virginia Hooker | larry.strange@anu.edu.au |
| Tang, Yuen Ha | PhD | The Aesthetics of Chinese Classical Theatre (Kunqu and Jingju) | Prof John Minford | Yuenha.Tang@anu.edu.au |
| Temur, Gesar | PhD | Filling the void: An examination of the revival of buddhism in Contemporary Mongolia | Dr John Powers | gesar.temur@anu.edu.au |
| Toma, Mashiro | PhD | A study of refusals among learners of Japanese language | Dr Duck-young Lee | masahiro.toma@anu.edu.au |
| Ton-That, Quynh-Du | PhD | The Cultural Heritage of the city of Hue, Vietnam | Dr Li Narangoa | quynh-du.ton-that@anu.edu.au |
| Wang, Xu (Simon) | PhD | The poetry of Mu Dan (Zha Liangzheng) | Prof John Minford | xu.wang@anu.edu.au |
| Wei, Shuge | PhD | Winning the West: China’s rivalry with Japan in China’s English Language Publicity, 1928-1941. | Dr Tomoko Akami | shuge.wei@anu.edu.au |
| Whitney, Justin | PhD | The Impact of Disasters on Civil Society - A Case Study of the Japanese Nonprofit Sector | Prof Kent Anderson | justin.whitney@anu.edu.au |