Dr Bina D'Costa
Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
Lecturer, Centre for Asian Societies and Histories |
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Qualifications
- Ph.D in International Relations and Political Science (Australian National University)
- M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies (Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame, USA)
- M.A. in International Relations (Dhaka University, Bangladesh)
- B.A. with Honours in International Relations (Dhaka University, Bangladesh)
Research
Bina is currently working on a project titled 'Elusive Justice: Reconciliation Processes and Peacebuilding in Asia' and two other smaller research projects titled 'Disappeared Generation: Children conceived through violent conflict and national identity in South Asia' and 'Peacekeeping Forces from South Asia'. Bina has worked on historical injustices, truth and memory in relation to the strategies of civil society in demanding justice when there is a hostile government in power. This action-oriented research informs her book manuscript titled 'Burden' of the State: Engendering War Crimes and National Identity Politics in Postcolonial South Asia'.
Her research interests are in postconflict peacebuilding, governance, gender and conflict, gender and development and the role of civil society and social movements. She has also focused extensively on both development and security issues in South Asia.
Present Appointment
Convenor and Lecturer, Security Analysis, Centre for Asian Societies and Histories, Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University
Courses
- Security and Strategic Studies (Part A)
- Security and Strategic Studies (Part B)
- Human Security, Displacement and Postconflict Peacebuilding
- Gender, Conflict and Nation0building in Asia and the Pacific
- Great Power Politics in Asia
Publications
- Book Manuscript
- ‘Burden’ of the State: Engendering Warcrimes in Postcolonial South Asia
- 'Gender and Global Politics in the Asia-Pacific Region', co-edited with Katrina Lee Koo, under review
- Recent Publications (refereed)
- 2007 Co-authored with Brooke Ackerly. 'Transnational Feminism and the Human Rights Framework', Ed Anne-Marie Goetz. Routledge Publishers, in Press
- 2007 'Faith based NGOs and the Politics of Secularism in Bangladesh' in Civil Society, Religion and Global Governance, Ed Helen James. Routledge Publishers.
- 2006 ‘Marginalized Identity: New Frontiers of Research for IR?’ in Feminist Methodologies for International Relations, Brooke A. Ackerly, Maria Stern and Jacqui True, eds. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- 2005 ‘Gender Inequality and Rights of Women’ in Human Rights in Bangladesh. Hameeda Hossain, ed. Dhaka: The University Press Ltd.
- 2005 ‘Coming to terms with the past: forming feminist alliance across borders’ in Women, Power and Justice: Global Feminist Perspectives, Volume I: Politics and Activism: Ensuring the Protection of Women’s Fundamental Human Rights. Luciana Ricciutelli, Angela Miles and Margaret McFadden, eds. London: Zed Publishers. P. 227-247
- 2005 ‘Transnational Feminism: Political Strategies and Theoretical Resources’, IR Working Paper Series, No.1. Canberra: International Relations, The Australian National University.
- 2004 Co-authored with Brooke Ackerly. ‘Transnational Feminism and the Human Rights Framework’. Background paper, Policy Report on Gender and Development: An UNRISD Contribution to Beijing + 10.
- 2001 ‘Health Rights: 2000’, in Human Rights in Bangladesh, 2000. Ain-O-Shalish Kendro (ASK), ed. Dhaka: The University Press Limited.
- 2000 ‘Women’s Rights to Equality and Nondiscrimination’ in Human Rights in Bangladesh, 1999. Ain-O-Shalish Kendro (ASK), ed. Dhaka: The University Press Limited.
- 1998 ‘Obstacles in Creating an Asian Human Rights Commission’ in Journal of International and Comparative Law: International Practitioner’s Notebook. Nova Southeastern University: Shepard Broad Law Center. Volume 4, Number 2, winter 1998.