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Name: Dr Christine Doran {photo not available}
Qualifications: BEc
BEd-BA(Hons)
PhD
Main role: Senior Lecturer - History and Politics
Phone: +61 8 8946 6729
Fax: +61 8 8946 6977
Email: christine.doran@cdu.edu.au
Address: School of Creative Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Law, Business and Arts
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT 0909
Australia


Research Interests

Christine's Research interests include:

  • History of Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines and Indonesia
  • History of women during the colonial era in Southeast Asia
  • Women's movements in contemporary island Southeast Asia
  • Policies regarding women in contemporary island Southeast Asia
  • Economic policies in contemporary island Southeast Asia

Recent Publications

Books

  1. Doran, C. (1992). Women in Isolation: A History of the Country Women's Association in the Northern Territory. CWA of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia.
  2. Doran, C. (1990). Partner in Progress: A History of Electricity Supply in North Queensland from 1897 to 1987. James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.
  3. Doran, C. (1981). Separatism in Townsville, 1884-94: "We Should Govern Ourselves". James Cook University, Townsville, Australia.

Books: edited

  1. Doran, C. (ed). (1987). Indonesian Politics: A Reader. Townsville: Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, James Cook University.
  2. Doran, C. (ed). (1982). Quangos: The Problem of Accountability. Melbourne: Centre of Policy Studies, Monash University.

Articles in refereed journals

  1. Doran, C. (2003). Adventure Tales, Colonialism, and an Australian Perspective. Comparative Literature and Culture, CLCWeb 5 (2), 9pp.
  2. Doran, C. and Jose, J. (2002). Globalization, the Patriarchal State and Woman's Resistance in Singapore. Gender, Technology and Development, 6 (2), pp 215-232.
  3. Doran, C. 2002. Fantasy as History: The Invention of Cixi, Empress of China. Femspec, 3 (2), pp 16-30.
  4. Doran, C. 2002. Gender Matters in the Singapore Mutiny. Sojourn, 17 (1), pp 76-93.
  5. Doran, C. 2001. Behind the Lines: Women in the History and Literature of the Philippine Revolution. Asian Journal of Women's Studies, 7 (3), pp 7-30.
  6. Doran, C.& J. Jose. 1999. Riding the Tiger of Globalization: International Challenges Facing Singapore. International Scope Review, 1 (2), 27pp.
  7. Doran, C. 1999. Women, nationalism and the Philippine revolution. Nations and Nationalism, 5 (2), pp 237-258.
  8. Doran, C. (1998). Historical Constructions of Raffles' Wives. Kajian Malaysia: Journal of Malaysian Studies, 16 (1&2), pp 1-20.
  9. Doran, C. (1998). Literary Representations of Filipino Women in Revolution. Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, 32 (2), pp 189-209.
  10. Anwar, S. and Doran, C. (1998). Government and Economy in Singapore: The Case of the Electrical Goods Industry. Scandinavian Journal of Development Alternatives and Area Studies 17 (2/3), pp 236-249.
  11. Doran, C. (1998). Women in the Philippine Revolution. Philippine Studies 46 (3), pp 361-375.
  12. Doran, C. (1998). Golden Marvels and Gilded Monsters: Two Women's Accounts of Colonial Malaya. Asian Studies Review, 22 (2), pp 175-192.
  13. Doran, C. (1998)."No prentice hand": the Penang novels of Mary Eastwick. South East Asia Research, 6 (1), pp 49-71.

Other refereed publications

  1. Doran, C. In press. Gender Matters in the Singapore Mutiny, 1915. Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia. Kota Kinabalu: Universiti Malaysia Sabah.
  2. Doran, C. and Jose, J. (1997). Gender Rules: Women and Policy in Singapore. Occasional Paper No.4, Centre for Asia-Pacific Studies, Nottingham Trent University. 20 pp.

Book chapters

  1. Doran, C. (1998). White women in colonial contexts: Villains, victims and/or vitiators of imperialism. In: Poeze, H. and Liem, A. (eds). Lasting Fascinations. Stein: Yayasan Kabar Seberang/Yayasan Soekarno, Stein: 99-115.
  2. Doran, C. (1997). Revolutionary Women in Philippine History and Literature. In: International Conference on Women in the Asia-Pacific Region: Persons, Powers and Politics: Proceedings. Singapore: National University of Singapore, 213-221.

Other publications

  1. Doran, C. (1998). Confucianism, Cultural Reform and the Politics of Identity in Singapore. ASEAN Forum, 2 (3), pp 18-27.

Current Projects

Current projects include:

  • History of Eurasians in Malaysia
  • History of Penang
  • Historical constructions of Cixi
  • Changing images of Borneo

Recent Completions Supervised

Masters

  • Lucretia Prang - Breaking New Grounds: Observation on the Social Position of Women among the Sasak in Lombol. Lodged: 11/8/03
  • Martin Andrew - The Singapore Police Force 1918-1938. Lodged: 26/10/00

Phd

  • Steve Farram - From "Timor Koepang" to Timor NTT": A political history of West Timor, 1901-1967. Lodged: 2/3/04

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