Professor Ghassan Hage
Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory
BA Hons, Diplome de Troisieme Cycle (IEHEI, France), PhD (Macquarie)
Professor Ghassan Hage is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and he is the University of Melbourne's Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory.
Ghassan has joined the University of Melbourne in 2008 after fifteen years of teaching and researching at the University of Sydney. As a Future Generation Professor he works at fostering inter-disciplinary research across the university.
He has researched and published widely in the comparative anthropology of nationalism, multiculturalism, racism and migration. His work fuses approaches from political economy, phenomenology and psychoanalysis. He is a well-known expert in the work of Pierre Bourdieu. For many years and until Bourdieu's death he was an associate researcher in the latter's research centre at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales.
His current ARC supported fieldwork is on the experience and circulation of political emotions concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict among Muslim immigrants in the Western world. He is also working on 'The Politics of Negotiation' as a critical way of re-conceiving inter-cultural relations.
October 18th 2009: Panel Discussion, Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics, Encounter Program, ABC Radio National Encounter.
October 20th 22009: Racism in Australian History and Society: A Debate, Latrobe University Ideas and Society Program. Slow TV: Racism in Australia.
- On Gaza and narcisstic victimhood. Ghassan Hage | Slow TV video broadcast on The Monthly website
- 'Roots will Always be With You' | article by Ghassan in The Australian, Higher Education Supplement, 23 April 2008. [transcript]
- 'Key Thinkers' | A series of University-sponsored public lectures convened by Professor Ghassan Hage for subsequent online broadcast on SlowTV. Every Thursday evening during teaching semester academics from the University of Melbourne, with occasional guests, will give an hour-long talk on internationally well-known thinkers whose works have inspired their own. The series was opened by Ghassan Hage with his presentation on the work of Pierre Bourdieu (SlowTV broadcast].
- 'The Weight of Words' | In an interview to mark his appointment as Future Generation Professor at the University of Melbourne, Ghassan Hage reflects on the changeable "weight of words" across history and across nations. [audio and transcript]
- 'Negotiating with Wolves: Affirming and Transcending Multiculturalism', Inaugural Lecture as Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, The University of Melbourne [audio]
- Multiculturalism and the "Islamic question" | Public lecture hosted by the National Centre of Excellence in Islamic Studies, The University of Melbourne [video and transcript]
Publications - New and Forthcoming
2009 |
The Ethics of Apology: A Set of Commentaries. Critique of Anthropology, 24:3, pp 1-22. |
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| Ghassan Hage (ed.), Waiting, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2009 | |
| Ghassan Hage, Der Unregierbare Muslim: Jenseits der Bipolaritat von Multikultur und Assimilation, in Sabine Hess, Jana Binder and Johannes Moser (eds), No Integration? Kulturwissenschalftliche Beitrage zur Integrationsdebatte in Europa, Bielefeld: Verlag (Germany), 2009. | |
| Ghassan Hage, On Hating Israel in the Field: Ethnography and Political Emotions, Anthropological Theory , Vol. 9 (1): 59-79, 2009. |
Selected Publications
2009 |
The Ethics of Apology: A Set of Commentaries. Critique of Anthropology, 24:3, pp 1-22. |
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| Ghassan Hage (ed.), Waiting, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2009 | |
| Ghassan Hage, Der Unregierbare Muslim: Jenseits der Bipolaritat von Multikultur und Assimilation, in Sabine Hess, Jana Binder and Johannes Moser (eds), No Integration? Kulturwissenschalftliche Beitrage zur Integrationsdebatte in Europa, Bielefeld: Verlag (Germany), 2009. | |
| Ghassan Hage, On Hating Israel in the Field: Ethnography and Political Emotions, Anthropological Theory , Vol. 9 (1): 59-79, 2009. | |
2008 |
Ghassan Hage, Al Hujra wa dawr alzakira wal taam fee Amaliyyat Insha' alwatan, in Idhafat (the Arab Journal of Sociology), No. 2, Spring 2008. |
| Ghassan Hage, Roots will Always be With You, in The Australian, Higher Education Supplement , 23 April 2008. The Australian: Roots will Always be With You article | |
| Ghassan Hage, Analyzing Multicultural Realities in John Frow and Tony Bennett, The Sage Handbook of Cultural Analysis, Sage, UK, 2008. | |
2007 |
Ghassan Hage, Australia between White Insecurity and Muslim Otherness, in Rencontres Australiennes, PUPS, Paris, 2007. |
2006 |
Ghassan Hage, Migration and the Transformation of Male Sexuality in John Gagnon and Samir Khalaf (eds), Arab Sexuality, Al-Saqi Books, London, 2006. |
2005 |
Ghassan Hage, A not so multi-sited ethnography of a not so imagined community, Anthropological Theory, December 2005. |
2003 |
Ghassan Hage, 'Comes a time we are all enthusiasm': Understanding Palestinian Suicide Bombers in times of Exighophobia, Public Culture, Vol. 15, No. 1, Winter 2003, pp. 65 – 89. |
| Ghassan Hage, Against Paranoid Nationalism: searching for hope in a shrinking society, Pluto Press: Sydney and Merlin Press: London, 2003. (Japanese Translation, 2006, by Yoshiko Shiobara with a new introduction and one new chapter, Tokyo: Heibonsha Publishing). | |
2000 |
Ghassan Hage, White Nation; Fantasies of White Supremacy in a Multicultural Society, 220p, New York: Routledge. (Japanese edition, 2003, modified with new introduction and new chapters), (translated by Minoru Hokari and Yoshio Shiobara), Tokyo: Heibonsha Publishing. |
Presentations - Forthcoming
NOVEMBER |
10th |
Book Launch, Socialism and Modernity, Peter Beilharz, Readings Carlton |
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22nd–24th |
Keynote Address, Annual Conference of the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand, Massey University, New Zealand. | |
DECEMBER |
8th |
Inaugural Distinguished Address, The Open Mind and Its Enemies: Anthropology and the Passion of the Political, Australian Anthropological Society. (pdf flyer of the event) |
Presentations - 2009
MARCH |
5th |
Pierre Bourdieu, Key Thinkers Public Lecture Series, The University of Melbourne. (Slow TV: video) |
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13th |
Book Launch, "The City's Outback" by Gillian Cowlishaw. | |
14th |
Guest Interview, Eating Myself Programme, ABC Radio National (audio) | |
25th |
The Transnational Family, Contemporary Society and Culture(s) Seminar Series, PASI, The University of Melbourne. | |
27th |
Book Launch, "Contemporary Society" by James Arvanitakis. | |
30th |
Guest Lecture, Migrant Australia, The University of Melbourne. | |
MAY |
6th |
Spaces of Negotiation: Culture at the Margin of the Law, Joint Anthropology Seminars, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. |
18th |
A Migrant's Experience of Erectile Dysfunction, Mind, Medicine and Culture Seminar, Department of Anthropology, UCLA department of Anthropology | |
20th |
Varieties of Racist Classifications, Guest Lecture, Humanities Centre, UC Irvine. | |
28th |
Ambivalence and Stigma among Lebanese-background Youth, Arab Youth Conference, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. | |
JUNE |
17th |
Keynote Address, Borders, theory, art and power: Contemporary borders, theory and art journeys in the reciprocal construction of identity between Australia and Europe, The Second Imagined Australia International Research Forum, University of Bari, Italy. |
22nd |
Inaugural Address, AILAE-University of Calabria Summer School, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy. | |
JULY |
8th |
On Narcissistic Victimhood, ACU Public Lecture Series - Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne. |
30th |
Intercultural Relations at the limits of Multicultural Governmentality, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) 16th World Congress, Kunming, China. | |
AUGUST |
25th |
Book Launch, "Civilizational Dialogue and World Order", edited by Michalis Michael and Fabio Petito, La Trobe University, Melbourne. |
26th |
The limits of ethnic self-affirmation, Immigration Museum, Carlton Gardens | |
SEPTEMBER |
7th |
Reflections on Post-civilizational Cultures, University of Sydney Anthropology Society, University of Sydney. |
9th |
On With-ness: Negotiating the Ungovernable Other, School of Culture and Communication seminar series, The University of Melbourne | |
15th |
Lecture on The Devil's Handwriting: Precoloniality and the German Colonial State in Qingdao, Samoa and Southwest Africa, George Steinmetz, The University of Melbourne | |
28th - 30th |
Guest Lectures, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. | |
OCTOBER |
12th - 13th |
Masterclass, Hawke Institute, University of South Australia Negotiating the Other: One more Effort to Exorcise the Colonial Evil Spirit, Hawke Institute, University of South Australia |
16th |
Book Launch, Everday Multiculturalism, Amanda Wise and Selvaraj Velyutham (eds), Gleebooks, Sydney | |
17th |
Presentation and discussion at National Identity, Racism and Democracy workshop, Search Foundation, Sydney | |
18th |
Panel Discussion, Gaza: Morality, Law and Politics, Encounter Program, ABC Radio National Encounter | |
20th |
Racism in Australian History and Society: A Debate, Latrobe University Ideas and Society Program. Slow TV: Racism in Australia. |
Presentations - 2008
JANUARY |
25th |
Slugs, Rabbits, Wolves and Others: On the Elementary Classification of Strangers, Rethinking "Strangers" and The Condition of their Estrangement International Symposium, Lingnan University, Hong Kong . |
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FEBRUARY |
21st |
Explosive Selves: On Second Generation Experiences of Racism, Youth Identity and Migration: Culture, Values and Social Connectedness Symposium, Deakin University . |
MARCH |
12th |
On Political Emotions, Contemporary Society and Culture(s) Seminar Series, PASI, The University of Melbourne. |
13th |
Multiculturalism and the "Islamic question", NCEIS Public Lecture Series, The University of Melbourne (video and transcript) | |
APRIL |
10th |
Opening Address, The Sydney Arab Film Festival. |
MAY |
30th |
Multicultural questions, Seminar with David Leo Goldberg, La Trobe University. |
31st |
Guest Address, Ethnic Communities Council of Victoria Regional Conference, Wangaratta. | |
JUNE |
7th |
Keynote Address, New Worlds, New Sovereignties Conference, The University of Melbourne. |
23rd |
On Academic Freedom, Inaugural Traffic Interdisciplinary Seminar, The University of Melbourne . | |
JULY |
3rd |
The Weight of Words, UpClose Podcast, The University of Melbourne (audio and transcript) |
30th |
Negotiating with Wolves: Affirming and Transcending Multiculturalism, Inaugural Lecture as Future Generation Professor of Anthropology and Social Theory, The University of Melbourne (video) | |
AUGUST |
7th |
First Lecture in the Negotiation Series, The University of Melbourne |
11th |
Becoming Octopus: belonging to the Lebanese transnational family, Transforming Communities and Crossing Borders: A Transforming Cultures Symposium, University Technology Sydney. | |
14th |
Second Lecture in the Negotiation Series, The University of Melbourne | |
21st |
Third Lecture in the Negotiation Series, The University of Melbourne | |
SEPTEMBER |
3rd |
Citizenship, Racism and the Sovereignty of the Other, ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change Annual Conference, St Hugh's College, Oxford University. |
OCTOBER |
7th |
Addressing Humiliation, Social Justice Seminar Series, The University of Melbourne. |
9th |
Fourth Lecture in the Negotiation Series, The University of Melbourne | |
10th |
Taking Hegel to Cronulla Beach: From Recognition to Negotiation. European Philosophy Research Group, University of Queensland. | |
NOVEMBER |
27th |
Keynote Address, Identity and Its Discontents Conference, School of Historical Studies, The University of Melbourne. |
DECEMBER |
4th |
Keynote Address, The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) Conference, The University of Melbourne. |
9th |
Appropriating the Self: The Experience of Self-Sovereignty, Joint Annual Conference of the Australian Anthropological Society, Association of Social Anthropologists (ASA) and Association of Social Anthropologists, New Zealand, University of Auckland, New Zealand. |