Professor Andrew Dawson
Contact
T: +61 3 8344 4201
E: dawsona@unimelb.edu.au
Office: Rm. 244, Old Arts
Academic profile
BA (Hons) in Sociology & Government (Essex), PhD in Sociology (Essex)
Andrew Dawson is Professor of Anthropology and Director of Development Studies at the University of Melbourne. Prior to that he was Research Fellow at Queen's University Belfast (1990-93) and Lecturer (1993-1998) and Senior Lecturer (1998-2002) at the University of Hull. He has held visting professorships at a range of universities in Europe, Africa and Australia.
He has conducted three major ethnographic projects in England, Ireland (north and south) and Bosnia & Herzegovina and amongst its diasporas. His work focusses largely on identity politics, particularly in post-industrial and post-conflict contexts. However, he has also conducted major theoretical work on postmodernism and migrancy. Much of his work also has an applied focus, and he has conducted research on migration and asylum-issues for a range of non-governmental and governmental bodies, including the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (U.K.)
Teaching
- Anthropology: the Study of Human Diversity (Yr1);
- Self and Other (Yr 1);
- Ethnic Nationalism in the Modern World (Yr. 3);
- Migrancy, Home and Exile (Yr. 4 - postgraduate);
- and contributions to other subjects including Globalization, Keeping the Body in Mind, and Explanation and Understanding.
Selected publications
- (with James, A. and Hockey, J.) (1996) After Writing Culture, London and New York: Routledge.
- (with Rapport, N.J.) (1998) Migrants of Identity: Perceptions of Home in a World of Movement, New York & Oxford: Berg.
- (with Craig, G.) (2004) Local Impacts of International Migration, Hull: University of Hull
- (with Craig, G., Kilkey, M. and Martin, G.) (2005) A Safe Place to Be? The Quality of Life of Asylum-Seekers in Sheffield and Wakefield, Hull: University of Hull.