After the article, The Work of Disobedience, was published a reader commented on the futility of the exercise for people who are unemployed. The basic…
Western Australia’s welcome engagement in Asia has been a long time coming
republished from The Conversation, 22 March 2017 The newly elected Western Australia premier, Mark McGowan, has appointed the state’s first minister for Asian engagement, Bill…
Reviving a Dream of India
The paper that follows this is one I wrote a few years back and tried for months and months to have published by academic journals.…
Latter-Day Danger Asians
I have never written and published in fiction so this piece in Peril Magazine is a first for me. I am grateful to Peril for…
Malaysia disconnecting from online freedoms
(republished here under Creative Commons, originally published at the East Asian Forum) 18 March 2016 Not long ago, the Malaysian government thought that mastery of…
I’m the Proud Parent of a Baby Journal!
Very recently, I was very privileged but also highly relieved to be part of an editorial team that launched a new journal. Named Transitions: Journal…
Launching a new Book Series
Early in 2015 I had the opportunity to work with Associate Professor Terence Lee (Murdoch University) and put together the proposal for a new book…
Tips on Preparing a Book Proposal
Where do you start? It all depends on your point of departure, do you know which publisher you are sending the proposal to or is…
5 Lessons from a first-time Author
New Media and the Nation in Malaysia: Malaysianet, what does a first-time author say about her first monograph? A review of someone else’s book is…
Professionalism and Teaching
It’s been a few months since I last taught an undergraduate class and that’s given me time to reflect on my teaching style. I’ve always…