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BIO
Dr Mark Harrison is Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies in the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law and Education. He is also an Expert Associate of the National Security College and a Founding Fellow of the Australian Centre on China in the World at the Australian National University.
Biography
Prior to the University of Tasmania, Mark Harrison was a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London, UK. He is the author of a range of publications on Taiwanese and Chinese politics, culture, and society. These include the monograph 'Legitimacy Meaning and Knowledge in the Making of Taiwanese Identity' with Palgrave Macmillan in 2006 and the edited volume The Margins of Becoming. Identity and Culture in Taiwan, with Harrassowitz Verlag in 2007. Recent work includes 2019 Special Report for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 'Rethinking Taiwan Policy: History, Politics, Ideology', Art, violence and memory in Taiwan: Telling the story of the beautiful island, Thesis Eleven 146(1):3-23, and a contribution to 'China and the Australian States and Territories', Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2021. He writes a regular series on Taiwan and China for ASPI's The Strategist and is frequently cited in the national and international news media on Taiwan and Australia-Taiwan and Australia-China relations.
Career summary
Qualifications
PhD in Chinese Studies, Monash University, 2008
MA in Social Theory, Monash University, 1992
BA (Hons) in Chinese, Adelaide University, 1989
Languages (other than English)
English, Chinese
Memberships
Professional practice
Chinese Studies Association of Australia
Editorial Board, Taiwan in Comparative Perspective Journal
Series editor, Taiwan Studies, Brill
Committee associations
President, Chinese Studies Association of Australia.
Biography
Prior to the University of Tasmania, Mark Harrison was a Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster in London, UK. He is the author of a range of publications on Taiwanese and Chinese politics, culture, and society. These include the monograph 'Legitimacy Meaning and Knowledge in the Making of Taiwanese Identity' with Palgrave Macmillan in 2006 and the edited volume The Margins of Becoming. Identity and Culture in Taiwan, with Harrassowitz Verlag in 2007. Recent work includes 2019 Special Report for the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 'Rethinking Taiwan Policy: History, Politics, Ideology', Art, violence and memory in Taiwan: Telling the story of the beautiful island, Thesis Eleven 146(1):3-23, and a contribution to 'China and the Australian States and Territories', Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, 2021. He writes a regular series on Taiwan and China for ASPI's The Strategist and is frequently cited in the national and international news media on Taiwan and Australia-Taiwan and Australia-China relations.
Career summary
Qualifications
PhD in Chinese Studies, Monash University, 2008
MA in Social Theory, Monash University, 1992
BA (Hons) in Chinese, Adelaide University, 1989
Languages (other than English)
English, Chinese
Memberships
Professional practice
Chinese Studies Association of Australia
Editorial Board, Taiwan in Comparative Perspective Journal
Series editor, Taiwan Studies, Brill
Committee associations
President, Chinese Studies Association of Australia.
SCHOOL AND PORTFOLIO
- School of Social Sciences