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Dr Miyume Tanji

PhD in Politics (Murdoch); MA in International Relations (Australian National University); Diploma in Education (Curtin); BA in Law (Sophia University)
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    • Role:
    • Curtin Targeted Research Fellow
    • Department:
    • Centre for Human Rights Education
    • Location:
    • Bldg 209 - Humanities
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266 7395
Dr. Miyume Tanji is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Advanced Studies in Australia, Asia and the Pacific (CASAAP).

Miyume's key research interests include: protest, social movements, identity politics, gender issues, colonialism, sustainable development and resilience in the communities living with U.S. foreign military bases in Okinawa and the Asia-Pacific region.

Teaching - Undergraduate

  • Theories of International Relations

  • International Relations in the Asia-Pacific

  • Theories of Politics, Theories of Social Movements

  • Japanese Language

  • Society and Culture in Japan

  • Japan and Okinawa

  • Minority Politics in Japan 

Publications

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Bennett, D, Earnest, J, and Tanji, M. 2009. People, place and power. In People, place and power: Australia and the Asia Pacific, eds Bennett, D., Earnest, J., & Tanji, M., 1-9. Perth: Black Swan Press.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Tanji, M. 2008. US Court Rules in the Okinawa Dugong Case. Critical Asian Studies 40(3): 475-487.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Tanji, M. 2008. Oceanic Conference on International Studies. Oceanic Conference on Interantl Studies, 02/07/2008. Brisbane: University of Queensland.

On the side

Curtin University of Technology graduate Kate Mulvany's award-winning play The Seed will show in Perth, June 2009.