Our People

The Australian Centre on China in the World is made up of an Advisory Board, Management Group, academic specialists including Postdoctoral Fellows and PhD Scholars, and general staff.

Academic Staff

Full time

Professor Geremie R Barmé, Centre Director
Research Theme: China Time

Dr Benjamin Penny, Deputy Director
Research Theme: China Everyday

Dr Jane Golley, Associate Director
Research Theme: China Numbers

Dr Luigi Tomba, Associate Director
Research Theme: China Urban

Adjunct Research Staff

Professor Carolyn Cartier, Adjunct Director
Research Theme: China Urban

Dr Gloria Davies, Adjunct Director
Research Theme: China Texts

Dr Sue Trevaskes, Adjunct Director
Research Theme: China Justice

Adjunct Academic Staff

Professor Richard Rigby, Associate Director

Management Group Members

Dr Gerry Groot, Discipline Head, Centre for Asian Studies, The University of Adelaide

Dr Mark Harrison, Deputy Head of School, Senior Lecturer in Chinese, School of Asian Languages and Studies, University of Tasmania

CIW Postdoctoral Fellows

Sue Chen Shih-wen
Sue is a graduate of ANU, and her topic is '"The Decade of Crazy Thirst for Knowledge": Publishing, Reading and Writing in 1980s China'; Sue commenced with CIW in February 2011. Download CV.

David Brophy
A graduate of Harvard, David's topic is 'Inter-Communal Dimensions of Political Change in Xinjiang, 1880-1960'. Download CV.

Johanna Hood
Johanna is a graduate of UTS, Sydney. Her topic is 'Organising Damaged Biologies and Medical Uncertainty: Post-Socialist Nation-Building and Techniques of Belonging and Entitlement'. Download CV.

Elisa Nesossi
Elisa is a graduate of SOAS, University of London, and her topic is 'Miscarriages of Justice in the People's Republic of China: New Perspectives on Criminal Justice'. Download CV.

Christopher Rea
A graduate of Columbia University, Christopher is presently an assistant professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. His topic is 'Laughter and Literary Cosmopolitanism in Modern China'. View CV (opens in new window).

CIW PhD Scholars

Jennifer Chang
PhD Project working title: 'China's Segmented Labour Market - an Examination of Rural-Urban Migration and the Implication for Growth'.

Paul Farrelly
PhD Project working title: 'Religious Innovation between Taiwan and China'.

Jane Liang
PhD Project working title: 'Higher Education Lobbying and Chinese Elite Universities'.

Zhu Yayun
PhD Project working title: 'Nanjing in Late-Qing and Republican China'.

General Staff

Cathryn Husdell, Centre Manager

Nancy Chiu, Project Officer
Paul Eldon, Public Outreach and Endowment Manager
Tanya Fan, Executive Assistant
Celiya Yang, Finance Officer