Dr Mary Hawkins
Biography
Dr Mary Hawkins is a social anthropologist and currently Associate Professor and Director of Academic Programs (Sociology, Criminology, Peace and Development Studies) for the School of Social Sciences and Psychology.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
Dr Hawkins teaches and researches in the areas of: religious and ethnic diversity in Southeast Asia; cultural traditions of Islam in Indonesia (specifically in Kalimantan); and globalisation and difference (ethnic, religious, national). Her field research area is Indonesia, specifically southern Kalimantan.Grants / Current Projects
My current projects include an investigation of religion and heritage in South Kalimantan.Publications
Books
Fozdar, F., Wilding, R, & Hawkins, M.2009, Race and Ethnicity in Australia, (opens in a new window) Oxford University Press.
Hawkins, M. 2005 Global Structures, Local Cultures, (opens in a new window) Oxford University Press
Book chapters
‘Violence and the construction of identity: conflict between Dayaks and Madurese in Kalimantan, Indonesia’ in M. Sakai (ed.) Negotiating Identities: Regionalism in the Malay Archipelago, National University of Singapore Press, 2009.
Journal articles
Hawkins, M 2005, 'Those Murderous Dayaks': Local Politics, National Policy, Ethnicity and Religious Difference in Southern Kalimantan, Indonesia,(opens in a new window) Australian Religion Studies Review Vol. 18 (2) Special Issue on Religion in Southeast Asia
Hawkins, M 2000, ‘Becoming Banjar. Identity and Ethnicity in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.’ (opens in a new window) The Journal of Asian and Pacific Anthropology, 1 (1) pp 24-36.
Hawkins, M 1996, ‘Is Rukun Dead? Ethnographic Interpretations of Social Change and Javanese Culture’. The Australian Journal of Anthropology 7 (1) pp 218-231.
