Doctor Sonja Van Wichelen

Doctor Sonja Van Wichelen

RESEARCH FELLOW,
Institute for Culture & Society

Personal

Qualifications

  • DSSc University of Amsterdam

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Institute for Culture & Society

Contact

Email:S.VanWichelen@uws.edu.au
Extension:9649
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Location:EM.G.18
Parramatta
Website:

Publications

Books

  • Van Wichelen, S. (2010), 'Religion, Politics, and Gender in Indonesia: Disputing the Muslim Body', : Routledge 9780415497244.

Chapters in Books

  • Van Wichelen, S. (2012), 'The body and the veil', Routledge Handbook of Body Studies, Routledge 9780415593557.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2010), 'Silence, Absence, Loss: Chineseness in Post-Authoritarian Indonesia', (Re)Articulating Collective Identities in a Postcolonial World, Rodopi 9789042028456.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2009), 'Formations of Public Piety: Veiled Bodies and the Shaping of Middle Classes in Indonesia', The Body in Asia, Berghahn Books 9781845455507.
  • Van Wichelen, S., Firat, B. and De Mul, S. (2009), 'Introduction', Commitment and Complicity: Troubled Engagements in Cultural Theory and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan 9780230221956.
  • Van Wichelen, S., Firat, B. and De Mul, S. (2009), 'Commitment or Commitment-Kitsch? Rethinking the 'Woman Question', Agency, and Feminist Politics', Commitment and Complicity: Troubled Engagements in Cultural Theory and Practice, Palgrave Macmillan 9780230221956.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2008), 'Yes, we also have "jender"! Media Images and the Politics of Gender', Indonesian Dreams: Reflections on Society, Revelations of the Self / Cerminan Masyarakat, Pembukaan Diri [Bilingual edition in English and Indonesian], Yayasan Obor Indonesia and KITLV-Jakarta 9789794616703.
  • Van Wichelen, S. and De Leeuw, M. (2008), 'Transformations of "Dutchness": From Happy Multiculturalism to the Crisis of Dutch Liberalism'', Identity, Belonging and Migration, Liverpool University Press 9781846311185.
  • De Leeuw, M. and Van Wichelen, S. (2008), 'Transformacije 'Nizozemskosti': od veselega multikulturalizma h krizi nizozemskega liberalizma / Transformations of 'Dutchness': from happy multiculturalism to the crisis of Dutch liberalism', Prihodnost medkulturnega dialoga v Evropi: vmesni pogledi / The Future of Intercultural Dialogue in Europe: Views from the In-Between, Znanstvenoraziskovalni institut Filozofske fakultete 9789616648196.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2007), 'Gendering Muslimness: New Bodies in Urban Jakarta', Geographies of Muslim Identities: Representations of Diaspora, Gender and Belonging, Ashgate 9780754648888.
  • Van Wichelen, S. and De Leeuw, M. (2006), 'Islam, Gender and Violent Representation in the Netherlands', Forms of Violence in Contemporary Culture [Formy Przemocy w Kulturze Wspoczesnej], Adam Mickiewicz University Press 8323216630.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2005), '"My Dance Immoral? Alhamdulillah No!" Dangdut Music and Gender Politics in Contemporary Indonesdia', Resounding International Relations: On Music, Culture and Politics, Palgrave Macmillan 9781403967558.

Journal Articles

  • Leeuw, M. and Van Wichelen, S. (2012), 'Civilizing migrants : integration, culture and citizenship', European Journal of Cultural Studies, 16.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2009), 'Polygamy Talk and the Politics of Feminism: Contestations over Masculinity in a New Muslim Indonesia', Journal of International Women's Studies, 16.
  • Van Wichelen, S. (2006), 'Contesting Megawati: The Mediation of Islam and Nation in Times of Political Transition', Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture [Special Issue on Media and Religion], 19.
  • De Leeuw, M. and Van Wichelen, S. (2006), 'Ein neuer Zivilisationsdiskurs? Der Film Submission, Ayaan Hirsi Ali und der >Krieg gegen den Terror< in den Niederlanden', Feministische Studien, 14.
  • de Leeuw, M. and Van Wichelen, S. (2005), '"Please, Go Wake Up!" Submission, Hirsi Ali, and the "War on Terror" in the Netherlands', Feminist Media Studies, 16.
  • De Leeuw, M. and Van Wichelen, S. (2005), 'Word alsjeblieft wakker!': Submission, het fenomeen 'Ayaan' en de nieuwe ideologische confrontatie', Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 15.

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Moral Economies of Transnational Adoption: Markets and Children in Comparative Perspective
Years:2011-09-13 - 2012-09-12
ID:P00020435
UWS Researchers:Sonja Van Wichelen and Tony Bennett
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

Supervision

Doctor Van Wichelen is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:The Arrival of a Brazilian Ayahuasca Religion in Australia
Field of Research:

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