Past research projects

Name Project title Funding agencyPeriodPartners

Dr Sander Adelaar

The South East Barito languages in Indonesia and Madagascar: Safeguarding their past and future

Australian Research Council (Discovery)

April 2012-
April 2015

 
Professor Shahram Akbarzadeh Democratizing the Middle East Australian Research Council (Discovery) 2007-2010 Professor Amin Saikal (ANU), Professor James Piscatori (Durham University) and Dr Benjamin MacQueen (Monash University)
 Islam in Iran’s Foreign Policy: Central Asia and Afghanistan Australian Research Council (Future Fellow) 2013-2016  
Professor Vedi HadizIslamic Morality and Challenges to Democracy: A Study Of Urban Lower and Middle Class Responses to Modernity Monash University Tactical Research Project 2017-2018  
Dr Shakira Hussein Muslim women, gender violence and racialised political discourse The University of Melbourne, McKenzie postdoctoral fellowship 2010-2013  

Professor Joel Kahn

A third way between religion and secularism: New Southeast Asian spiritualities

Australian Research Council

2013-2015

 
Dr Muhammad Kamal From Essence to Being: The Philosophy of Mulla Sadra and Martin Heidegger   2010  
 Transubstantial Change: Implications and Consequences   2011  
Dr Chieko Kano Reliable sound components in reading Japanese phonetic compound characters for explicit character instructions Japanese Ministry of Education July 2011-
Dec 2013
Dr Chieko Kano, Tsukuba University
Dr Sayuki Machida Kanji (character) learning in Japanese (on the second project)   2010-  
Dr Sayuki Machida Advanced learners’ reading comprehension of Japanese text (on-going project: currently on the 4th project) Faculty of Arts research fund Grant-in-Aid (School of Languages and Linguistics) 1999- One project has a partner in Japan (Professor Y. Horiba, Kanda University of International Studies)
Dr Claire Maree Developing Queer Studies in Japan Japan. Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid April 2010-
March 2012
Dr Takashi Kazama, Dr Akiko Shimizu, Dr Sayuri Kamano, Dr Kazuya Kawaguchi, Dr Yuri Horie, Dr Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Dr Katsuhiko, Suganuma
Dr Claire Maree Sexuality and Gender in Japanese Japan. Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid April 2008-
March 2011
Professor Momoko Nakamura, Professor Kyoko Satho
 Thirty Years of Talk: A Panel Study of Kobe Women’s Interview Discourse Australian Research Council (Discovery) mid-2018 finish  
Dr Claire Maree Queer Studies in Japan Japan. Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in-Aid April 2007-
March 2010
Dr Takashi Kazama, Dr Akiko Shimizu, Dr Sayuri Kamano, Dr Kazuya Kawaguchi, Dr Yuri Horie, Dr Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Dr Katsuhiko, Suganuma
Dr Claire Maree Enhancement and development of teaching methods and student assistance Japan. Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Funding for the enhancement and development of teaching methods and student assistance April 2007-
March 2010
 
Dr Claire MareeWriting identity onto the screen: Subtitles and captions in Japanese media Australian Research Council (Discovery) 2015-2017  
Professor Anne McLaren Ethnoecology and the State in Regional China Australian Research Council (Discovery) 2009-2011  
 The cultural heritage of the lower Yanzi delta: The Wu folk epics Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange 2012-2015  
Dr Ikuko Nakane Gender, class and regional identities: A longitudinal study of Japanese women’s discourse N/A 2007- Professor Kaori Okano (La Trobe University), Dr Lidia Tanaka (La Trobe University), Dr Shimako Iwasaki (Monash University), Dr Claire Maree (the University of Melbourne)
Dr Ikuko Nakane Cross-linguistic and cross-cultural issues in interpreter-mediated discourse N/A 2010-  
Dr Ikuko Nakane Interpreter-mediated Police Interviews Faculty of Arts Research Grant 2007-  
Dr Jun Ohashi Integrating international students through ‘languaging’ Collier Charitable Fund 2011-2012  
Dr Emiko Okayama Text-Image Relationships in Art, Literature and E-media in Japan Japan Foundation 2007-2008  
Dr Emiko Okayama Script, Space and Design   2011- Assoc. Professor Barrie Shelton (Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, the University of Melbourne)
Dr Gerald RocheEthnicity and assimilation in China: The case of the Monguor in Tibet Australian Research Council 2015-2017  
Professor Thomas ReuterReligion and spirituality in the contemporary world: An Indonesian case study Australian Research Council (Future Fellowship) 2009-2016  
Professor Thomas Reuter Under New Leadership: A Study of the Composition, Behaviour and Interactions of Cultural, Religious and Political Elites in Democratic Indonesia Australian Research Council (Discovery) 2009-2013  
Professor Abdullah SaeedReception of historical and critical approaches to the Qur’an in Muslim educational institutions Australian Research Council 2014-2016  
Dr Etsuko Toyoda Reliable sound components in reading Japanese phonetic compound characters for explicit character instructions   July 2011-
Dec 2012
Dr Chieko Kano, Tsukuba University
Dr Etsuko Toyoda Asian-background international students in Asian Languages: Pedagogic and adjustment factors Faculty Grant, AI grants-in-aid March 2011-
June 2012
Dr Jun Ohashi, Ms Elisabeth Riharti (Asia Institute)
Dr Etsuko Toyoda Japanese tango dancers’ identity reformation through the contacts with the Latin culture   July 2010-
Dec 2011
 
Dr Yasuhisa Watanabe Learning Japanese Vocabulary through Mobile Phone: Pilot Study Learning and Teaching Initiative Funding, Office of Provost 2012-2013  
 Preparing students to become global citizens through online video interaction   March 2013-March 2014 Dr Richard Harrison, Kobe University