Faculty of Foreign Studies
Department of English Studies
Professor Allan Patience
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Professor Patience:
Allan Patience was educated at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia
and at the London School of Economics in the University of London (UK).
He is a political scientist with specialist teaching and research interests
in comparative cultures in the Asia Pacific region, governance problems
of smaller states in Oceania, big power influences in the Asia Pacific,
and Japan-Australia relations. He has been a full professor in two Australian
universities and in the University of Papua New Guinea. He has also been
a visiting professor in the University of Tokyo, Keio University and Kobe
Gakuin University. His current research projects include a study of the
assumptions behind Australian foreign policy, the politics of secularism
in late-modernity, and the challenges of globalization.
§ 2008: Patience, A., ‘The Art of Loving in the Classroom: A Defence of Affective Pedagogy,’ Australian Journal of Teacher Education, Vol. 33. No. 2, May, pp. 55-67.
§ 2008: ‘Cooperation Between Australia and Papua New Guinea: ‘Enhanced’ or Enforced?’ in Greg Fry and Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka (eds.), Intervention and State-Building in the Pacific, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 163-183.
§ 2007: Patience, A., ‘Japan, Australia and Niche Diplomacy in the South Pacific’, in J. A. Camilleri, et al. (eds.), Asia-Pacific Geo-Politics: Hegemony Versus Human Security, Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar Publishing, ch. 8, pp. 123-144.
§ 2007: Patience, A., ‘Getting Tough on Corruption in Papua New Guinea,’ in A. Alyius and R. J. May (eds.), Corruption in Papua New Guinea: Towards an Understanding of Issues, Port Moresby: National Research Institute, pp. 61-66.
§ 2007: Patience, A. and M. Jacques, ‘Two Lonely Countries on the Edge of Asia: Australia and Japan’, in M. Tada and L. Dale (eds.), One the Western Edge: Comparisons of Japan and Australia, Perth: Network Books/Griffin Press, ch. 6, pp. 85-102.
Recent presentations include:
§ 17 June 2008: Patience, A., “Failed and Ruined States: The Crisis of Corruption in Papua New Guinea’s Governance,” Governance and Corruption Conference, Divine World University, Madang, Papua New Guinea.
§ 2 July 2008: Patience, A., “The Rudd Government’s Foreign Policies,” Public Seminar, Department of English Studies, Sophia University.
§ 31 July 2008: Patience, A., “English as a Global Language,” Public Lecture, Sophia University.
§ 25 November 2008: Patience, A., “International Intervention: The Cases of Zimbabwe and Papua New Guinea,” Public Seminar, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (UK).
§ 27 November 2008: Patience, A., “Love as a Radical Alternative to the Neo-Liberal Self-Image of our Age,” International Conference, School of Social Science, University of Manchester (UK).
Be open to other cultures while demonstrating how Japanese culture
can contribute positively in leading the world towards a higher, universal
civilization.
