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Dr Dirk Tomsa
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Lecturer in Asian Studies |
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| Telephone: +61 3 6324 3270 |
| Fax: +61 3 6324 3652 |
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Launceston Campus, Arts Building, L222
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| Email: dirk.tomsa@utas.edu.au |
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Dirk Tomsa joined the School of Asian Languages and Studies (SALS) in July 2007 as part of a joint appointment with the School of Government. Since January 2009 he has been a full-time staff member in SALS where he now coordinates the Asian Studies program on the Launceston campus and a number of individual units that are offered in both Hobart and Launceston. Dirk received his PhD in Asian Studies from the University of Melbourne in March 2007. Prior to his PhD, he completed a Master of Asian Studies at the University of Melbourne and a Magister Artium degree in Political Science at the University of Muenster (Germany).
Research Interests
Dirk s main research interests include Indonesian politics and society, comparative Southeast Asian politics, the role of political Islam in Southeast Asia (particularly Indonesia), issues related to the processes of democratization in Asia, as well as various aspects of International Politics in the Asia Pacific, particularly the increasing importance of non-traditional security issues in the region. He has published in journals like Contemporary Southeast Asia and Indonesia, and his first book Party Politics and Democratization in Indonesia: Golkar in the post-Suharto era was published by Routledge in 2008.
Teaching
Dirk coordinates and teaches a number of units in both the Asian Studies and Indonesian Studies programs (see list of units below for details). Having worked at the University of Melbourne and Deakin University before moving to Tasmania, he has extensive teaching experience and can supervise postgraduate students in a broad range of Asian Studies topics, especially Indonesian politics and society, political Islam in Southeast Asia, and the politics of democratization in Asia.
UnitsFull Publication List
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